What are the responsibilities and job description for the Supervisor Production position at MEC (Mayville Engineering Company, Inc.)?
Job Responsibilities
- Schedules all direct labor personnel on daily work activities ensuring optimal utilization of skills and man hours to meet timely production and quality standards.
- Trains employees and completes training records.
- Ensures employees are complying with manufacturing process documentation.
- Maintains schedule adherence and works with management on proper staffing levels to meet schedules.
- Leads high-performing team: interviewing, hiring, training, directing work, appraising performance, rewarding and disciplining employees, addressing complaints and resolving problems.
- Maintains proper quality standards on all products being produced on shift.
- Distributes supplies, takes inventory, and initiates reorder as needed.
- Advises operations management of process improvement ideas, production issues, maintenance items, safety matters, and other information.
- Follows acceptable employee relation practices and company policies.
- Ensures employees maintain and practice proper safety requirements including good housekeeping and wearing proper personal protective equipment (PPE).
- All other duties assigned.
- Knowledge of manufacturing equipment, procedures, and production/quality standards.
- Demonstrated ability to work with multiple internal departments to ensure delivery of quality product on time.
- May require in-depth ability to read, interpret and explain blueprints, engineering drawings, job orders and specifications based on location.
- Strong interpersonal and communication skills to interact with and motivate a diverse group of employees.
- Advanced ability to solve practical problems and deal with a variety of personnel and production problems.
- Strong computer skills and familiarity with office productivity software and business control software.
- Ability to work in a busy, fast-paced production environment, often under time constraints.
- High school diploma or equivalent required. Associate’s degree preferred.
- Minimum of three years of experience in a manufacturing environment including managing personnel in a production environment.
- Experience with continuous improvement methods and teams, or cost reduction initiatives showing tangible results.