Production Supervisor

Production Supervisor - 3rd Shift

The supervisor is responsible for leading the day to day production activities to achieve performance goals in the areas or safety, quality, cost, delivery, in a high performing work team environment. Must be capable of collaborating with cross-functional teams and department leaders to address concerns and issues that affect safety, part quality, production efficiency, continuous improvement, etc. The Production Supervisor will also have exceptional interpersonal, organizational, and management skills, demonstrating the ability to be an innovator and change agent. This position will support 3rd shift production operations and may work weekends as needed.

Essential Duties

• Provides leadership for production areas and the team members.
• Drives operations to ensure production quality and quantity targets are achieved.
• Establishes strong and effective working relationships that are conducive to maintaining a positive work environment.
• Ensures that team members are trained and understand their roles, responsibilities, and are given appropriate performance feedback.
• Communicates with team members providing both positive feedback when appropriate and addressing disciplinary actions when necessary.
• Understands and applies policies consistently and fairly to team members.
• Promotes and drives the organizations vision and utilization of Truck Production System (Lean Manufacturing) methodologies.
• Champions change and facilitates team related functions to improve the business performance.
• Maintains and improves employee relations.
• Works closely with team members across departments to establish priorities ensuring on-time shipments to customers, meeting quality expectations, and other activities as needed.
• Ensures compliance with the plant policies and procedures including requirements for TS16949 and ISO14001.
• Performs other duties as requested, directed, or assigned

Required Skills

• Strong interpersonal skills are required.
• Proficiency with Microsoft Office Suite is required. Statistical evaluation software familiarity a plus.
• Strong Problem solving skills required.
• Strong Written and Oral communications skills are required.
• Ability to handle multiple priorities is required.
• Working knowledge of Lean Manufacturing techniques with emphasis on Standardized Work, Continuous Improvement, 5S, and JIT principles is required.
• Greenbelt Certification preferred.
• Required Experience
• Requires at least five years of experience supervising a team of 20 or more in a manufacturing environment with Lean Methodologies.
• Demonstrated experience in motivating and leading people, driving a positive work environment is required.
• Desired Skills and Experience
• Strong interpersonal skills are required.
• Proficiency with Microsoft Office Suite is required. Statistical evaluation software familiarity a plus.
• Strong Problem solving skills required.
• Strong Written and Oral communications skills are required.
• Ability to handle multiple priorities is required.
• Working knowledge of Lean Manufacturing techniques with emphasis on Standardized Work, Continuous Improvement, 5S, and JIT principles is required.
• Greenbelt Certification preferred.
• Seniority Level
• Mid-Senior level

About Aerotek:

Our people are everything. As a Best of Staffing® Client and Talent leader, Aerotek® Inc. has distinguished itself as a leader in recruiting and staffing services, by having a deep understanding of the intersection of talent and business. As a strategic partner to more than 17,000 clients and 300,000 contract employees every year, Aerotek's people-focused approach yields competitive advantages for its clients and rewarding careers for its contract employees. Headquartered in Hanover, Md., Aerotek operates a network of over 230 non-franchised offices with more than 6,000 internal employees dedicated to serving our customers. Aerotek is an operating company of Allegis Group, a global talent solutions provider. To learn more, visit .

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