Production Supervisor 2nd shift

Nortek Air Solutions, LLC; Okarche (OK); On-site; USD 65,000 - 95,000; Full time

Job summary

Nortek Air Solutions, LLC in Oklahoma seeks a manufacturing operations supervisor to lead front-line teams. The role combines 70% on the production floor with 30% administrative duties, including time/attendance, interviews, and coaching, all while upholding strong safety and quality standards.

You will develop and sustain manufacturing processes using lean principles, mentor team leads, review line data, and maintain training matrices, 5S compliance, and standard work across the Oklahoma

Qualifications

• Minimum 5 years of plant-level operations experience in high-volume production.
• Direct supervisory experience required.
• Bachelor’s degree in manufacturing/industrial engineering, business management, or related discipline preferred.

Responsibilities

• Lead on-line personnel and supervise assembly line tasks.
• Implement safety, quality, and productivity improvements.
• Review safety policies and coach teams.
• Maintain 5S and standard work across facilities.
• Read and interpret fabrication drawings.
• Monitor time and attendance in the systems.

Skills

Leadership

Lean manufacturing

Team collaboration

Communication skills

Problem solving

Reading drawings

Education

Bachelor’s degree in manufacturing/industrial engineering or related discipline

Job description

Job Responsibilities:

Actively present on front line 70% of time (front line obsession), 30% administrative responsibilities (time/attendance/interviews/discipline or coaching). Actively exhibits personal integrity through honesty and strong character principles. Actively reviews safety policies and practices within your area(s) of responsibility and sets the expectations and involvement of your team. Champions the assembly safety culture, implements employee-based safety awareness. Identifies and implements solutions for improvements in safety, quality, and productivity, by utilizing strong problem-solving skills. Develops, evaluates, and improves manufacturing processes by utilizing knowledge of Operational Excellence manufacturing principles. Performs root cause analysis and resolves problems identified in the manufacturing processes. Exhibits skills for being a strong, team-oriented, employee that can prioritize and perform multiple tasks as required. Assists in the implementation, maintenance, and compliance of Workplace Organization (5S) in the respective areas of responsibility. Provides supervision and leadership of the assigned assembly line personnel, by exhibiting and positively reinforcing and the following:

• Builds trust and confidence within the team(s).
• Effectively communicates departmental goals and project objectives.
• Makes sound and timely decisions.
• Actively exhibits leadership skills and sets the example for others.
• Actively communicates with team and interacts daily.
• Develops and fosters a sense of personal responsibility and ownership within your team.
• Ensures that tasks are understood, monitored, and accomplished within appropriate time constraints and quality parameters.
• Monitors line and manages data and information on Level 1 board(s) for necessary countermeasures and problem solutions.
• Coaches and mentors team leads and operators to effectively improve processes and develop depth of talent.
• Provides coaching, counseling and/or disciplinary action(s) as needed, per the standards set forth within company policies.
• Ensure duties are carried out in a respectful presence to all employees, including verbal and/or written communication.
• Exhibits problem solving and troubling shooting skills to ensure that all team members can identify root causes and take fast effective action to resolve the problems.
• Ensure training matrix is maintained and team skills are satisfied for current and future production demands.
• Conduct training and understanding of the Nortek Production Systems.
• Monitor use of company resources in an effective manner to ensure best operating costs.
• Promote one-piece flow and standardized work within Oklahoma facilities.
• Reads and understands fabrication and assembly drawings and can synthesize to others.
• Maintains time and attendance of production staff in the systems.

Other duties as assigned by Manager.

Knowledge, Skills, Abilities:

• Must have an energetic, results-oriented perspective and be able to motive your team to sustain excellence.
• Experience in a mixed model manufacturing environment, using lean principles.
• The ability to work collaboratively within a team environment.
• Must have excellent written and verbal communication skills and strong analytical and problem-solving skills.
• Must be able to read and interpret mechanical drawings and technical specifications.

Job Qualifications:

A minimum of 5 years of plant level operations experience in a high-volume / mixed -model production environment is required. Experience serving large customers and understanding how to meet their complex needs is preferred. Direct supervisory experience is required. Bachelor’s degree in manufacturing/industrial engineering, business management, or other related discipline, preferred. Strong mathematical and analytical skills. Must be proficient in Microsoft, Excel, PowerPoint, Word. The ability to effectively navigate an ERP system is a plus.

Preferred: Ability to converse in Spanish strongly preferred Nortek Air Solutions, LLC, offers a comprehensive compensation and benefits package.

About Nortek Air Solutions:

To learn more about Nortek Air Solutions, please visit our company website at http://www.nortekair.com/.

Nortek Air Solutions, LLC (NAS) is a Madison Industries company. Madison Industries has a robust portfolio of indoor air quality solutions. Madison builds entrepreneurially driven, branded market leaders that are committed to making the world safer, healthier, and more productive by creating innovative solutions that deliver outstanding customer value. NAS is the largest manufacturer of custom heating, ventilation, and air conditioning (HVAC) equipment in North America. Its products include FANWALL TECHNOLOGY®, air handlers, packaged DX, vertical self-contained systems, energy recovery ventilators with integrated heating and cooling systems, coils and more. NAS has five strategically located manufacturing facilities which encompass over 2 million square feet of clean space and 180 sales representative offices. NAS’s brands are known for innovation and advanced technology and provide customers with product solutions for every industrial need including commercial air handlers, clean room systems, and mission critical technology. NAS’s end markets include healthcare, education, industrial, commercial, clean rooms, and data centers. Nortek Air Solutions, LLC, is an equal employment opportunity and affirmative action employer and all qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, national origin, age, protected veteran status, sexual orientation, gender identity, status as a qualified individual with a disability, or any other characteristic protected by law. Nortek Air Solutions builds efficient, dependable and long-lasting heating and cooling systems that create ideal environments for working, living and learning. As the largest manufacturer of custom air handlers in North America, our engineers, designers and representatives work together with our customers to make solutions that keep commercial, healthcare, educational and industrial spaces running all over North America. Our company’s legacy of innovation began in the early 1900s, when our founders made it their mission to bring better heating and cooling solutions to building occupants who needed them most. Today, we are continuing that tradition by using the latest technologies and what we have learned since 1935, in the unification of our companies, brands and people, to help create a better tomorrow, every day.