Production Supervisor

Job title: Production Supervisor

Job Purpose

The Production Supervisor is responsible for leading daily manufacturing operations to ensure the safe, efficient, and cost-effective production of high-quality products. This role provides direct leadership to production team members, drives continuous improvement initiatives, supports employee development, and ensures compliance with safety, quality, delivery, and productivity objectives. The Production Supervisor serves as a key link between operations, quality, maintenance, materials, and leadership teams to achieve operational excellence and customer satisfaction.

Job Duties and Responsibilities

Production Leadership & Operations

• Direct and coordinate daily production activities to meet safety, quality, delivery, and productivity targets.
• Monitor production schedules and adjust resources as necessary to meet customer demands and changing priorities.
• Manage staffing levels, work assignments, vacation schedules, and overtime requirements to ensure adequate production coverage.
• Review production performance, identify constraints, and implement corrective actions to improve efficiency and throughput.
• Ensure equipment, tooling, dies, fixtures, and materials are available to support production requirements.
• Coordinate with maintenance to address equipment issues and minimize downtime.
• Analyze production data and key performance indicators (KPIs) to drive operational improvements.

People Leadership & Development

• Lead, coach, and develop production team members to achieve performance expectations and foster employee engagement.
• Support onboarding, training, cross-training, and workforce development initiatives.
• Maintain training matrices and ensure employees are qualified and certified for assigned tasks.
• Conduct performance discussions, provide feedback, and support corrective action processes when required.
• Promote a positive work environment that reflects the organization's values and culture.
• Facilitate effective shift communications and daily team meetings.

Quality Management

• Ensure compliance with all quality standards, procedures, and customer requirements.
• Conduct and verify first-piece, last-piece, and in-process quality inspections as required.
• Review quality performance metrics and implement corrective actions to reduce defects and scrap.
• Manage containment activities and disposition of nonconforming products in partnership with Quality personnel.
• Support root cause analysis, corrective actions, and continuous improvement initiatives related to quality concerns.
• Monitor Statistical Process Control (SPC) activities and ensure process controls are maintained.

Safety & Compliance

• Champion a culture of safety and ensure compliance with all company safety policies, procedures, and regulatory requirements.
• Conduct safety observations, audits, investigations, and corrective actions as needed.
• Ensure employees receive required safety training and follow es