Supervisor

Applied Optoelectronics, Inc.; Sugar Land (TX); On-site; USD 60,000 - 90,000; Full time

Job summary

Applied Optoelectronics, Inc. in Sugar Land, TX is seeking a Production Supervisor to lead and coordinate daily production activities on the floor. You will assign personnel, monitor output, and ensure adherence to SOPs, ESD, and cleanroom protocols.

The role emphasizes coaching and training, timecard approval, and collaboration with engineering and management to resolve production constraints and maintain schedules.

Qualifications

• Education: High School Diploma or Equivalent.
• Ability to work effectively in a repetitive manufacturing environment.
• Basic computer and data-entry proficiency, including Excel.
• Ability to use microscopes and basic electrical instruments, hand tools, and measuring tools.

Responsibilities

• Provide day-to-day supervision and direction to production operators; assign work, coordinate scheduling, and enforce policies.
• Coordinate staffing coverage and liaise with multiple shifts to meet production goals.
• Review daily/weekly production targets and manage resources to achieve them.
• Coach and train new operators, participate in training coordination with the training team.
• Approve timecards/timesheets following company procedures.
• Address production issues, escalate when necessary, and ensure compliance with ESD and cleanroom procedures.

Skills

Leadership

Staffing coordination

Coaching & training

Education

High School Diploma or Equivalent

Tools

Excel

SQL

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• Conduct daily staffing and attendance checks to identify employees who are present, tardy, or absent and assess potential impacts to production requirements.
• Identify staffing shortages and coordinate appropriate coverage, including working with management to obtain support from other shifts when necessary.
• Promptly ***escalate*** staffing, equipment, process, or other operational issues that may affect daily production output or schedule attainment to appropriate management.
• Coordinate with technicians, engineers, and management to resolve production constraints, including staffing gaps, equipment issues, and other conditions that may delay the production line.
• Assign production personnel to appropriate workstations and equipment based on production priorities, staffing availability, and operational needs.
• Review daily, weekly, and monthly production goals and coordinate personnel and resources to support achievement of established targets.
• Monitor and communicate production line status, output, yield, and significant issues during shift handoffs between day and night shifts.
• Maintain awareness of daily and weekly operator schedules and coordinate staffing to support adequate production line coverage.
• Manage and prioritize daily work orders to support timely completion of production requirements.
• Provide day-to-day coaching, mentoring, and guidance to production operators and support the development of newly assigned employees.
• Coordinate new-operator training in partnership with the designated training team and ensure required training is completed.
• Maintain and update operator training records following successful completion of required training.
• Enforce production line rules, electrostatic discharge (ESD) requirements, cleanroom procedures, break schedules, attendance requirements, and other applicable company policies.
• Ensure operators follow approved standard operating procedures, work instructions, and established production processes.
• Review and approve subordinate employee timecards/timesheets in accordance with company timekeeping procedures.
• Perform other duties as assigned to support production operations and departmental objectives.

Supervisory Responsibilities

Provides day-to-day supervision and work direction to production operators, including work assignments, scheduling coordination, coaching, training support, performance feedback, policy enforcement, and timecard approval. This position does not have independent authority to make final hiring or termination decision

Job Requirements

• Education: High School Diploma or Equivalent
• Ability to work effectively in a repetitive manufacturing environment and maintain the manual dexterity required for production-related tasks.
• Basic computer and data-entry proficiency required, including working knowledge of Microsoft Excel.
• Ability to use, or learn to use, microscopes, basic electrical instruments, hand tools, and measuring tools.

Preferred Qualifications

• Previous semiconductor manufacturing or cleanroom experience preferred.
• Previous lead, supervisory, or production coordination experience preferred.
• Knowledge of SQL is a plus.

Physical and Work Environment Requirements

Ability to sit or stand for extended periods while working in a repetitive manufacturing environment. The position may require work in a cleanroom or controlled production environment and the use of required personal protective equipment (PPE).