Production Supervisor - Lean Ops & Safety Leader

Wausau Equipment Company; Michigan; Hybrid; USD 60,000 - 90,000; Full time

Job summary

Alamo Group is seeking a Production Supervisor to lead daily operations across fabrication, machining, welding, assembly and paint. You will drive safety, quality, delivery, and productivity while supporting continuous improvement, staffing, and employee development.

This role serves as a key link between production teams and management to maintain excellence. Responsibilities include prioritizing work for on-time delivery, analyzing work orders, managing flow, and ensuring adherence to

Qualifications

• Strong understanding of manufacturing production processes.
• Ability to diagnose and resolve production and workflow issues.
• Proficient in reading blueprints, schematics, and work instructions.
• Cross-functional communication across organizational levels.
• Proven leadership and coaching abilities.
• Effective planning and prioritization under deadlines.
• Proficiency with Word, Excel, PowerPoint.
• Ability to work with minimal supervision.

Responsibilities

• Supervise and coordinate daily activities of employees across assigned production areas.
• Provide coaching, mentoring, performance feedback, and evaluations.
• Support hiring, promotions, transfers, and corrective actions.
• Conduct departmental meetings and maintain strong team communication.
• Maintain cross-training skills matrix to ensure workforce flexibility.
• Prioritize work to maintain on-time delivery; develop recovery plans.
• Analyze work orders to determine materials, operations, and sequence.
• Monitor work order flow and bottlenecks; coordinate with planning.
• Inspect work for accuracy and drive corrective actions for defects.
• Enforce safety, 6S, and hazard-free environment.
• Lead adherence to welding, machining, assembly, and quality standards.
• Ensure safety program audits and follow-up actions.
• Track and communicate performance metrics: Safety, Quality, Delivery, Inventory, Productivity.
• Recommend and implement production method improvements.
• Collaborate on standardization and continuous improvement programs.
• Plan staffing levels and communicate resource needs.
• Maintain accurate time and production records.
• Assist employees in diagnosing equipment problems and coordinate maintenance resolutions.
• Ensure proper use and maintenance of machinery and tools.
• Communicate supply issues and escalate material concerns.
• Work with operations management, planning, engineering, and quality to align priorities.
• Perform additional duties as assigned.

Skills

Leadership

Manufacturing processes

Blueprints reading

Cross-functional communication

Planning & scheduling

MS Office

Education

Combination of relevant education and manufacturing experience

Job description

The Production Supervisor leads and oversees daily operations across one or multiple production areas such as fabrication, machining, welding, assembly, and paint . This role is responsible for driving safety, quality, delivery, and productivity while ensuring on ‑ time performance and supporting continuous improvement. The Supervisor manages staffing, develops employees, resolves production and equipment issues, and ensures departmental readiness to meet changing customer and production demands. This position serves as a key connection between production teams and management, providing leadership, accountability, and operational direction for sustained excellence.

Key Responsibilities :

Leadership & Team Management

• Supervise and coordinate daily activities of employees across assigned production areas.
• Provide coaching, mentoring, performance feedback, and administer evaluations.
• Recommend and support personnel actions including hiring, promotions, transfers, corrective measures, and terminations following proper procedures.
• Conduct departmental meetings and maintain strong communication throughout the team.
• Develop, maintain , and routinely update the cross training skills matrix to ensure workforce flexibility and succession planning. ‑ training

Production Execution & Throughput

• Prioritize work to maintain on ‑ time delivery; develop recovery plans in response to constraints such as manpower , material, or equipment disruptions.
• Analyze work orders to determine materials, operations, and sequence .
• Monitor work order flow, backlog issues, and bottlenecks, coordinating with planning and other departments as needed.
• Inspect work for accuracy, ensure compliance with specifications, and drive corrective actions for defects.

Safety, Quality & Compliance

• Enforce all safety and housekeeping rules , drive 6S efforts and maintain a hazard free work environment. ‑ free work
• Lead adherence to company welding, machining, assembly, and quality standards specific to the department.
• Ensure consistent execution of company safety programs, audits, and followup actions. ‑ up actions.
• Track and communicate performance metrics (Safety, Quality, Delivery, Inventory, Productivity).
• Recommend and implement improvements to production methods, equipment, processes, and working conditions.
• Collaborate with management on standardization, continuous improvement initiatives, and operational excellence programs.

Resource & Equipment Management

• Plan staffing levels, schedule manpower , and communicate resource needs.
• Maintain accurate time and production records.
• Assist employees in diagnosing equipment problems and coordinate m aintenance and engineering resolutions.
• Ensure proper use, care, and maintenance of machinery, tools, and equipment.

Cross Functional Collaboration ‑ Functional Collaboration

• Communicate supply issues and escalate internal/external material concerns.
• Work closely with operations management, planning, engineering, and quality to align priorities and resolve issues.

Other

• Perform additional duties as assigned to support operational and business needs.

Knowledge, Skills and Abilities (KSA’s):

• Strong understanding of manufacturing production processes and equipment use.
• Ability to diagnose and resolve complex production, equipment, and workflow issues.
• Proficiency in reading blueprints, schematics, operator manuals, and work instructions.
• Cross-functional communication skills (verbal and written) across all organizational levels.
• Strong leadership skills with the ability to coach, motivate, influence, and develop employees.
• Effective planning, prioritization, and organizational skills with ability to manage multiple deadlines.
• Proficiency with standard office software (Word, Excel, PowerPoint).
• Ability to follow through independently and manage tasks with minimal supervision.

Education and Experience:

• Combination of relevant education and manufacturing experience.
• 5 - 10 years of progressive manufacturing experience with leadership responsibilities.

Overview

Working Conditions:

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

While performing the duties of this job, the employee is frequently required to stand and talk or hear . The employee is required to stand , walk , use hands to finger, handle, or feel and reach with hands and arms . Specific vision abilities required by this job include close vision, distance vision, color vision and ability to adjust focus . Standing, walking , some lifting , and occasional travel .

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