Assembly Supervisor

Description

The Manufacturing Supervisor provides day-to-day leadership and direction to assigned manufacturing departments while ensuring employees, resources, and processes are effectively aligned with production requirements.

Key responsibilities include:

• Lead Assembly, Sub-Assembly, and Paint teams to achieve established weekly and monthly production goals.
• Provide direct supervision, coaching, and leadership to hourly manufacturing employees.
• Manage daily labor assignments and departmental workloads based on production priorities.
• Monitor and drive weekly and monthly production schedule attainment.
• Coordinate with Demand Management to align manufacturing output with production requirements.
• Work closely with Manufacturing Engineering and direct labor teams to improve throughput and reduce manufacturing time.
• Identify opportunities to improve manufacturing processes, workflow, productivity, and workforce utilization.
• Support the development and training of direct reports to strengthen employee capability and departmental performance.
• Coordinate maintenance requirements and activities with the Maintenance Manager to minimize production disruption.
• Participate in operations leadership meetings and contribute to strategic and operational planning.
• Promote accountability, teamwork, effective communication, and continuous improvement throughout assigned departments.
• Communicate production priorities, expectations, and changes effectively to employees.
• Support a safe, organized, and productive manufacturing environment.
• Perform other related duties as assigned.

Requirements

Education & Experience

• Bachelor's degree in Business, Engineering, or a related field preferred; relevant experience may be considered in lieu of a degree.
• Five to ten years of experience in a heavy equipment, industrial, or manufacturing environment.
• Minimum of five years of supervisory or manufacturing leadership experience.
• Experience leading hourly employees in a production environment.
• Experience with ERP systems required; Infor CloudSuite Industrial (Syteline) experience preferred.

Knowledge, Skills & Competencies

• Strong leadership, team-building, and employee-development skills.
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills.
• Strong understanding of manufacturing operations and production workflows.
• Working knowledge of electrical, hydraulic, and mechanical assembly processes.
• Ability to effectively manage labor, workload, production priorities, and schedule requirements.
• Strong problem-solving and critical-thinking abilities.
• Ability to collaborate effectively across Operations, Engineering, Maintenance, and other departments.
• Strong computer skills, including Microsoft Office and ERP systems.
• Demonstrated ability to drive accountability and operational performance.
• Strong organizational and time-management skills.
• Continuous improvement and process optimization mindset.

Working Conditions

• Full-time, first-shift position; 40 hours per week.
• Manufacturing environment requiring regular presence on the production floor.
• Constant standing and walking on even concrete surfaces.
• Frequent sitting, grasping, handling, reaching, stooping, bending, and use of fine motor skills.
• Frequent near visual acuity requirements.
• Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable qualified individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions of the position.