What are the responsibilities and job description for the Shift Supervisor (Nights) position at American Wheatley?
Description
Shift Supervisor
Location: Broken Arrow, OK
Schedule: Approximately 4:00 p.m. – 2:30 a.m. (Overtime Required)
Reports To: Shop Supervisor
Status: Full-Time | Non-Exempt
The Shift Supervisor plays a critical role in managing daily shop-floor operations. This role ensures that production schedules are met safely, efficiently, and with a high degree of quality. The ideal candidate leads from the floor, builds accountability within the team, and drives continuous improvement.
Overtime is expected based on production demands. This position is also responsible for proper delegation throughout the day and a structured handoff to second shift to ensure operational continuity.
What You’ll Do
Safety Leadership
What You Bring
Qualifications
Shift Supervisor
Location: Broken Arrow, OK
Schedule: Approximately 4:00 p.m. – 2:30 a.m. (Overtime Required)
Reports To: Shop Supervisor
Status: Full-Time | Non-Exempt
The Shift Supervisor plays a critical role in managing daily shop-floor operations. This role ensures that production schedules are met safely, efficiently, and with a high degree of quality. The ideal candidate leads from the floor, builds accountability within the team, and drives continuous improvement.
Overtime is expected based on production demands. This position is also responsible for proper delegation throughout the day and a structured handoff to second shift to ensure operational continuity.
What You’ll Do
Safety Leadership
- Champion a safety-first culture and complete 30 safety observations per month
- Lead daily pre-shift meetings to communicate safety topics, goals, and expectations
- Ensure compliance with all safety, environmental, and company policies
- Oversee daily shop-floor operations, ensuring schedule adherence, production accuracy, and on-time completion
- Assign work, adjust priorities, and track key production KPIs (output, scrap, rework, labor utilization)
- Ensure equipment reliability, support inventory accuracy, and validate scrap
- Partner with Maintenance, Engineering, and Quality to reduce downtime and improve performance
- Supervise welders, fabricators, painters, and general labor personnel
- Train and cross-train employees to build team flexibility and redundancy
- Provide coaching, performance feedback, and corrective action as needed
- Support hiring, onboarding, and accountability within a performance-driven culture
- Implement Lean manufacturing principles and 5S practices
- Support operational and process improvement initiatives (OMA)
- Lead root-cause problem solving and actively resolve shop-floor issues
What You Bring
Qualifications
- 5 years of experience in manufacturing, fabrication, or mechanical assembly
- 2 years of supervisory or team lead experience
- Strong knowledge of production, safety, and quality processes
- Ability to manage shop-floor teams and interpret blueprints/work orders
- Strong leadership, communication, and team-building skills
- Sound decision-making and problem-solving under pressure
- Detail-oriented, organized, and safety-focused
- Hands-on leader willing to work from the production floor
- Experience with ASME pressure vessel or HVAC equipment manufacturing
- Familiarity with Lean manufacturing and 5S principles
- Forklift certification or experience overseeing powered industrial trucks
- ERP system and Microsoft Excel experience