- Field
- Plant and production leadership
- Location
- Detroit, MI
- Work model
- Onsite
- Level
- Manager
- Pay
- $55k to $80k
About the role
Supervisors directly manage and coordinate activities of production employees by planning and assigning work, implementing procedures, training employees and recommending improvements in shop production while ensuring a smooth and consistent operation.
What you would own
- Coordinate, direct and lead production employees to achieve production levels that meet or beat budget.
- Determine and assign work schedules and expedite workflow.
- Coordinate materials for jobs and maintain inventory levels.
- Examine work for quality and conformance to policies and procedures, 1st piece and periodically afterward.
- Supervise production employees to obtain top quality workmanship, efficiency, commitment and teamwork.
- Responsible for implementation of Lean layouts, techniques, & tools in area.
- Balance quality, productivity, cost and safety to achieve positive results in all areas.
- Train, motivate, monitor and evaluate performance of employees.
- Control and minimize labor hours.
- Ensure that proper safety and incident reporting procedures are followed.
- Perform accident and injury investigations.
- Responsible for shop floor organization and housekeeping.
- Minimize production rework, maintenance expenses, and shop supply expenses in area.
- Recognize and communicate any priority projects or problems, especially those that impact customer schedules & ship dates.
- Distribute, collect, review, verify and enter employee production cards by specified deadlines.
- Review, verify and submit employee timecards by specified deadlines.
- Recognize and report to Human Resources any employee problems or personnel issues.
- Administer CBA & Work Rules and grievance handling through 1st Step.
- Setup work areas for the next day.
- 5+ years working in a material handling and/or manufacturing plant (union experience a plus).
- 2 + years supervising employees.
- Able to read and interpret engineering drawings and specifications.
- Lean / Continuous Improvement experience.
- Proficiency in operating a forklift.
Everything above is the hiring company’s own words, with the company name taken out. The name, the team, and the interview steps come with the first conversation.