Production Supervisor

Kutter & Associates, Inc.; Ridgeville (SC); On-site; USD 60,000 - 80,000; Full time

Job summary

An exciting opportunity awaits at a pioneering manufacturing plant in the automotive sector, where you can grow your career from the ground up! As a Production Supervisor, you'll lead teams in a dynamic environment, ensuring production targets are met while fostering a positive workplace culture. With a focus on mentorship and effective leadership, you will play a crucial role in driving operational excellence and continuous improvement. Join a supportive leadership team and be part of a company that values your contributions and encourages professional growth. If you're ready to take on a challenge and make a difference in a fast-paced setting, this role is perfect for you.

Qualifications

• Prior industrial manufacturing leadership experience is essential.
• Experience leading teams of 25 or more is required.

Responsibilities

• Supervise production lines and maintain staffing levels.
• Ensure safety, quality, and productivity standards are met.
• Complete daily shift production reports and monitor workflow.

Skills

Leadership Experience

Effective Communication

Lean Six Sigma

Team Management

Manufacturing Experience

Job description

PROFILE:

Our client is a tier 1 supplier to the automotive and heavy trucking industries. They are a newer manufacturing plant with this site marking the companies first ever manufacturing site in the USA! This is an opportunity where you can come in at the ground floor and grow with the company professionally. This plant has exceptional members in the leadership team and the culture at the plant is positive.

POSITION:

**THESE POSITIONS ARE ON 2ND OR 3RD SHIFT**

Our client is seeking a handful of Production Supervisors to lead manufacturing teams on the shop floor of this fast paced manufacturing environment. Supervisors are the front line of manufacturing leadership and our client is seeking individuals with prior leadership experience as a Supervisor or a very tenured Team Leader. We are looking for mentors who can lead from the front and by example who will be goal focused and drive those in their area to meeting plant and shift targets. In this role you will also be responsible for setting schedules, disciplinary measures and keeping up team moral. Somebody with prior fast paced manufacturing (automotive experience ideally) would do well in this environment.

REQUIREMENTS:

- Must have prior industrial manufacturing leadership experience

- Must have prior experience leading teams of around 25 people or greater

- Must be willing to work 2nd or 3rd shift

- Lean Six Sigma or other continuous improvement experience is ideal

- Must be an effective communicator

- Must be a US Citizen or Green Card holder- sponsorship is not available in this role

• Clean up production line waste during production and when production is
• Completing daily shift production reports
• Maintain shift production staffing levels
• Maintain quality and production for shift
• Obtain production parameters for upcoming production
• Fulfilling the customer demands of areas of operation while making ongoing improvements to processes to advance food safety
• Supervising the plant production and maintenance on a production shift
• Ensure safety, quality, productivity and housekeeping in assigned areas
• Supervising all areas and facets of plant production during shift operations
• Ensuring the production floor meets production targets
• Monitoring the production work flow and adjusting production to meet production schedule targets
• Supervise daily activities of production employees
• Supervise all plant production duties to relieve other production supervisor during vacation
• Direct second shift manufacturing operations to meet daily production goals
• Oversee the daily production operation and ensure production goals are met
• Maintain production and quality standards
• Meet production control schedules and maintains continuous flow of production
• Improve production quality of products
• Achieve minimum production standards in each production unit
• Assign daily tasks/assignments to production operators to meet production schedule