Production Supervisor- Patch & Polish

About Nautique Boat Company

With over 100 years of excellence, Nautique Boat Company, a subsidiary of Correct Craft, is recognized globally for building the world’s finest ski and wake boats. Since 1925, we’ve led the marine industry through innovation, superior craftsmanship, and a dedication to quality.

Beyond our boats, we’re driven by purpose. Through Nautique Cares, we contribute to causes both locally and around the globe improving that performance, people, and philanthropy go hand-in-hand

Job Description

Reporting to the department manager, the supervisor will manage a group of assigned department staff. The supervisor will be responsible for safety, quality, production, production-related metrics, administrative tasks, and improvements being made in the department. The supervisor will need to communicate production needs to the employees and focus on employee relationships and development. The supervisor will interact with other production supervisors, managers, quality control, and product design and development.

Key Responsibilities:

• Manages operations in his/her area to ensure the safe and timely completion of production schedules or department work by effectively utilizing people, equipment, and material. This includes coordinating Team Leaders (if applicable), time and production records, and ensuring that job assignments and work are set up for employees in the department.
• Ensures the team’s overall quality levels (quality of product or department work) and on-time delivery schedules are maintained.
• Interacts with various levels of people in the plant as needed, including quality control, industrial engineering, product development, and design.
• Supervises employee activities. This includes evaluation and discipline; overall performance management; training and development; analyzing and resolving work problems; initiating or suggesting plans to motivate workers to achieve goals; and effective communication with associates.
• Maintains safe working conditions in his/her area focusing on safety awareness with employees, and enforcing safety regulations.
• Inspects production/department work to verify conformance to specifications and directs any adjustments asneeded.
• Studies production/department work schedules and estimates employee hour requirements for completion of work. Establishes or adjusts work procedures to meet production/department schedules and goals.
• Continually works on process improvement and department efficiency. This includes recommendations to improve production methods, equipment performance, overall work quality, working conditions, and use of equipment.
• Communicates with other supervisors or managers as needed to coordinate activities of respective departments or areas.
• Actively participates with the entire Operation Team to support strategic plans and implement initiatives.
• Must comply with all OSHA and safety procedures.