Forge Shop Supervisor

Job title: Forge Shop Supervisor

About the Role

The Forge Shop Supervisor directs all shift operations within the Turbine Forge Department to meet daily targets for safety, quality, throughput, and cost. This role ensures adherence to engineering procedures and operating schedules while maintaining a safe, organized workplace that supports efficient material flow to downstream operations.

What You'll Do

• Maintain Area Safety Requirements: ensure compliance with safety, housekeeping, and 6S targets to foster a safe work environment.
• Lead the Hourly Workforce: train and supervise employees to ensure procedural compliance and drive improvements in first-time yield and overall part quality.
• Coordinate On-Shift Activities: monitor material verification, furnace loading, and downstream product movement to maintain throughput and support downstream operations.
• Effective Communication: liaise with other department leaders, including Engineering and Metallurgy, to ensure proper communication and maintain part quality.
• Monitor Daily Costs: minimize daily costs, drive continuous improvement in forging processes, and reduce waste to meet variable cost targets.
• Review Process Paperwork: verify adherence to job processes to maintain forge conformance.
• Ensuring compliance with PPE requirements and fostering a safe work environment.
• Managing daily operations and prioritizing tasks based on input from various departments.
• Driving procedural compliance and monitoring part quality for continuous improvement.
• Collaborating with the maintenance department to ensure equipment availability.
• Monitoring spending and minimizing waste to meet cost targets.

What We're Looking For

• Strong leadership skills.
• Knowledge of industrial systems, plant equipment, and processes.
• Ability to read and understand blueprints.
• Proficiency in computer applications (Windows, Oracle, Excel, Word, Outlook).
• Effective written and verbal communication skills.
• Strong technical skills in production operations and customer requirements.
• Excellent interpersonal skills.
• College degree preferred.
• 3-5 years of experience in heavy industry manufacturing or similar.
• Supervisory experience within a union environment is advantageous.
• Excellent human relations skills with organizational and problem-solving abilities.
• Ability to drive change and continuous improvement processes.