Supervisor Production

MEC (Mayville Engineering Company, Inc.); Byron Township (MI); On-site; USD 52,000 - 78,000; Full time

Job summary

MEC (Mayville Engineering Company, Inc.) is seeking a on-site shift supervisor to coordinate direct labor, train staff, and ensure adherence to manufacturing processes and safety rules. The role requires strong leadership to guide a high-performing team, manage scheduling, and maintain quality across production lines.

The successful candidate will collaborate with management to optimize staffing, address production issues, and implement process improvements while ensuring compliance with PPE and

Qualifications

• Knowledge of manufacturing equipment, procedures and production/quality standards.
• Ability to coordinate with multiple internal departments to ensure timely, quality delivery.
• Experience reading and interpreting blueprints and engineering drawings.

Responsibilities

• Schedules all direct labor personnel on daily activities to meet schedules and quality standards.
• Trains employees and maintains training records.
• Ensures compliance with manufacturing process documentation.
• Maintains schedule adherence and supports staffing needs with management.
• Leads a high-performing team including interviewing, hiring, directing, evaluating, and addressing issues.
• Maintains product quality standards on shift and manages inventory and supplies.
• Monitors safety practices and PPE usage and raises safety concerns to management.

Skills

Manufacturing equipment know-how

Cross-department coordination

Blueprints reading

Interpersonal communication

Problem solving

Computer skills

Time-constrained production experience

Job description

• Schedules all direct labor personnel on daily work activities ensuring optimal utilization of skills and man hours to meet timely production and quality standards.
• Trains employees and completes training records.
• Ensures employees are complying with manufacturing process documentation.
• Maintains schedule adherence and works with management on proper staffing levels to meet schedules.
• Leads high-performing team: interviewing, hiring, training, directing work, appraising performance, rewarding and disciplining employees, addressing complaints and resolving problems.
• Maintains proper quality standards on all products being produced on shift.
• Distributes supplies, takes inventory, and initiates reorder as needed.
• Advises operations management of process improvement ideas, production issues, maintenance items, safety matters, and other information.
• Follows acceptable employee relation practices and company policies.
• Ensures employees maintain and practice proper safety requirements including good housekeeping and wearing proper personal protective equipment (PPE).
• All other duties assigned.

Job Responsibilities - 1st shift

• Schedules all direct labor personnel on daily work activities ensuring optimal utilization of skills and man hours to meet timely production and quality standards.
• Trains employees and completes training records.
• Ensures employees are complying with manufacturing process documentation.
• Maintains schedule adherence and works with management on proper staffing levels to meet schedules.
• Leads high-performing team: interviewing, hiring, training, directing work, appraising performance, rewarding and disciplining employees, addressing complaints and resolving problems.
• Maintains proper quality standards on all products being produced on shift.
• Distributes supplies, takes inventory, and initiates reorder as needed.
• Advises operations management of process improvement ideas, production issues, maintenance items, safety matters, and other information.
• Follows acceptable employee relation practices and company policies.
• Ensures employees maintain and practice proper safety requirements including good housekeeping and wearing proper personal protective equipment (PPE).
• 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.