Production Supervisor

New York Air Brake; Riverside (MO); On-site; USD 80,000 - 120,000; Full time

Job summary

New York Air Brake is seeking a working supervisor to oversee daily production operations and contribute to planning. You will allocate resources, propose improvements, and ensure quality and safety standards are met.

The role leads Production Operators, communicates KPI results, and supports continuous improvement initiatives in a manufacturing environment.

Qualifications

• High school diploma or equivalent required.
• Relevant experience in management, planning or related capacity.
• Lean Manufacturing, 5S, SAP systems preferred.

Responsibilities

• Oversee and manage day-to-day production operations in the assigned area.
• Contribute to production planning and allocate personnel resources.
• Lead and direct all staff; implement improvements and ensure quality and safety.

Skills

Leadership

Lean manufacturing

Communication

Time management

Organization skills

Education

High school diploma or equivalent

Associates Degree in Process/Industrial/Manufacturing Engineering

Tools

SAP

Microsoft Office (Excel, Word, Outlook)

Job description

Since 1890, New York Air Brake has been an innovative leader in the heavy-haul railroad industry. As a member company of Knorr-Bremse Group–the world’s leading manufacturer of braking systems for rail and commercial vehicles-New York Air Brake is recognized worldwide as a Center of Competence for heavy-haul freight railroad control systems serving customers around the globe. Our talented, diverse, and dedicated teams develop innovative solutions to the challenges facing our customers.

New York Air Brake is an Equal Employment Opportunity (EEO) employer. It is the policy of the Company to provide equal employment opportunities to all qualified applicants without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, age, protected veteran or disabled status, or genetic information.

Summary

Oversee and manages all day-to-day production operations in the assigned production area. Contributes to production planning processes. Allocates personnel resources, proposes procedures, improvements, and implements technical infrastructure. Ensures adherence to established quality guidelines and production safety requirements. Determines manufacturing priorities based on established weekly production schedules. Make daily assignments, directs all related personnel actions. Advises staff, executes performance measurements, interprets specifications and makes judgements about the acceptability of production that is in process. Leads all Production Operators in production area assigned. This is a working supervisory role.

Essential Functions

Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.

• Provide planning to ensure production schedules are met.
• Lead the training and qualification process of all direct reports.
• Facilitate Team meetings to communicate departmental KPI measurements.
• Lead and solicit continuous improvement ideas from team members.
• Conduct departmental audits (safety, 5S)
• Ensure employees are following established procedures and standard work processes.
• Address employee performance issues in a timely manner.
• Manage time and attendance system for direct reports.
• Must be able to comply with quality, product safety, and HSE rules and regulations. Be energy conscious, if applicable.
• Conduct incident investigations.
• Must understand and adhere to all relevant statutory or regulatory compliance obligations.
• Must understand, support and adhere to the Integrated Management System policies, procedures and instructions.
• Must understand and support relevant key performance indicators (KPIs), as defined in the goal tree.

Skills And Competencies

• Technical Capacity

• Knowledge/understanding of products and services.
• Computer literacy – Windows (Outlook, Excel, Word etc), SAP
• Working knowledge of lean principles.
• Exhibits excellent leadership skills
• Basic knowledge of quantitative methods/statistical procedures and graphic skills.
• Communication Proficiency
• Organization Skills
• Time Management

Supervisory Responsibility

This position supervises <50 direct personnel and 5-10 indirect personnel.

Work Environment

The employee will be exposed to shop floor conditions, i.e. noise, heat, cold, dust/dirt etc. The employee is regularly required to stand, walk, sit, use hands to finger, handle, or feel objects, tools and reach with hands and arms. The employee must occasionally lift or move up to 50 pounds. The employee will also be required to perform duties on a computer in an office setting.

Physical Demands

The physical demands described here are representative of those that must be met by an employee to successfully perform the essential functions of this job.

While performing the duties of this job, the employee is regularly required to talk or hear. The employee frequently is required to stand or sit for long periods of time; walk; use hands to finger, handle or feel; and reach with hands and arms.

Required Education And Experience

• High school diploma or equivalent.
• 3-5 years of relevant experience in management, planning or related capacity

Preferred Education And Experience

• Lean Manufacturing, 5S, SAP systems
• Associates Degree in Process, Industrial, or Manufacturing Engineering, with experience in planning or related capacity in a manufacturing environment

Additional Eligibility Qualifications

• All requirements are subject to possible modification to reasonably accommodate individuals with disabilities.
• This job description in no way states or implies that these are the only duties to be performed by the employee occupying this position. Employees will be required to follow any other job-related instructions and to perform any other job-related duties requested by their supervisor.
• This document does not create an employment contract, implied or otherwise, other than an “at will” employment relationship.
• Maintains safe, clean, healthy environment and ensures compliance with the company’s rules and policies.
• Must comply with quality, product safety, HSE guidelines and regulations. Be energy conscious.
• Must understand and comply with applicable standards (i.e. ISO 9001, ISO/TS 22163, ISO 14001 ISO 45001, ISO 50001, and CMMI).
• Maintain and safeguard business records.

Safety Sensitive Position

Yes No

Safety Sensitive Positions Include: Rail Service Technicians, Assemblers and Supervisors, General Technicians, Assemblers and Mechanics, Assembly Test Technicians, and Field Service Technicians, Assemblers, Mechanics, Engineers and Supervisors