Welding Production Supervisor

Job Description

Job Description

Summary: Supervises and coordinates activities of production workers/welders to attain production and quality goals, maintains all shop floor control methods and analyzes data to guide improvement with various Team Leaders. Must be familiar with welding and fabrication in a production setting, including layouts, fitting, and welding precut and fabricated components to assemble box containers and parts. Communicates and administers company policies and procedures, providing feedback to the Plant Manager and HR where problems or concerns exist.

Essential Duties and Responsibilities include the following. Other duties may be assigned.

• Supervise all production activities in accordance with company policies, programs, and standards concerning safety, quality, productivity and cost
• Studies production schedules, schedules OT, insures daily, weekly, monthly PM’s are performed, and estimates worker hour requirements for completion of job assignment.
• Communicates and administers company policies and procedures, providing feedback to HR where problems or concerns exist.
• Establishes or adjusts work procedures to meet production schedules.
• Works to improve Quality and recommends measures to improve production methods, equipment performance, and quality of product.
• Inspects products to verify conformance to specifications, directs setup and adjustments of equipment, interprets specifications, and blueprints, coordinates with engineers for all product and process changes, and communicates all changes to Team Leaders.
• Provides tracking of KPI’s for production and quality
• Suggests changes in working conditions and use of equipment to increase efficiency of shop, department, or work crew.
• Analyzes and resolves work problems, or assists workers in solving work problems.
• Conducts performance appraisals for Team Leaders and Team Members, handles disciplinary and morale issues and works with HR on all pay issues. Maintains time and production records, and coordinates training and development for Team Leaders and Members.
• Estimates, requisitions, and inspects materials and coordinates expedited delivery schedules with customer service as required.
• Confers with other supervisors to coordinate activities of individual departments, and communicates by total group meeting all takt time changes, policy deployment progress, all key information to the team, and adjusts work procedures to meet production schedules.
• Actively participates in interviews for outside Team Member hires and interviews for promotions to Lead positions with the group
• Confers with sales and purchasing to establish production schedules by obtaining data regarding types, quantities, specifications, and delivery dates of products ordered and material lead times.
• Reviews work orders from sales to determine types, quantities, and specifications of products and scheduled delivery dates to plan manufacturing operations.
• Assigns work to employees directly or indirectly through Lead personnel, solves daily issues, answers questions from employees, adjusts production schedules as needed and maintains facilities and equipment.
• Resolves quality issues by making judgment calls, approving deviations and scheduling repairs.
• Works hours in addition to core business hours to meet production schedules, assure shipment of product, maintain facilities and equipment, etc.
• Observes workers to ensure compliance with quality standards, personal conduct and acceptable work performance.
• Communicates and engages employees to resolve their issues or assure being addressed in a timely fashion by other departments such as Human Resources.

Supervisory Responsibilities

Supervises 10 or more employees. Is responsible for the overall direction, coordination, and evaluation of these employees. Carries out supervisory responsibilities in accordance with the organization's policies and applicable laws. Responsibilities include interviewing, hiring, and training employees; planning, assigning, and directing work; assuring quality standards are met; appraising performance; rewarding and disciplining employees; addressing complaints and resolving problems.

\nCompany Description

A manufacturer we offer standard products as well as custom designed for unique applications or to set apart our customers from their competition.

Company Description

A manufacturer we offer standard products as well as custom designed for unique applications or to set apart our customers from their competition.