Production Supervisor - 3rd Shift

Knorr Bremse Group; New York, Northern (NY, KY); Hybrid; USD 70,000 - 100,000; Full time

Job summary

New York Air Brake LLC, part of Knorr-Bremse, seeks a production supervisor to manage daily operations in the Springfield, MO area. You will drive production planning, allocate personnel, and implement process improvements while enforcing quality, safety, and regulatory standards.

The role requires 3–5 years in manufacturing, an Associate degree in a related field, and experience with SAP and Dayforce. Lean practices and strong leadership are essential.

Qualifications

• Associate degree in process/industrial/manufacturing engineering or business is required.
• 3–5 years of relevant experience in manufacturing operations is required.
• Lean Manufacturing, 5S and SAP experience preferred.

Responsibilities

• Oversee and manage day-to-day production operations in the assigned section.
• Contribute to production planning, allocate resources and set priorities.
• Lead training and qualification of direct reports and drive KPI reporting.
• Ensure adherence to quality, safety and HSE requirements.

Skills

Leadership skills

Lean principles

Time management

Organizational skills

Quantitative methods

Education

Associate Degree in Process, Industrial, or Manufacturing Engineering, Business

Tools

SAP

Dayforce

Job description

LOCATION: Springfield/Missouri (US-MO),United States|BRAND: New York Air Brake | REQUISITION ID: 11443| JOB GRADE:14|ON-SITE/REMOTE:On-site

Since 1890, New York Air Brake has been an innovative leader in the heavy-haul railroad industry. As a member company of Knorr-Bremse –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. From multiple locations, we serve customers across the United States, Canada, and Mexico—reaching clear across the globe to South America, Africa, the Middle East, China, and Australia. Our talented, diverse, and dedicated teams develop innovative solutions to the challenges facing our customers. Join us in our next steps.

JOB DESCRIPTION

Summary/Objective

Oversee and manages all day-to-day production operations, in the assigned production section. 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; advise staff, executes performance measurements, etc... Interprets specifications and makes judgments about the acceptability of production that is in process. Leads all Production Operators in production section assigned.

Essential Functions

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

• Provide manpower planning to ensure production schedules are met
• Lead the training and qualification process of direct reports
• Facilitate Team meetings to communicate departmental KPI measurements, etc
• Lead and solicit continuous improvement ideas from team members
• Ensure employees are following established procedures and Standard work process.
• Address employee performance issues in a timely manner
• Manage the time and attendance system to ensure employees are properly compensated
• Ensure that all HSE policy and procedures are followed
• Must be able to comply with quality, product safety, and HSE rules and regulations. Be energy conscious, if applicable.
• 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

• Has SAP system knowledge.
• Exhibits accident investigation skills.
• Has Dayforce knowledge.
• Has working knowledge of lean principles.
• Exhibits excellent leadership skills.
• Technical Capacity
• Knowledge/understanding of property descriptions.
• Basic knowledge of quantitative methods/statistical procedures and graphic skills.
• Organization Skills
• Time Management

Supervisory Responsibility

This position has >10 direct hourly reports

The employee will be required to perform duties on a computer terminal. The employee will be exposed to shop floor conditions, i.e. noise, heat, cold, dust/dirt etc.

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; walk; use hands to finger, handle or feel; and reach with hands and arms.

Required Education and Experience

• Associate Degree in Process, Industrial, or Manufacturing Engineering, Business
• 3-5 Years of Relevant Experience

Preferred Education and Experience

• Lean Manufacturing, 5S, SAP

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.

Safety Sensitive Position (Only applies to Transit)

WHAT WE OFFER

From Engineering to Test Laboratory; Manufacturing & Skilled Machine Operation to Sales and Marketing; Field Service to Customer Service; Quality to HR to Finance to Software Development, our team-based approach is built on inclusion, opportunity, development, social responsibility and rewards. You are afforded the chance to grow personally and professionally through challenging assignments, commitment to continuing education, exposure to a variety of projects, and international travel. Our benefits are cutting edge as we offer student loan repayment assistance, lucrative 401k program, company assisted stock purchase plan, tuition reimbursement, wellness program, onsite workout facilities & classes along with competitive salary and incentive compensation, generous paid time off programs and a full array of medical, dental and vision options. We’ve got the right stuff, do you? Let’s find out together.

New York Air Brake LLC 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.