Manufacturing Supervisor

Our client in Oakland County, MI is looking for a Manufacturing Supervisor to join their growing team.

Our client's engineers work in a variety of environments and locations. The role requires strong technical knowledge, sound experience, and people-skills, to effectively solve issues as they arise.

Job Description:

• Identify upcoming roadblocks and provide planning to meet overall schedule requirements.
• Coordination of daily build activities with manufacturing personnel including contractors.
• Track and communicate on-site technical issues with Engineering and Project Management to resolve and close open issues.
• Participate in regular manufacturing meetings
• Report schedule and budget status at manufacturing line side meetings
• Initiate material requests for special items
• Manage Shipping/Receiving tasks
• Logistics:

1. Generate requests for special materials
2. Mechanical/Electrical tear down & Complete Teardown Checklist
3. Support machine component packaging and labeling
4. Support machine loading on truck.
5. Move excess material from job build to carrier
6. Scrap unneeded /low-value items
7. Clean and return carried to shipping/receiving

• Build:

1. Manage jobs through build, qualification, and runoff
2. Sign out build books (drawings).
3. Line up Machine Builders on build books
4. Create Pre-Acceptance & Certification books
5. Process engineering changes
6. Report % complete status to Operations Team

Skills/Experience Required:

• Minimum 5 years of automotive, integration, and machine tool experience
• Minimum 1 year of supervisory experience
• Hands-on experience with assembly/machining product lines
• Training with: General Safety, ISO/Quality standards, Lockout/Tagout, MIOSHO, etc.
• Hard Skills:

1. Ability to read and interpret blueprints
2. Strong mechanical skills
3. Awareness of basic machine controls and interfaces
4. Ability to review and update project files
5. Microsoft Office
6. Thorough understanding of internal processes

• Soft Skills:

1. Must have excellent planning skills
2. Manage time effectively
3. Lead build team
4. Must be able to train and get new team members up to speed with processes and assigned projects
5. Communicate effectively with all team members including build team, production, shipping/receiving, engineering, and operations

• Supervise builders and contractors during machine build and qualification
• Enforce site safety, quality, and environmental policies with internal and external personnel
• Review and approve timesheets/expense reports when applicable

Education:

• 2 year degree is preferred but will take overall experience into account.