Production Supervisor

Job Description

Job Description

Position: Production Supervisor
Location: Palatine, IL 60067
Facility: Aimtron Corporation
Department: Operations
Reports To: Operations Manager
Shift Timings: 1st Shift (07.00 AM – 03.30 PM)

Position Summary:
The Production Supervisor is responsible for overseeing daily operations within Selective Soldering, Robotic Soldering, Wave Soldering, Hand Soldering, Wash, Mechanical Assembly, and Conformal Coating departments in a PCBA contract manufacturing facility. The role focuses on achieving production, quality, equipment reliability, safety, and delivery objectives while fostering employee development and operational excellence.

Key Responsibilities:

• Lead daily manufacturing operations across soldering, mechanical assembly, and conformal coating departments.
• Maintain an active, hands-on presence on the production floor to support employees, monitor workflow, and address production issues in real time.
• Ensure production schedules, quality standards, and customer delivery requirements are consistently achieved.
• Oversee PCB wash and PCBA rework activities, ensuring compliance with quality requirements, IPC standards, and customer specifications.
• Crosstrain, coach, and manage production employees while supporting workforce development and performance management.
• Monitor key performance indicators including productivity, yield, labor efficiency, scrap, rework, and equipment uptime.
• Ensure compliance with IPC standards, customer specifications, work instructions, and company procedures.
• Troubleshoot equipment and coordinate preventive maintenance activities to ensure equipment reliability and minimize downtime.
• Support NPI activities, process improvements, and continuous improvement initiatives.
• Collaborate with Engineering, Quality, Planning, and Operations to resolve manufacturing challenges and improve operational performance.
• Maintain a safe, organized, and compliant manufacturing environment.
• Coordinate material flow, work-in-process (WIP), and staffing resources to support production schedules and minimize bottlenecks.
• Review production defects, nonconforming material issues, and customer quality concerns, ensuring timely containment and corrective action implementation.

Qualifications:

• Electronics manufacturing experience in a PCBA contract manufacturing environment is required for this role.
• 3+ years of supervisory experience or Bachelor of Science in Industrial Engineering.
• Experience with through-hole soldering processes, wash, mechanical assembly, and conformal coating operations.
• Knowledge of IPC-A-610, J-STD-001, and electronics manufacturing best practices.
• Ability to spend most of the workday on the production floor in a fast-paced manufacturing environment.
• Strong leadership, communication, troubleshooting, and problem-solving skills.
• Physical & Work Environment Requirements.
• Regularly stand and walk on the production floor for extended periods.
• Ability to lift and move materials up to 50 pounds.
• Work in a manufacturing environment with exposure to soldering equipment, automated machinery, fluxes and chemicals used, and standard PPE requirements.