Production Supervisor

Standard Iron; Town of Hartford (WI); On-site; USD 80,000 - 120,000; Full time

Job summary

Standard Iron & Metal Co. in Hartford, WI is seeking a Factory Manager to drive production value streams on the welding floor. You will lead a dynamic team, align workforce with operational streams, and relentlessly pursue safety, quality, and efficiency.

You will mentor floor staff, optimize workflows, and collaborate with Engineering and Quality to meet client expectations. This role requires hands-on leadership and a strong background in fabrication operations.

Qualifications

• Associate degree with 3–6 years of sharp manufacturing leadership experience, or high school diploma with 6–8 years of floor management.
• Welding operations background preferred.
• Proficient in Microsoft Excel for data manipulation and metrics.
• Strong communication and presentation skills; bilingual ability is a plus.

Responsibilities

• Coordinate and plan production value streams to ensure optimal product flow.
• Deploy and cross-train teams to meet daily and weekly targets.
• Lead and motivate a high-performing production team with accountability.
• Collaborate with Engineering and Quality to meet elite standards.
• Track and report key operational metrics and drive improvements.
• Identify and implement continuous improvement initiatives on the floor.
• Direct employee relations, performance reviews, and conflict resolution.
• Mentor upcoming value stream leaders for future scaling.

Skills

Leadership

Data analysis

Excel proficiency

Communication skills

Bi-lingual

Education

Associate degree

High School diploma with experience

Tools

Microsoft Excel

Job description

Position: Factory Manager

Location: Hartford, WI

Reports To: Plant Manager

Target Hub: Production & Operational Excellence

The Hook

Are you a factory floor strategist who knows how to turn blueprint logistics into high-efficiency production reality? At our Hartford fabrication facility, we don’t just manage assembly lines—we build elite teams. We are looking for a dynamic Factory Manager to quarterback our production value streams. If you are a high-energy leader who can effortlessly bridge the gap between engineering metrics and the welding floor, and who thrives on mentoring the next generation of manufacturing talent, you belong at our table.

Your Mission

Driving the heartbeat of our facility. Under the guidance of the Plant Manager, you will orchestrate our daily production value streams, breathing life into our core philosophy: Build it Safe, Build it Right, Build it Fast. You will align our modern workforce with the right operational streams, eliminate production bottlenecks, and maintain the elite level of safety and quality our clients demand.

What You’ll Own Daily

• Value Stream Command: Overview, coordinate, and dynamically plan production value streams to ensure optimal product flow.
• Workforce Alignment: Strategically deploy and cross-train teams across the floor to crush daily and weekly production targets.
• Team Leadership & Motivation: Inspire, drive, and back up a high-performing production team, fostering a culture of mutual respect and extreme accountability.
• Cross-Functional Collaboration: Partner directly with Engineering and Quality departments to ensure every custom fabrication or weldment meets or exceeds elite standards.
• Metric Mastery: Track, analyze, and report critical operational metrics, turning raw numbers into actionable operational victories.
• Continuous Improvement (CI): Keep a sharp eye on quality benchmarks to identify, test, and implement streamlined factory processes.
• Talent Development: Direct employee relations within your zone—including precision hiring, performance reviews, and proactive conflict resolution.
• Mentorship Engineering: Identify standout floor talent and deliberately groom them into our next generation of value stream mentors and leads.
• Future Scaling: Evaluate floor capacity and look ahead to identify and pitch capital requirement needs (new tech, machinery, or footprint expansions).

What You Bring to the Floor

• The Experience: An Associate degree backed by 3–6 years of sharp manufacturing leadership experience, OR a high school diploma with 6–8 years of progressively responsible floor management experience.
• The Fabrication Edge: A strong background or functional understanding of welding operations is highly preferred.
• Data & Logic Fluidity: Proficient in Microsoft Excel with the ability to manipulate data, calculate structural layout metrics (proportions, percentages, area, volume), and use practical algebra to solve floor bottlenecks.
• Elite Communication: Exceptional social and presentation skills with a proven knack for engaging, motivating, and speaking to large audiences of floor staff.
• Problem-Solving Grit: The common-sense intuition required to interpret complex instructions (written, oral, or blueprint diagrams) and confidently navigate multi-variable production challenges.
• Communication- Great communication is sometimes the best tool in a great organization. This candidate would benefit from being bi-lingual.