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Production Supervisor - 2nd Shift

New York Air Brake
Watertown, NY Full Time
POSTED ON 1/8/2026
AVAILABLE BEFORE 2/6/2026
Oversees and manages all day-to-day production operations, in the assigned production section. Contributes to production planning processes. Allocates personnel resources. Proposes procedures improvements and implements technical infrastructure. Ensures adherence to established quality guidelines and production safety requirements. Determines manufacturing priorities based on established weekly production schedules. Makes daily assignments. Directs all related personnel actions; advices staff, executes performance measurements, etc... Interprets specifications and makes judgments about the acceptability of production that is in process. Leads all Production Operators in production section assigned.

Essential Functions

Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.



  • Provide manpower planning to ensure production schedules are met
  • Lead the training and qualification process of direct reports
  • Facilitate Team meetings to communicate departmental KPI measurements, etc.
  • Lead and engage continuous improvement ideas from team members
  • Conduct departmental audits (safety,5s, etc. )
  • Ensure employees are following established procedures and standard work process.
  • Address employee performance issues in a timely manner
  • Manage the time and attendance system to ensure employees’ hours are properly captured.
  • Ensure that all HSE policy and procedures are being followed
  • Conduct accident investigations
  • Must understand and support all Quality, Product Safety, Human Resources, and Health/Safety/Environmental/Energy Policies.
  • Must understand and adhere to all relevant statutory or regulatory compliance obligations.
  • Must understand, support and adhere to the Integrated Management System policies, procedures and instructions.
  • Must understand and support relevant key performance indicators (KPIs), as defined in the goal tree.

Skills And Competencies

  • Has SAP system knowledge.
  • Exhibits accident investigation skills.
  • Has Dayforce knowledge.
  • Has working knowledge of lean principles.
  • Exhibits excellent leadership skills.
  • Strong communication skills.

Supervisory Responsibility

This position has >10 direct hourly reports

Work Environment

The employee will be required to perform duties on a computer terminal and providing leadership on plant floor. The employee may be exposed to shop floor conditions, i.e. noise, heat, cold, dust/dirt etc.

Physical Demands

The physical demands are representative of those that must be met by an employee to successfully perform the essential functions of an office work environment position.

Required Education And Experience

  • Associate Degree in Process, Industrial, or Manufacturing Engineering, Business
  • 3-5 Years of Relevant Experience

Preferred Education And Experience

  • Lean Manufacturing, 5S, SAP

Additional Eligibility Qualifications

  • All requirements are subject to possible modification to reasonably accommodate individuals with disabilities.
  • This job description in no way states or implies that these are the only duties to be performed by the employee occupying this position. Employees will be required to follow any other job-related instructions and to perform any other job-related duties requested by their supervisor.
  • This document does not create an employment contract, implied or otherwise, other than an “at will” employment relationship.

Please note: At this time, we are not able to offer immigration sponsorship for new hires. All applicants must be currently authorized to work in the United States on a full-time basis without the need for current or future employment-based visa sponsorship.

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