Production Supervisor

Production Supervisor - Pacific, MO

Klauber Machine & Gear

Manager / Supervisor: Production Manager

Salaried Exempt

Day Shift:

M-TH 6:30am-5:00pm

Fri - OT 6:30am-3:00 pm

Manages approximately 15 people

Job Purpose

This position supervises a team in the making and assembly of gear motor products and is responsible for scheduling of work, set-up of work centers and assembly lines, maintenance of equipment, special fixtures, and test equipment. Also responsible for ensuring employees follow all prescribed safety procedures, ensuring adherence to appropriate quality standards, completing proper documentation, providing leadership on the production floor, and meeting production output standards. This position reports to the Production Manager.

Job Responsibility Summary

General Responsibilities:

• Work in cooperation with team leads to manage daily production activities ensuring work orders flow efficiently through CNC machining and final assembly
• Work with team leads to assign employees to workstations and coordinate labor to meet production schedules
• Train new employees on job responsibilities and work instructions
• Supervise, evaluate, and support the hourly production team
• Maintain accurate time, attendance, and production records
• Lead through servant leadership while holding self and the team to high performance standards
• Ensure effective employee relations, evaluate employee performance, and help make employment decisions
• Ensure all preventative maintenance is performed on production equipment
• Identify work procedures, issue written and oral instructions, prepare work schedules, and expedite workflow
• Plan and coordinate work, monitor and evaluate performance and productivity of employees, and ensure their ability to safely operate equipment
• Coordinate machine setups, adjustments, and changeovers as required
• Coordinate workflow between workstations and areas to minimize downtime and bottlenecks
• Ensure written work order instructions are followed
• Manage department performance measures including visual controls and provide regular progress reports
• Comply with all company policies and procedures including completion of performance corrective action & documentation
• Communicate professionally with employees to help solve any work-related issues
• Maintain a clean and organized work area
• Communicate production changes, priorities, and expectations to the team
• Promote and enforce all safety rules and company policies
• Ensure production lines operate safely, smoothly, and produce quality parts
• Coach standardized work and verify adherence to quality and safety standards
• Build strong working relationships with team members and management
• Analyze and resolve production, quality, and workflow issues
• Administer corrective action in coordination with Human Resources when required
• Participate in team efforts to achieve departmental and company goals
• Perform other duties as assigned
  
  
  

NOTE: The proceeding examples are representative of the assignments and responsibilities performed by this position and are not intended to be all-inclusive.

Required Knowledge, Skills, & Abilities

(To perform this job successfully, an individual must be able to perform each essential duty satisfactorily. The requirements listed below are representative of the knowledge, skills, and ability required.)

Education/Licensure/Credentials:

Required: High School Diploma or Equivalent

Preferred: Bachelor’s degree in Manufacturing Engineering, Operations, or related field

Experience:

Required: 4 years’ experience leading final assembly operations, including work order execution and

coordination with upstream manufacturing processes

Preferred: 6 years of experience working in a manufacturing environment including supervision of CNC Machining

Special Knowledge/Skills:

Required:

• Proven ability to build positive working relationships and lead teams through collaboration and respect
• Leadership ability and knowledge of best practice supervisory skills
• Demonstrated ability to anticipate problems and take corrective action before they impact safety, quality, or delivery
• Good time management skills, be highly motivated to solve problems, be detail oriented, and able to establish priorities
• Strong organizational skills, interpersonal, written, and verbal communication skills, customer service focus, technical capacity, as well as the ability to work well in a team environment
  
  
  

Preferred:

• Working knowledge of Microsoft Office Suite (Excel, Word, PowerPoint, Outlook)
• Experience with safety programs and quality systems
• Ability to collaborate effectively across multiple disciplines with internal and external resources
• Strong analytical capabilities, with a basic understanding of statistical analysis techniques
  
  
  

Physical Demands Required:

The physical demands described here are representative of those that must be met by an employee to successfully perform the essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodations can be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.

• Specific vision abilities required by this job include close vision, distance vision, color vision, peripheral vision, depth perception and ability to adjust focus.
• Standing, walking, and sitting for a majority of the time
• Use of hands and arms to touch, lift, and reach, etc.
• Talking and hearing for a majority of the time
• Typing for portion of time
• Lifting and/or exerting up to 20 lbs. of weight/force frequently and up to 50 lbs. of weight /force occasionally
• Frequently exposed to production floor elements such as noise, dust, fumes, odors, and heat
• Frequently working on production floor without climate control
• Cognitive requirements include the ability to learn quickly, handle multiple complex tasks simultaneously, demonstrate strong attention to detail, and be highly productive without need for much supervision
• Must be capable of remembering, imagining, logical, numerical, and verbal reasoning, perceiving, problem solving, and providing output that users can act upon
  
  
  

Personal Protective Equipment (PPE):

• As required in various production work areas including safety eyewear, gloves, safety shoes