Supervisor - Brake Press- 1st Shift

Mayville Engineering Company, Inc.; Wisconsin; Hybrid; USD 55,000 - 75,000; Full time

Job summary

Mayville Engineering Company, Inc. in Wisconsin seeks a Production Supervisor to schedule direct labor, assign daily activities, and ensure timely production and quality.

You will train employees, manage staffing levels, lead a high-performing team, uphold safety and PPE, and collaborate with management on process improvements and cost-reduction initiatives.

Qualifications

• High school diploma or equivalent required; an associate degree is preferred.
• Minimum of three years in a manufacturing environment with personnel management.
• Experience with continuous improvement methods and cost reduction initiatives.
• Ability to read blueprints, engineering drawings, and job specifications.
• Strong interpersonal and communication skills to motivate a diverse workforce.

Responsibilities

• Schedules direct labor personnel on daily activities to meet production and quality targets.
• Trains employees and completes training records.
• Ensures compliance with manufacturing process documentation.
• Maintains schedule adherence and optimizes staffing levels to meet schedules.
• Leads a high-performing team: interviewing, hiring, training, directing work, and evaluating performance.
• Maintains quality standards on all products produced on shift.
• Distributes supplies, takes inventory, and initiates reorder as needed.
• Proposes process improvement ideas and addresses production issues, maintenance items, and safety matters.
• Follows employee relations practices and company policies.
• Ensures safety requirements and PPE compliance.
• Other duties as assigned.

Skills

Supervisory leadership

Manufacturing knowledge

Quality control

Blueprint reading

Interpersonal communication

Problem solving

Computer literacy

Education

High school diploma or equivalent

Associate’s degree preferred

Job description

1. Schedules all direct labor personnel on daily work activities ensuring optimal utilization of skills and man hours to meet timely production and quality standards.

2. Trains employees and completes training records.

3. Ensures employees are complying with manufacturing process documentation.

4. Maintains schedule adherence and works with management on proper staffing levels to meet schedules.

5. Leads high-performing team: interviewing, hiring, training, directing work, appraising performance, rewarding and disciplining employees, addressing complaints and resolving problems.

6. Maintains proper quality standards on all products being produced on shift.

7. Distributes supplies, takes inventory, and initiates reorder as needed.

8. Advises operations management of process improvement ideas, production issues, maintenance items, safety matters, and other information.

9. Follows acceptable employee relation practices and company policies.

10. Ensures employees maintain and practice proper safety requirements including good housekeeping and wearing proper personal protective equipment (PPE).

11. All other duties assigned.

Job Skills Requirements

• Knowledge of manufacturing equipment, procedures, and production/quality standards.
• Demonstrated ability to work with multiple internal departments to ensure delivery of quality product on time.
• May require in-depth ability to read, interpret and explain blueprints, engineering drawings, job orders and specifications based on location.
• Strong interpersonal and communication skills to interact with and motivate a diverse group of employees.
• Advanced ability to solve practical problems and deal with a variety of personnel and production problems.
• Strong computer skills and familiarity with office productivity software and business control software.
• Ability to work in a busy, fast-paced production environment, often under time constraints.

Educational Requirements

• High school diploma or equivalent required. Associate’s degree preferred.

Experience Requirements

• Minimum of three years of experience in a manufacturing environment including managing personnel in a production environment.
• Experience with continuous improvement methods and teams, or cost reduction initiatives showing tangible results.

MEC participates in the E-Verify program.

Equal Opportunity Employer

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