Production Supervisor

Production Supervisor Belleville, Illinois, United States About the Job Position: Production Supervisor Work Authorization: USC or GC Holder Location: Onsite - Belleville, IL Contract: Full time Job Description: Supervisory duties: Provides direction to union production staff including team leads. Business Field: Heavy Manufacturing - fire grills, space heaters, assembly and metal fabrication Qualifications: At least 3 years of experience as a leader in a manufacturing environment Basic understanding of sheet metal fabrication and assembly processes Takes ownership of assigned area and shows initiative to address performance shortcomings Self-starter with high sense of responsibility Creates positive energy among team and inspires team members through their own actions Comfortable and effective with both one-on-one coaching and team facilitation Ability to hold yourself, your staff and support teams accountable to internal and external KPIs Ability to effectively evaluate and teach team members to satisfactorily complete tasks required to meet customer requirements Ability to understand and resolve people and process related problems Excellent written and verbal communication skills among all levels in the organization Competent in Microsoft Office software (i.e. Excel, Word, Outlook) Basic Responsibilities: Consistently comply with all company and union contract policies and ensure all team members do the same Lead the production and support teams to meet performance goals for safety, quality, delivery, cost and visual management for assigned area Proactively understand and communicate process or parts needs Willing to work the hours needed to satisfy customer requirements and drive positive change Accurately update labor, time away approvals, Key Performance Indicators and Gemba board for assigned area Issue discipline to production employees and communicate issues with HR as needed Intermediate Responsibilities: Support New Product Development and Engineering Change Order efforts Effectively utilize and cross-train manpower for optimal results, including sharing with other areas when needed Advanced Responsibilities: Facilitate Cell Management Team and hold team members accountable to agreed upon action items Facilitate Root Cause and Corrective Action efforts to solve safety, quality and production flow issues Develop solid understanding of the cause and effect of changes to your assigned production processes Drive continuous performance improvement to a future state vision by analyzing processes, collecting data, and working with cross-functional teams to implement process improvements Education: BS Management, Business, Engineering desired