Production Supervisor

Full Time Elkmont, AL, US Salary Range: 65,000.00 To 75,000.00 Annually Purpose of the Position: Responsible for supervision of the production floor on a daily basis and continuous improvement of production activities and outcomes. Supervising Manages competencies in his/her team by developing skills through training. Ensures all appropriate documentation for training is signed and understood by the responsible associates. Provides job assignments throughout the day. Evaluates the working relationship of his/her team. Maintains knowledge on all workstations and understands their sequence of operation. Escalates to quality, engineering, safety, maintenance, and upper management if needed. Coaches troubleshooting with team leaders and associates prior to escalating an issue. Conducts shift pass-down with prior and following shift supervisors. Auditing Audits all first part validations to ensure they are completed and conform to specifications. Audits the cleanliness of each station. Audits near misses and/or accident action closure. Leads and participates in daily production status meetings. Uses problem solving tools to prevent or solve problems and participates in problem solving meetings where the team is involved. Compliance to Customer Requirements Ensures adherence to production plan; able to reorganize and prioritize as needed. Ensures that all products are produced in compliance with latest customer requirements and quality expectations. Achieving Plant Performance Goals Ensures quantity and quality of work performed by team members. Ensures the accuracy of daily data including scrap reported by Team Leads. Maintains the productivity of the equipment under supervision and the correct inventory level of in-process materials. Responsible for sending End of Shift report with the status of their shift to the production plan. Participates in continuous improvement workshops. Maintains trends of results from continuous improvement actions. Assists quality representative in conducting scrap meetings. Safety and Environmental Ensures that all employees are trained and compliant in the safe operation of equipment and plant-specific safety (ESD & PPE) and environmental concerns. Coordinated monthly shift meetings with employees to cover safety, quality, and other topics as needed. Reports near misses and any accidents, written and oral, when they occur. Employee Engagement Reports, addresses, and documents counseling pertaining to employee-related concerns (e.g., attendance, performance) and communicates to department management and human resources as required. Welcomes new hires and new to shift. Requests additional team members with department management when required. Provides performance feedback with team members. Encourages and motivates employees in work performance, open/constructive communications, problem solving and communicates any employee improvement ideas. Daily documentation in the HRIS for timecards, approval of PTO, and employee tracking of hours to minimize unnecessary overtime and absenteeism. Authority To supervise and make recommendations relating to production team members and/or processes and equipment; communicate regularly with the Production Manager and other departments and teams. All employees have a quality and safety responsibility; authority to stop work processes to correct quality and/or safety problems, or quarantine items until issues are resolved. The Production Supervisor has the authority to stop the production and delivery of a product if the quality is suspect or compromised. Accountabilities Maintains production planning (PDP) file and scheduling of employees. Maintains main production and quality KPI. Adheres to and implements quality, safety, and environmental objectives and reduces environmental impacts related to the activity of Electricfil Automotive. Reporting Analyzes functional quality test data and proposes potential failure modes to the team. Methodical and capable of analyzing quality problems and providing a concise written summary to management. Quality Responsible to ensure the quality of the product meets the expected level. Internal and/or external contacts (Internally) Interfaces with management and all levels of personnel within the organization.

• Internally) Works closely with others at EFC and EFI Automotive, locally and globally, as needed.
• Externally) Interfaces with customer and vendor representatives, including participation in customer audits and visits as requested.

Responsibilities Staff: 10 – 50 Budget: NA Revenue: NA Expenditure: NA Job Requirements Education and/or Experience High School diploma or equivalent required. Degree in a technical field preferred. Five or more years of experience in the automotive industry or a similar position required. Experience with problem solving tools (8D, Fishbone diagram, 5-Why, cause and effect data). Ability to conduct meetings and perform as a facilitator using English required. Communication/negotiation/meeting facilitation. Fluent in business English, IT literate. Supplemental Requirements for Advancement Additional training in supervision, coaching, employee motivation. Additional certifications (Allen Bradley PLC programming/troubleshooting). Functional capacity requirements Note: In terms of an 8-hour workday, “Occasionally” equals 1% to 33%; “Frequently” equals 34% to 66%, and “Continuously” equals 67% to 100% of the time. In an 8-hour workday the jobholder should be able to: Occasionally sit. Continu continuously stand and walk. Occasionally bend/stoop, squat, twist, push/pull, kneel and crouch. Occasionally reach above shoulder level. Occasionally carry/lift up to fifty (50) pounds, as in a case of paper or a file box. Continuously use his/her hands/fingers for the repetitive actions of simple and firm manipulation/grasping, as in operating a computer keyboard or touch tone telephone. Occasionally use his/her head and neck in flexing and rotating. Continuously be around manufacturing working conditions. Continuously be in a climate (heated/air-conditioned) controlled environment. Continuously be around moving machinery. Work in an ESD controlled Environment #J-18808-Ljbffr Electricfil-Corporation