Sr Manufacturing Supervisor

Sr Manufacturing Supervisor

Requirements

• High school diploma required.
• Bachelor’s degree in business or related field, or 2-year trade school degree preferred.
• Seven (7+) or more years of experience required.
• Five (5+) or more years of experience in a manufacturing environment strongly preferred.
• Five (5+) or more years in a supervisory role required. Manufacturing environment strongly preferred.
• Experience leading teams in a bargaining unit environment strongly preferred.
• Internal candidates: Three (3) years’ experience in Manufacturing Supervisor role required.

Responsibilities

• Through a team of Manufacturing Supervisors, lead manufacturing team members to meet production targets and deadlines.
• Oversee the Manufacturing Supervisor team activities which include scheduling, completing performance reviews, issuing corrective action, training, timecard approvals, Production Recording verification, etc. Personally oversee the disciplinary process.
• Assist Manufacturing Management by compiling shift data and preparing reports for daily status meetings using Microsoft Excel.
• Act as a back-up for Manufacturing Supervisors.
• Act as a back-up for Manufacturing Management.
• Draft written manufacturing procedures.
• Train, mentor, and evaluate team members to foster growth and skill development.
• Mentor and motivate team members to increase engagement. Create and promote a respectful and positive work environment.
• Manage all planning, scheduling and material flow issues to meet production schedules and customer requirements.
• Act as communications hub for the team, disseminating pertinent and timely information.
• Ensure routine manufacturing functions, as well as special manufacturing needs and repair of warranty product, are scheduled.
• Monitor manufacturing flow, using data indicators to schedule workload, ensuring output meets targeted goals. This includes monitoring and signing-off on MDI, KPIs, and the Hour-by-Hour boards and other production metrics, implementing countermeasures, manage checklists, perform safety inspections and audits, conduct manufacturing investigations and perform root cause analysis, etc.
• Identify opportunities for improvement and implement corrective actions.
• Maintain and boost production efficiency, initiate and implement continuous improvement projects, and work with manufacturing engineers to implement new processes.
• Assist in performing hands-on production duties as needed.
• Own quality output for the team as a key stakeholder in Eos’s quality program.
• Ensure team members keep a clean and organized work environment. Immediately address and resolve any clutter or disorganization to avoid errors, loss of productivity, and/or safety incidents.
• Model professional behavior and adherence to work rules, as well as the ability and willingness to hold team members accountable to the same behaviors and work rules.
• Measure and report out performance metrics.
• Working times and schedules will need to correlate with the team the Senior Supervisor, Manufacturing is leading. This can mean working second or third shift, weekends, extended hours, or on occasion, holidays.
• Other duties, responsibilities and activities may change or be assigned at any time with or without notice.

Preferred Qualifications

• Knowledge of manufacturing engineering and related management processes (e.g. Kaizen, SPC, TPM, FMEA, Lean Manufacturing, DMAIC, Six-Sigma) a plus.
• Good communication and organization skills.
• Strong skills and experience using Excel, Word, Outlook, PowerPoint.
• Project management experience a plus.