Supervisor, Production – 2nd Shift

Cooper Standard Automotive; Mount Sterling (KY); On-site; USD 55,000 - 75,000; Full time

Job summary

Cooper Standard Automotive is seeking a Production Supervisor to drive safety, production efficiency, and quality on the shop floor. You will plan and coordinate resources, train staff, and ensure adherence to standards while supporting improvement initiatives across shifts.

You will lead incident investigations, maintain accurate production metrics, and collaborate with CI teams to implement effective solutions. Travel to facilities may be required.

Qualifications

• Degree with supervisory experience as stated in education section.
• Analytical skills to identify and resolve day-to-day production problems.
• Computer competency with spreadsheets and documentation.
• Willingness and ability to travel as necessary.

Responsibilities

• Create a respectful, safe, and empowering work environment for all employees.
• Ensure all parts are built to plan and customer specifications.
• Train and empower employees and team leaders.
• Communicate work rules and required standards of conduct.
• Assess performance and coach or discipline as needed.
• Identify and communicate risk in operations.
• Ensure safe execution of jobs and proper training.
• Lead or participate in incident investigations and corrective actions.
• Maintain accurate production reports.
• Organize scheduling, breaks, overtime, and absences to meet production needs.
• Ensure conformance to quality procedures and process controls.
• Encourage and implement improvement ideas from operators.
• Collaborate with Continuous Improvement teams on solutions.

Skills

Leadership

Analytical skills

Computer literacy

Communication

Travel willingness

Education

Four year degree or two year degree with supervisory experience

Tools

Microsoft Excel

Charting tools

Word processing

Job description

Position Summary:

Ensure the achievement of the unit's safety, production, quality, and continuous improvement goals through adequate planning, organization, coordination and control of its human and technical resources and materials.

Primary Responsibilities:

• Create a work environment in which each employee is respected, feels welcome and safe, and is empowered to do their best.
• Responsible for all parts being built to the manufacturing plan and customer specifications.
• Ensure that employees and team leaders are properly trained and empowered to execute the job requirements.
• Communicate work rules and required standards of conduct.
• Assess employee performance, and initiate employee coaching and discipline as necessary.
• Identify, control and communicate risk in operations.
• Ensure employees are trained to safely perform their jobs.
• Act as a role model and ensure employees model safe behaviors.
• Initiate and participate in incident investigations, root cause analysis, and corrective actions.
• Ensure production reports are accurately maintained.
• Organize and schedule work, including management of breaks, overtime, vacation and absence coverage to achieve production requirements.
• Ensure conformance to quality procedures and proper application of quality and process controls.
• Encourage, support and communicate improvement ideas from operators, and assist with implementation once ideas have been approved.
• Collaborate with Continuous Improvement teams, identifying and proposing possible solutions and supporting their effective implementation.
• Ensure communication between shifts and that team meetings occur.
• Participate in meetings with managers to evaluate performance results and planned actions.
• Participate in critical parts meetings as needed, and daily walkabout.
• May, on occasion, be required to perform duties other than those specified in this description.
• Participate in or lead safety-related processes such as hazard assessment, work instruction development, incident investigations, LPA, 6S, safety walks, etc.
• Ensure that HSE legal and management system requirements for work areas are met.
• May, on occasion, be required to perform duties other than those specified in this description.

Education and Qualifications:

• Four year degree or two year degree in pursuit of a four year degree with two to four years in supervision and / or more than 3 years practical experience in supervision / management.
• Ability to identify and resolve day to day technical and operational problems.
• Analytical skills to gather and interpret production information.
• Computer competency required, spreadsheet, charting, and word documentation.
• Uses tact and diplomacy to exchange information and handle sensitive issues.
• Willingness and ability to travel, as necessary.

Work Environment/Work Conditions:

• Professional Office Environment
• Must wear proper personal protection equipment while on manufacturing floor
• Travel to manufacturing facilities or customer locations when required
• Equipment used requires proper training on the potential for and avoidance of injury.

Cooper Standard is proud of its diverse workforce and committed to providing equal employment opportunities to applicants and employees without regard to race, color, religion, sex, national origin, genetic information, physical or mental disability, age, veteran or military status, or any other characteristic protected by applicable law. We are dedicated to creating an environment at work that not only values diversity but also encourages inclusion and a sense of belonging. We firmly believe that a diverse workplace fosters an environment where our employees can flourish and provide superior service to our customers.

Because we recognize and value the range of ways in which people acquire experiences, whether via personal, professional, education, or volunteerism, we invite interested applicants to evaluate the key duties and requirements and apply for any opportunities that fit your experience and qualifications.

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