Production Supervisor - 1st Shift

Techniplas, LLC; Michigan; On-site; USD 55,000 - 75,000; Full time

Job summary

NEXXTA is a U.S.-based manufacturing partner with multiple facilities delivering precision, speed, and scale. The Production Supervisor leads hourly workers in production, quality, and safety to meet established criteria and keep a clean, orderly workplace.

This role trains teams on injection molding operations, supports equipment and tooling issues, ensures ISO/TS 16949 quality standards, and promotes continuous improvement while maintaining accurate shop floor reporting.

Qualifications

• Associate’s degree or similar program (about 2 years) completed.
• 3–5 years experience in a plastic injection molding facility (highly preferred).
• Previous supervisory experience is highly preferred.
• General knowledge of plastics and manufacturing procedures.
• Knowledge of quality and continuous improvement initiatives.

Responsibilities

• Oversees plant production by training and supervising employees to meet standards.
• Assists in equipment, tooling, and material issues related to production, maintenance, or engineering and reports findings.
• Basic start up and shut down of injection molding machines and auxiliary equipment.
• Ensures compliance with quality policies and ISO/TS 16949 by assisting in developing SOPs for quality products and timely delivery.
• Conducts periodic safety reviews to promote policy compliance.
• Reviews timekeeping and production reports to ensure inventory accuracy on the shop floor.
• Develops short-term department procedures to facilitate continuous production and efficiency.
• Monitors production schedules and reports problems with material, staffing, or equipment availability.
• Communicates with Production Manager about operations, workflow, and constraints to meet schedules.
• Promotes continuous improvement through Kaizen and team-based problem solving.
• Maintains a motivated workforce by communicating policies and changes and providing guidance.

Skills

Leadership

Knowledge of plastics

Quality improvement

Manufacturing procedures

Education

Associate’s degree or similar program

Job description

Job DetailsJob Location: Jonesville, MI 49250Position Type: Full TimeEducation Level: Not SpecifiedJob Shift: 1st ShiftNEXXTA is a U.S.-based manufacturing partner with four Great Lakes facilities delivering precision, speed, and scale. We serve industry leaders across transportation, energy, medical, and defense, offering tariff-free production, open capacity, and rapid ramp-up. With in-house R&D and engineering, we help customers strengthen supply chains and build confidently in America

SUMMARY OF POSITION:

The Production Supervisor trains and supervises hourly employees in the performance of their assigned tasks to meet established criteria in production, quality, and safety while maintaining a clean and orderly work environment.

JOB DUTIES & ESSENTIAL FUNCTIONS:

• Oversees plant production within designated area by training, evaluating, and supervising employees who perform standardized activities and some who are required to be semi-skilled to skilled in nature to meet customer standards.
• Assists in equipment, tooling, and material issues related to production, maintenance, or engineering and reports findings. May also maintain robot programming software.
• Basic start up and shut down of injection molding machines and auxiliary equipment.
• Ensures compliance with company quality assurance policies and established standards, such as ISO/TS 16949, etc., by assisting in developing and maintaining of work instructions and standard operating procedures to ensure quality products and timely delivery.
• Conducts periodic safety reviews and meetings for assigned employees to promote efficient compliance with company safety policies.
• Oversees accurate shop floor reporting process to sustain positive inventory control on the manufacturing floor by reviewing timekeeping and production reports for accuracy and completeness.
• Develops specific short-term procedures within the department where a good working knowledge of practices and procedures is required to facilitate continuous production.
• Checks production schedules to ensure that the necessary product is available for processing and optimum efficiency may be obtained. This includes reporting problems with material, staffing, and equipment availability and monitoring corrective actions needed to meet the production schedule.
• Monitors statistical process control data, quality concerns, and other production related data. Ensures this data is charted using existing quality control instructions and procedures to maintain or increase production efficiency.
• Reviews new setup and operation plans to ensure practicality and appropriate manpower to meet projected production schedules based on readily available data, with some unknowns.
• As needed, informs Production Manager of general operations, workflow, and other possible constraints with respect to meeting the production schedule to maintain open communication channels and facilitate proactive approach to problem resolution.
• Facilitates the implementation of continuous improvement principles and procedures, such as Kaizen, by assuming a leadership role in the continuous improvement initiatives, evaluating cost-effective methods and procedures, and promoting a team approach to the improvement of production flow and processing.
• Maintains a motivated and disciplined workforce by informing employees of company policies, procedures, and operational changes that are moderately difficult where precedents are usually established and utilizing behavior modification techniques as well as providing counseling.

This list of duties and responsibilities is not all inclusive and may be expanded to include other duties and responsibilities, as management may deem necessary from time to time.

QUALIFICATIONS (KNOWLEDGE, SKILLS & ABILITIES):

• Associate’s degree or similar program requiring 2 years to complete.
• Previous experience working in a Plastic Injection Molding Facility is required, with 3-5 years highly preferred. Additional experience may substitute for the education requirement.
• Previous Supervisory experience is highly preferred.
• General knowledge of Plastics.
• Work experience requiring a good working knowledge of manufacturing procedures, operating methods, and management practice.
• Knowledge of quality and continuous improvements initiatives.