Production Supervisor (Welding)

Production Supervisor (Welding)

This position sits within our Fortify Building Solutions business, which serves the pre-engineered metal buildings, metal roof & wall systems and steel building components industry.

Through the core values and consistent behaviors and mindsets embraced by our employees, we have built a culture dedicated to understanding our customers' needs and what matters most to their success. We know that it's our people that make the difference and we are deeply committed to building a workplace and global community where inclusion is not only valued, but prioritized, providing an environment of mutual respect where equal employment opportunities are available to all applicants and employees.

The Production Supervisor oversees the day-to-day operations within a diverse and talented manufacturing team. Beyond supervision, they also coach, resolve issues, train, and serve as a link between direct reports and upper management.

Key objectives and responsibilities include facilitating the manufacture of building products to meet production demands, while ensuring quality, safety, and productivity; managing day-shift weld shop operations, leading and developing a team of welders and ensuring production targets and capacity goals are achieved; collaborating with plant leadership to develop staffing guidelines, optimizing resource utilization while controlling costs; hiring, supervising, evaluating, and replacing staff as required to meet performance goals; developing and training employees for increasing responsibilities, conducting periodic evaluations, and holding safety and production meetings daily. Drives initiatives of 5S, cost reduction, and quality improvement; assigning personnel, overseeing rotations, and maintaining effective communication during shift changes and troubleshooting; ensuring accurate completion of paperwork related to line operation, including logs, audits, and corrective actions; readily addressing any urgent production or shipping requirements, even if it disrupts the regular workflow; knowledge and understanding of all safety policies and regulations and ability to address all unsafe acts and conditions; administering policies fairly and consistently; providing coaching and counseling to employees and corrective action when needed, following company guidelines; promoting overall goals of company in safety, quality, delivery, and cost; identifying and assisting with implementations for continuous process improvement. Uses data to improve and refine production process; managing materials to reduce waste and support quality; collaborating with other departments to ensure timely job completions; highly developed oral and written communication skills, combines with the ability to educate and train employees in a production environment; performing other duties as assigned.

Supervise, monitor, and manage the work of others to ensure tasks are completed accurately, efficiently, and on time.

Education and work experience requirements include a high school diploma or equivalent (GED); 2 year associate degree or a bachelor's degree in related field preferred but not required; minimum of two years of leadership experience in a manufacturing environment; experience in a weld shop environment, including MIG (GMAW) welding knowledge and a strong understanding of welding processes; demonstrated ability to supervise, motivate, mentor and train employees on a regular basis.

Physical requirements include lifting capacity ability to lift up to 30 lbs.; mobility prolonged periods of time on feet, standing, bending, etc.; exposure moving mechanical parts, fumes, airborne particles, and non-climate-controlled environment. Noise tolerance high noise levels.

Cornerstone Building Brands