Production Supervisor - Back End

Celestica; Fort Worth (TX); On-site; USD 70,000 - 95,000; Full time

Job summary

Celestica is seeking a Production Team Leader 3 to supervise a large site in Texas. The role involves directing 25–50 employees, achieving output and quality targets, and driving continuous improvement within a multi-shift manufacturing environment.

You will plan daily operations, coach staff, manage training, and oversee costs while maintaining safety and compliance. The ideal candidate has a bachelor’s degree or equivalent, strong interpersonal skills, and proven ability to lead in a

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in a related field or equivalent combination of education and experience.
• Extensive knowledge of production processes, equipment and tools.
• Ability to lead, motivate and develop a diverse team to hit quality and output targets.
• Strong communication skills to interact with internal and external stakeholders.
• Experience in forecasting, scheduling and managing costs within a manufacturing setting.
• Commitment to safety, quality, and adherence to procedures.

Responsibilities

• Contributes to monthly forecasts and owns daily/weekly output and quality targets.
• Manages performance, motivation and satisfaction of the team to meet targets.
• Oversees training and skill development for multi-skilled capability.
• Ensures timely conduct of return-to-work interviews and disciplinary hearings.
• Manages controllable operating expenditures such as scrap and consumables.

Skills

Leadership

Team management

Production planning

Quality control

Training & development

Workplace safety

Communication

MS Excel

Cross-functional

Education

Bachelor's degree or equivalent

Tools

Word

Lotus Notes

Excel

Powerpoint

Job description

Summary This job is a first-level supervisor at a large site (800 employees) supervising ~25 - 50 ees or a non-supervisory team lead of a support function and typically reports into a second-level manager. Provides direct supervision to semi-skilled employees within a single function or work group. This includes establishing annual plans/objectives and interpretation of policies related to the functional area. Contributes to policy development. Work is performed within established professional standards and practices. Receives assignments in the form of tasks and goals and follows established processes to meet the goals of the unit. Executes budgets, develops schedules, and enforces policies and procedures. Erroneous decisions or failure to achieve results may have a negative impact on the divisions/departments operations, schedules, and/or performance goals. Provides immediate supervision to a unit or group of employees, assigning tasks and checking work at regular intervals. Directs subordinates to achieve assignments using established guidelines, procedures, and policies. Participates in the interviewing and hiring process. Reviews employees performance and recommends employee compensation; coaches for improved performance and recommends disciplinary action as necessary. Approves overtime schedules and working hours. Interacts directly with subordinates and peer groups; engages in routine exchanges of information; interactions with external contacts, if applicable, would be monitored.

Req ID: 137812

Remote Position: No

Region: Americas

Country: USA

State/Province: Texas

City: Fort Worth

General Overview

Functional Area: OPS - Operations

Career Stream: PRD - Production

Role: Team Leader 3

SAP Short Name: TL3

Job Title: Production Team Leader 3

Job Code: TL3-OPS-PRD

Job Level: Band 08

Profile-Holding: Y

Direct/Indirect Indicator: Indirect

Detailed Description

• Contributes to monthly forecasts and owns daily/weekly output and quality targets.
• Manages the performance, motivation and satisfaction of all the team and processes to ensure key quality, output and efficiency targets are met.
• Manages the training and skill development and growth of all staff to ensure multi skilled capability.
• Ensures all return to work interviews and first level disciplinary hearings are conducted in a timely, consistent and professional manner.
• Management of controllable operating expenditure eg scrap, consumables.

Knowledge/Skills/Competencies

• In-depth knowledge of the production process and the tools and equipment used in the process.
• Knowledge and understanding of the business unit and how decisions impact customer satisfaction, product quality, on-time delivery and the profitability of the unit.
• Ability to coordinate a wide variety of resources to meet production quality and quantity metrics.
• Ability to effectively communicate with a wide variety of internal and external customers.
• Ability to effectively lead, manage, train and motivate a diverse group of employees to achieve high production levels within tight time deadlines and in a highly dynamic manufacturing environment.
• Ability to use some or all of the following PC applications: Word, Lotus Notes, Excel, Powerpoint.
• Controls more than one production line and/or Customer

Physical Demands

• Duties of this position are performed in a manufacturing environment with occasional exposure to elements such as noise, dust, chemicals, operating machinery, temperature extremes, etc.
• Duties may require periodic sustained visual concentration on a computer monitor or on numbers and other detailed data.
• May require occasional travel.
• Above demands are carried out within the local existing Health and Safety guidelines

Typical Experience

• Four to six years of relevant experience

Typical Education

• Bachelor's degree in related field, or consideration of an equivalent combination of education and experience.
• Educational Requirements may vary by Geography

Notes

This job description is not intended to be an exhaustive list of all duties and responsibilities of the position. Employees are held accountable for all duties of the job. Job duties and the % of time identified for any function are subject to change at any time.

Celestica is an equal opportunity employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment and will not be discriminated against on any protected status (including race, religion, national origin, gender, sexual orientation, age, marital status, veteran or disability status or other characteristics protected by law).

At Celestica we are committed to fostering an inclusive, accessible environment, where all employees and customers feel valued, respected and supported. Special arrangements can be made for candidates who need it throughout the hiring process. Please indicate your needs and we will work with you to meet them.

Company Overview

Celestica (NYSE, TSX: CLS) enables the world’s best brands. Through our recognized customer-centric approach, we partner with leading companies in Aerospace and Defense, Communications, Enterprise, HealthTech, Industrial, Capital Equipment and Energy to deliver solutions for their most complex challenges. As a leader in design, manufacturing, hardware platform and supply chain solutions, Celestica brings global expertise and insight at every stage of product development – from drawing board to full-scale production and after-market services for products from advanced medical devices, to highly engineered aviation systems, to next‑generation hardware platform solutions for the Cloud. Headquartered in Toronto, with talented teams spanning 40+ locations in 13 countries across the Americas, Europe and Asia, we imagine, develop and deliver a better future with our customers.

Celestica would like to thank all applicants, however, only qualified applicants will be contacted.

Celestica does not accept unsolicited resumes from recruitment agencies or fee based recruitment services.