Production Supervisor - 1st Shift

Position Summary

The Production Supervisor is responsible for directing and coordinating daily manufacturing operations to ensure the safe, efficient, and timely production of quality products. This position provides day-to-day leadership, coaching, and support to production employees while promoting a culture of safety, accountability, teamwork, and continuous improvement. The Production Supervisor partners with Quality, Engineering, Programming, Maintenance, Supply Chain, and other functional areas to resolve production issues, improve operational performance, and meet customer requirements.

Key Responsibilities

Leadership:

• Supervise, coach, and develop production employees to achieve departmental goals.
• Communicate performance expectations and provide timely feedback and coaching.
• Address employee performance expectations, attendance, conduct, and policy compliance in accordance with company policies.
• Support employee training, onboarding, cross-training, and development activities.
• Foster a respectful, inclusive, and collaborative work environment.

Production Operations:

• Direct daily production activities to meet safety, quality, delivery, and productivity objectives.
• Monitor production schedules, staffing levels, workflow, machine utilization, and labor resources.
• Coordinate production priorities and respond to changing customer or operational requirements.
• Identify and escalate equipment, staffing, material, or process constraints.
• Maintain accurate production records and required documentation.

Communication & Collaboration:

• Serve as a liaison between production and support departments, including Engineering, Programming, Maintenance, Quality, and Supply Chain.
• Lead daily shift meetings and communicate production priorities, safety information, and operational updates.
• Facilitate problem-solving activities and support cross-functional decision-making.
• Ensure timely communication of operational issues to leadership.

Quality & Continuous Improvement:

• Ensure compliance with company quality standards, work instructions, and customer requirements.
• Support compliance with AS9100, ISO, and applicable regulatory requirements.
• Participate in root cause analysis and implementation of corrective actions.
• Identify and support continuous improvement initiatives focused on safety, quality, productivity, and efficiency.

Safety:

• Promote and enforce compliance with all company safety policies and procedures.
• Conduct routine safety observations and promptly address unsafe conditions or behaviors.
• Ensure employees utilize required personal protective equipment (PPE).
• Report and investigate workplace incidents in accordance with company procedures.