What are the responsibilities and job description for the Production Supervisor position at Special Products & Manu?
Special Products & Manufacturing, an award-winning company with over 60 years of success, is seeking a Production Supervisor to join our team in Rockwall, TX.
Do you have a strong background in leading people? Are you a process driven, detail-oriented person with a strong character and sense of urgency who demonstrates superior time management, organizational, leadership and problem-solving skills? Do you like a fast-paced environment where accuracy, quality focus, and follow-through are a must? Then this is the job for you!
If you have at least 3-5 years of production supervisory experience in a manufacturing environment, you owe it to yourself to check out this opportunity!
Why You Should Join Our Team:
- Comprehensive Benefits: At SPM, employees enjoy a robust benefits package including health, dental, and vision coverage, retirement plans, wellness programs, and paid time off. Our focus on well-being helps you maintain a healthy work‑life balance while thriving in your career.
- Company stability and growth: Founded in 1963, SPM has more than 60 years of proven success. We continue to grow and innovate, offering employees the chance to be part of a stable, forward‑thinking organization.
- Work for an award-winning company: SPM was recently named Fabricator of the Year (2025) by The Fabricator, a major industry publication. This kind of recognition reflects a company known for quality, innovation, and best practices, and makes it a proud place to work
- Strategic Visibility & Organizational Impact: Serve in a high-impact purchasing role with executive visibility, influencing leadership decisions through market intelligence, forecasting, and cost modeling while partnering cross-functionally with Engineering, Operations, Quality, and Finance to drive value engineering and manufacturability improvements.
Position Overview:
As our Production Supervisor, you will spearhead initiatives to streamline processes, improve efficiency, and elevate overall performance. Responsible for safe and efficient operations of a plant operation including the quality and efficiency of the product produced. This position is to lead a production shift of skilled production operators to ensure products are being produced to specifications, in a safe manner while meeting quality and safety targets.
Key Responsibilities:
- Provide creative leadership and direction to employees to improve operating efficiencies, equipment performance, ensure safety, quality, and productivity.
- Manage production through understanding of procedures, processes, equipment and product
- Promote safe working habits and maintain good housekeeping 5S to ensure a safe and clean working environment for all employees.
- Recommend and implement action plans to correct deviations noted during daily work, internal or external audits.
- Achieve results by establishing priorities, communicating job expectations, planning, monitoring, appraising job results, coaching, counseling, disciplining employees, initiating, coordinating, and enforcing systems, policies, or procedures.
- Maintain the quality of staff by hiring, training, developing, and mentoring employees to ensure maximum performance.
- Read and analyze charts, work orders, production schedules, and other reports to determine production requirements.
- Complete administration duties that include time and attendance system, holiday/vacation planning, production reports, back-order reviews, past due list, and safety violations/concerns.
- Balance and report quality, productivity, costs, safety and morale to achieve positive results in all areas. Works to improve in all areas.
- Manage employees by checking products to maintain a high standard of quality and quantity. Ensure compliance of technical procedures.
Qualifications:
- 3-5 years of experience in manufacturing, with 2 years of team lead/supervisory experience.
- Experience in sheet metal manufacturing is required..
- Excellent verbal and written communication skills; able to work with cross functional teams
- Process oriented thinker: Focus on both the process and result. Believe the right process will bring the right results.
- Ability to thrive in a fast-paced environment and work with urgency
- Strong leadership qualities
- Organizational and time management skills
- Working Knowledge of lean process preferred.
- Positive attitude and action oriented.
- Must be willing to work a flexible schedule.
- English required, bilingual in English and Spanish preferred.
About the Company:
Special Products & Mfg., Inc. (SPM) is a precision sheet metal fabrication and contract manufacturing company headquartered in Rockwall, Texas, with additional facilities in the region, serving OEMs across a wide range of industries. With more than 60 years of manufacturing experience, the company provides comprehensive in-house capabilities including laser cutting, CNC machining, metal forming, welding, powder coating, and electro-mechanical assembly. Supported by ISO 9001:2015 certification, advanced automation, and lean manufacturing practices, SPM delivers scalable, high-quality production solutions designed to meet evolving customer demands
All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to the individual's race, color, sex, national origin, religion, age, disability, genetic information, status as a military veteran, or any other characteristic protected by applicable law.
How to Apply:
If you are a results-oriented professional with a passion for driving continuous improvement in manufacturing, we want to hear from you! Please visit our website https://spmfg.com/careers, and submit your resume.
Join us at SPM and be part of our award-winning, world-class team!