Production Supervisor

Flowserve; Port Arthur (TX); On-site; USD 75,000 - 95,000; Full time

Job summary

Flowserve's Port Arthur site seeks a Production Supervisor (Site Leader) to direct daily operations at the Quick Response Center, overseeing valve repair, assembly, field service, and turnaround projects.

The role emphasizes safety, quality, on-time delivery, and strong people leadership to build a high-performance team that delivers swift responses to customers while driving continuous improvement in a fast-paced industrial service environment.

Qualifications

• 5+ years of manufacturing/industrial operations leadership.
• Experience supervising hourly trades.
• Lean Manufacturing principles demonstrated.
• Experience managing operational KPIs.
• Field Service leadership experience.

Responsibilities

• Lead all day-to-day operations of the Port Arthur QRC.
• Supervise machinists, welders, assemblers, and field service personnel.
• Drive safety, accountability, teamwork, and continuous improvement.
• Rebuild team engagement and establish a high-performance work environment.
• Manage production schedules, repair schedules, and turnaround projects.
• Ensure on-time delivery and customer commitments.
• Monitor KPIs: safety, delivery, efficiency, utilization, cost, scrap, rework.
• Support emergency customer requirements, outages, and critical work.
• Partner with sales, engineering, quality, planning, and customer teams.
• Lead Lean initiatives and operational improvement efforts.
• Manage labor utilization and overtime while maintaining profitability.
• Drive daily problem-solving and root cause analysis.

Skills

Leadership

Lean manufacturing

Communication

Problem-solving

Team-building

Excel

Operations management

Education

Mechanical or Industrial Engineering degree

Tools

Excel

Job description

Production Supervisor (Site Leader) | Port Arthur, TX

Role Summary

The Production Supervisor will serve as the operational leader for Flowserve's Port Arthur Quick Response Center (QRC). This individual will lead daily operations supporting valve repair, valve assembly, field service activities, and customer turnaround projects while driving safety, quality, delivery, productivity, and employee engagement.

This position requires a hands-on leader capable of building team culture, developing employee accountability, and delivering exceptional customer responsiveness in a fast-paced industrial service environment. The successful candidate will balance operational excellence with strong people leadership to ensure customer commitments are met while continuously improving performance.

Key Responsibilities

• Lead all day-to-day operations of the Port Arthur QRC.
• Supervise machinists, welders, assemblers, and field service personnel.
• Drive a culture of safety, accountability, teamwork, and continuous improvement.
• Rebuild team engagement and establish a high-performance work environment.
• Manage production schedules, repair schedules, and turnaround project execution.
• Ensure customer commitments and on-time delivery objectives are achieved.
• Monitor and improve key performance indicators including safety, delivery, efficiency, utilization, cost, scrap, and rework.
• Support emergency customer requirements, shutdowns, outages, and critical turnaround work.
• Partner with sales, engineering, quality, planning, and customer-facing teams.
• Lead Lean Manufacturing initiatives and operational improvement efforts.
• Manage labor utilization and overtime while maintaining profitability objectives.
• Drive daily problem-solving and root cause analysis activities.

Required Qualifications

• 5+ years of manufacturing, repair, service, or industrial operations leadership experience.
• Experience supervising hourly skilled trades employees.
• Demonstrated leadership within machining, valve repair, industrial maintenance, rotating equipment, pumps, valves, or related industries.
• Strong knowledge of Lean Manufacturing principles.
• Experience managing operational KPIs.
• Strong communication, coaching, and team-building skills.
• Advanced Microsoft Excel skills.
• Strong problem-solving and decision-making abilities.
• Field Service leadership experience.

Highly Preferred

• Valve manufacturing or valve repair experience.
• Industrial service center or QRC experience.
• Experience supporting refinery, petrochemical, power generation, or industrial customers.
• Mechanical or Industrial Engineering degree.
• Knowledge of AWS or ASME standards.
• ISO 9001 experience.
• Field Service leadership experience.