Supervisor Production

Supervisor Production

Smeal, a REV Group brand, is recognized as a premier manufacturer, inventor, and innovator of custom fire apparatus. The company offers a full line of custom and commercial pumpers, rescue pumpers, aerial ladders, and urban interface vehicles. Smeal is committed to leading the industry in high-quality fire apparatus, delivery times and customer experience. Smeal sells its products worldwide and is based in Snyder, NE. Smeal Apparatus is part of Terex Corporation, a global designer and manufacturer of specialized vehicles and equipment, including fire and emergency vehicles, waste and recycling equipment, RV's, and machinery supporting construction, utilities, and infrastructure. With operations across the U.S. and globally, we are committed to safety, innovation, and quality while building products our customers depend on every day.

The Production Supervisor position is responsible for providing leadership and direction to team members. Drives operational execution of daily production with a focus on safety, quality, on-time delivery, inventory, productivity, and continuous improvement.

Job Responsibilities

• Provides leadership, communication, and coaching to employees.
• Cultivates a motivated environment of trust, teamwork, accountability, self-confidence, and ownership.
• Consistently models a positive attitude.
• Plans, organizes, and directs daily activities to meet or exceed established goals in a cost-effective manner.
• Coordinates with other departments to resolve all related customer issues.
• Conduct small and large team meetings to communicate plant performance to the KPI's.
• Train, or facilitate the training of, new associates in all aspects of their job function.
• Administer policies and procedures.
• Communicate and support strict adherence to quality standards.
• Ensure quality goals and objectives are met on a daily basis.
• Ensure efficient location of materials.
• Monitor scrap for undue waste.
• Prepare reject tags, as required, and manage this process per policy.
• Monitor and improve the management of inventory.
• Passionate about improving safety, quality, delivery, and cost.
• Identify root cause and implement corrective action where gaps to the goals exist.
• Support new and current team member activities hiring, performance, management, transfers, promotions and disciplinary processes.
• Manage vacation approvals, time card approval, daily and weekly overtime, hiring, and training.
• Motivate, coach, reward, and discipline associates being supervised; resolve personnel issues.
• Maintain a high degree of visibility and access to associates on shop floor throughout the shift.
• Schedule work assignments to maximize production efficiency.
• Develop and monitor staffing plans to execute the schedule on time at the planned MPU or better.
• Meet production goals.
• Maintain a clean and safe plant.
• Initiate process improvements.
• Support 5S initiatives.
• Communicate with cross-functional teams (engineering, materials, purchasing, sales, etcetera) to resolve issues.
• Work in close proximity with customer, as needed.
• Solve complex problems with minimal assistance.

Qualifications

Bachelor's degree (B.A./B.S.) in related field preferred. Minimum of five years manufacturing experience with demonstrated leadership skills required; vehicle assembly line experience in a leadership role preferred. Possess a CDL, or be willing to obtain. Clean driving record. Positive attitude. Proven ability to plan and handle multiple projects and meet deadlines. Creative and innovative team player. Intermediate computer skills are required. Demonstrated experience in personnel management. Versatile, flexible, and a willingness to work within constantly changing priorities. Strong: Communication skills, verbal and written. Leadership attributes and interpersonal skills. Organizational, problem-solving, and analytical skills.

Terex Corporation is committed to a policy of equal employment opportunity. The Company conducts all employment practices without regard to race, sex, color, religion, national origin, age, disability, protected veteran's status, pregnancy, genetic information, sexual orientation, or any other basis prohibited by law. Terex Corporation also undertakes affirmative action to assure equal employment opportunities for minorities and women, for persons with disabilities, and for protected veterans.