Production Supervisor

Valmont Industries; United States; On-site; USD 65,000 - 90,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Healthcare

401k

Paid time off

Life insurance

Disability insurance

Work Life Support

Tuition Reimbursement

Wellness programs

Job summary

Valmont Industries is seeking a Production Supervisor to lead hourly production staff, ensure safety, and maintain quality while meeting schedules in a fast-paced manufacturing environment.

The role reports to the Operations Manager and requires strong leadership, Lean knowledge, and the ability to balance safety, productivity, and cost controls across shifts.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree with 5+ years relevant experience or Associates with 7+ years or 9+ years total experience.
• 5 years of experience in manufacturing or logistics/distribution environment.
• Strong working knowledge of Microsoft Excel, Word, and Outlook.
• Strong leadership, communication, organizational and interpersonal skills.
• Read and interpret safety rules, operating and maintenance instructions and procedures.
• Recognize and solve practical problems and/or issues.
• Communicate and interact with coworkers positively.
• Effectively interpret and present information both one-on-one and in front of an audience.
• Calculate figures such as pay changes, proportions, percentages and product dimensions.
• Work in a high-volume, fast-paced environment.

Responsibilities

• Monitor employee performance to ensure safety policies and procedures are followed.
• Implement and assign work schedules to maximize utilization of manpower, machines and equipment.
• Define expected production standards and monitor performance of personnel.
• Observe personnel to ensure proper operation of equipment.
• Ensure inspection checks and quality assurance occur to produce high-quality products.
• Promote a continuous productivity improvement climate with suggestions for operational improvement.
• Administer and support company policies and procedures fairly.
• Train new employees about divisional activities and safety policies.
• Prepare daily time sheets for hourly employees, production summaries, overtime and downtime reports.

Skills

Excel

Word

Outlook

Leadership

Communication

Interpersonal skills

Safety rules interpretation

Problem solving

Reading documents

Numerical reasoning

High volume environment

Education

Bachelor's degree

Associates degree

Experience seniority (9+ years)

Tools

Lean Manufacturing

Job description

28800 Ida St Valley Nebraska 68064-8016

Valmont We’re Here to Move the World Forward.

Valmont impacts millions of people around the world every day, yet they might not realize the many ways. Our technology is helping feed the growing population, supplying the world with more reliable energy and access to renewables, enhancing connectivity in remote and urban locations to create a sustainable future and so much more. Simply put, Valmont is advancing agricultural productivity and reimagining vital infrastructure to make life better. Join a Fortune 1000 company that respects hard work, honors diversity and invests in our employees as we focus on creating the world of tomorrow, today. We are the modern workforce. Are you ready to move the world forward?

A Brief Summary of This Position:

The Production Supervisor is a first-line Supervisor who serves as a highly driven individual that will be responsible for safety, product quality, exercising cost control, producing parts and assemblies to schedule, motivating shop employees to attain quantity and quality standards and administering company & division policies. This position supervises hourly production employees and maintains the log of shift operations.

Essential Functions:

• Monitor employee’s performance to ensure all safety policies and procedures are followed and adhered.
• Implement and assign work schedules to maximize the utilization of manpower, machines, and equipment.
• Defines expected production standards, and monitors performance standards of the assigned personnel.
• Observes personnel to ensure the proper operation of assigned work and equipment.
• Ensures inspection checks and quality assurance occur to produce high-quality products.
• Promote a continuous productivity improvement climate that encourages suggestions for operational improvement.
• Administers and supports company policies and procedures in a fair and consistent manner.
• Trains new employees about divisional and organizational activities and safety policies and procedures.
• Prepares daily time sheets for hourly employees, production summaries, overtime and downtime reports.

Other Important Details about the Role:

This position reports to the Operations Manager.

Thorough knowledge of the equipment and processes in the areas.

Acquired knowledge of planning, organizing, controlling, coordinating, and directing manufacturing personnel.

Possess a high level of supervisory capability, which insures leadership, and motivation of subordinates to attain high standards of quality and productivity.

React to change in a timely and organized manner.

Evaluate and weigh alternatives, establish appropriate priorities, and formulate sound decisions affecting all phases of the operation.

Foster harmonious relations within their shift and between shifts.

Accountable for safety, product quality, exercising cost control, meeting production schedules, the proper uses of direct and indirect labor, accurate record-keeping and reporting, minimizing scrap and rework costs, training new and existing personnel, and communicating with other supervisory and management personnel as well as subordinates.

Frequent use of computer terminals and personal computers to perform duties of their position.

Thorough knowledge and awareness of the safety issues related to each operation performed within the department, and must assure that all employees adhere to safe practices at all times.

Understanding of The Valmont Way theory of Lean Manufacturing principles.

Required Qualifications of Every Candidate (Education, Experience, Knowledge, Skills and Abilities):

• Bachelors with 5+ years relevant experience or Associates Degree with 7+ years relevant experience or 9+ years of relevant experience
• Five (5) years of experience in manufacturing or logistics/distribution environment
• A strong working knowledge of Microsoft Excel, Microsoft Word, and Microsoft Outlook
• Strong leadership skills and the ability to support divisional business objectives
• Excellent communication, organizational, and interpersonal skills
• Read and interpret documents such as safety rules, operating and maintenance instructions and procedure manuals
• Recognize and solve practical problems and/or issues
• Communicate and interact with coworkers in a positive manner
• Effectively interpret and present information both one-on-one and in front of an audience
• Calculate figures such as pay changes for employees, proportions and percentages, and product dimensions
• Work in a high volume, fast paced environment

Highly Qualified Candidates Will Also Possess These Qualifications:

• Three years of experience in a supervisory position
• Previous supervisory experience in a manufacturing or logistic operations environment
• Practical hands‑on experience in Lean Manufacturing

Benefits Valmont offers employees and their families a comprehensive Total Wellbeing benefit package to ensure their individual and family’s overall wellness needs are met. Some offerings are dependent upon the role, work schedule, or location and can include the following:

• Healthcare (medical, prescription drugs, dental and vision)
• 401k retirement plan with company match
• Paid time off
• Employer paid life insurance
• Employer paid short-term and long-term disability including maternity leave
• Work Life Support
• Tuition Reimbursement up to $5,250 per year
• Voluntary programs like tobacco cessation, Type 2 diabetes reversal, one-on-one health coaching, mortgage services and more

Valmont does not discriminate against any employee or applicant in employment opportunities or practices on the basis of race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, age, genetic information, veteran status, disability or any other characteristic protected by law.

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

If you have a disability and require any assistance in filling out the application for employment email [e-mail].

Valmont is here to modernize vital infrastructure and increase agricultural productivity, sustainably and reliably. We galvanize steel to last a century with minimal environmental impact. We modernize irrigation to feed a growing population by utilizing the latest technology. We harden the electrical grid to enable the delivery of reliable power to millions of homes around the world. And we help make communities everywhere safer, cleaner and more connected through our smart infrastructure technology. Valmont serves two primary markets — agriculture and infrastructure — and seven diverse product lines: Utility, Lighting and Transportation, Telecom, Solar, Coatings, Irrigation and Ag Tech. We manufacture products in 85 facilities spread across six continents, and we do business in 100 different countries. That’s what Valmont does. We conserve resources and improve life, finding ways to make innovation and technology beneficial in the real world.

+ That’s the value we add.