
Production Supervisor
Required skills
- production requirements
- production schedules
- production orders
- order variances
- stock and supplies
- materials
- specifications
- blueprints
- job orders
- materials flow
Nice to have
- technical school
- college
- aerospace
- space
- chemical
- petro-chemical
Role summary
We are seeking a Production Supervisor to oversee and coordinate the activities of workers in a manufacturing environment. This role involves establishing production schedules, managing production orders, ensuring material availability, and interpreting specifications. The supervisor will also be responsible for inspecting products, adjusting machinery, improving production methods, and resolving work problems. Key duties include managing employee schedules, handling disciplinary issues, training, evaluating, and reviewing subordinate employees, and ensuring adherence to quality policies and 5S programs. This position directly supervises 1 to 50 employees and involves interviewing, hiring, training, assigning work, appraising performance, and addressing complaints.
Supervises and coordinates activities of workers engaged in operating variety of machines to manufacture parts or products by performing the following duties.
Responsibilities:
- Establishes employee schedule based on production requirements.
- Generate production schedules to accurately reflect to sales the completion dates of manufactured product.
- Create, manage, and close production orders through the manufacturing department.
- Review order variances for accuracy.
- Computes amounts of stock and supplies required for operations, based on production schedules, and requisitions materials from storage area.
- Interprets specifications, blueprints, and job orders to workers, and assigns duties. Plans flow of materials through department(s).
- Interfaces with others in the organization to ensure customer deadlines are met. Inspects and measures parts and products to verify conformance to specifications.
- Directs workers in adjusting machines and equipment to repair products which fail to meet standards. Establishes or adjusts work procedures to meet production schedules.
- Develops, recommends, and implements measures to improve production methods, equipment performance, and quality of product.
- Analyzes and resolves work problems or assists workers in solving work problems. Performs activities of workers supervised.
- Handles disciplinary issues with shift employees. Trains, upgrades, evaluates, and reviews subordinate employees.
- Applies company employee/labor relations policies in all dealings with employees.
- Ensures the Quality Policy is understood, implemented, and maintained within department(s). Ensures that department(s) are actively participating in 5S (workplace organization) program.
Supervisory Responsibilities
Directly supervises 1 to 50 employees in the various departments on production floor. Carries out supervisory responsibilities in accordance with the organization's policies and applicable laws. Responsibilities include interviewing, hiring, and training employees; planning, assigning, and directing work; appraising performance; rewarding and disciplining employees; addressing complaints and resolving problems.
Education and/or Experience: One year certificate from college or technical school; or three to six months related experience and/or training; or equivalent combination of education and experience.
Language Skills: Ability to read and interpret documents such as safety rules, operating and maintenance instructions, and procedure manuals. Ability to write routine reports and correspondence. Ability to speak effectively before groups of customers or employees of organization.
Mathematical Skills: Ability to add, subtract, multiply, and divide in all units of measure, using whole numbers, common fractions, and decimals. Ability to compute rate, ratio, and percent and to draw and interpret bar graphs.
Reasoning Ability: Ability to apply common sense understanding to carry out instructions furnished in written, oral, or diagram form. Ability to deal with problems involving several concrete variables in standardized situations.
Computer Skills: To perform this job successfully, an individual should have knowledge of Internet software; Inventory software; Spreadsheet software and Word Processing software.
We believe that different perspectives and backgrounds are what make a company flourish. All qualified applicants will receive equal consideration for employment regardless of color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, economic status, disability, age, or any other legally protected characteristics. We are proud to be an inclusive company with values grounded in equality and ethics, where we celebrate, support, and embrace diversity.
At no time during the hiring process will Smiths Group, nor any of our recruitment partners ever request payment to enable participation – including, but not limited to, interviews or testing. Avoid fraudulent requests by applying jobs directly through our career’s website (Careers - Smiths Group plc)
US Hose is a global leader in creating and adapting fluid and gas management products and quality programs. We provided solutions and service for demanding fluid and gas transfer requirements, whether the media be corrosive, caustic or combustible, under extreme pressure, temperature and flexing conditions. Primary markets include aerospace, space, chemical, petro-chemical, pulp and paper, petroleum equipment, heavy equipment, compressed gas, automotive, refrigeration, transportation, data centers and dozens of other niche markets. US Hose’s background and experience in stringent and demanding hose requirements plays into the strengths of our applications engineers. We take on some of the toughest and most challenging applications out there and turn them into solutions that satisfy our customers, using our experience and proven technology.. Committed to quality, US Hose’s Quality Systems are 3rd party certified and the business has received numerous other certifications and accreditations.
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