Production Supervisor

Overview

Lead hourly production team, ensure safety, quality, schedule, and continuous improvement.

Key Responsibilities

• equipment maintenance
• kpi monitoring
• incident investigation
• process improvement
• safety inspections
• production scheduling

Tasks

-To supervise both production and craft employees to ensure quality cores are made, tooling is properly maintained and check at appropriate intervals. -Investigates incidents fully and documents in the accident investigation system in a timely manner. -Uses daily Leader Standard Work to manage the process and quickly identify process deviations. -Ensures that production equipment is set up properly and is maintained in good operating condition. -Leads the work of hourly production employees to ensure that working procedures are followed in a manner that provides safe operation while maximizing quality and productivity as well as managing labor cost. -Ensures that all material and equipment required to perform daily work is available. -Fills in for other Production Supervisors when needed for vacation, planned outage or any other scenario. Fill in work can be on any shift. -Uses Key Performance Indicator (KPI) data to understand sources for driving performance and work on improvements when results are not meeting targets. -Maintains direct contact with maintenance supervisors to communicate equipment conditions and to aid in developing a priority for maintenance activities. -Conducts regular area safety inspections and 5S audits. -Ensures that work is conducted safely, that safety rules are adhered to, and that work areas are maintained in a safe and orderly fashion. -Ensures that any corrective actions that arise from accident investigations are implemented in a timely manner. -Works with Area Manager and Continuous Improvement personnel to identify, document, communicate, and implement process improvements, including participation in and sustaining 5S and Kaizen improvements. -Communicates frequently with crew members to maintain awareness regarding unsafe conditions and behaviors. -Develops and executes a documented plan to make sure assigned hourly employees are properly trained and qualified to perform their assigned position within their job classification. -Ensures that daily production schedules are met, and if not, captures the reasons for missing the daily plan. -Uses root cause analysis to determine action items to prevent reoccurrence of issues that cause gaps to standards. -Maintains open communication with assigned crew on a daily basis to address any safety, quality, production, maintenance, housekeeping, or personnel issues.

Requirements

• engineering degree
• lean manufacturing
• six sigma
• supervisory
• troubleshooting
• foundry

What You Bring

-Bachelor's Degree in Engineering such as Industrial, Electrical. Mechanical and Manufacturing and/or related field desired. -Lean Manufacturing and/or Six Sigma experience is a plus. -Minimum of 5 years previous supervisory or management experience in a heavy union or non-union fast paced manufacturing and/or construction environment is required. -Should have the ability to trouble shoot/diagnose mechanical problems - especially on the Core making equipment. -Previous ductile iron products experience with a good understanding of production operations or similar manufacturing operation is a plus. -Must have experience in working on mechanical equipment/tooling. -Foundry experience highly desired.

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Benefits

-Career Growth: Be part of an industry leader renowned for world-class design, manufacturing, sourcing, and distribution, and take your career to the next level. -Comprehensive Benefits: We provide a comprehensive benefits package with options tailored to meet your needs and those of your family.

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