Production Supervisor

Job Description

Job Description

Company Overview:

Established in Taiwan in 1974, Hon Hai Technology Group, commonly known as Foxconn, is the world’s largest electronics manufacturer and leading provider of technological solutions with a network of over 233 campuses across 24 countries. In the US, Foxconn employs 8,000 across 56 different sites with manufacturing operations in Virginia, Wisconsin, Ohio, Indiana, Texas, and California. As of 2025, Foxconn ranks 28th among the Fortune Global 500 and reported revenue of approximately USD $259 billion.

The company’s diverse product offerings span four major segments: smart consumer electronics, cloud, and networking solutions, computing, and various other components. Foxconn makes 40% of the consumer electronics that we find in our everyday lives. In recent years, Hon Hai has adopted the 3+3 strategy, focusing on three emerging industries - electric vehicles, digital health solutions, and robotics - while leveraging three key technologies: next-generation communications, artificial intelligence (AI), and semiconductors. Together, these initiatives position the company as a leader in innovation for the 21st century.

Hon Hai Technology Group is deeply committed to championing environmental sustainability within its manufacturing processes. By integrating sustainability into its operations framework, the company strives to serve as a best-practice model for global enterprises, enhancing corporate responsibility while meeting the growing demand for environmentally conscious production methods.

Job Summary:

The Production Supervisor - 1st Shift is responsible for leading daily production floor execution, team member performance, safety, quality, output, schedule adherence, and shift discipline across assigned manufacturing areas. This role directs production leads, technicians, operators, and support personnel to meet daily build priorities while ensuring work is performed according to approved procedures, quality standards, safety requirements, and customer expectations. The Production Supervisor partners with Production Management, Planning, Materials, Manufacturing Engineering, Test Engineering, Quality, Warehouse, and other support teams to resolve issues, maintain production continuity, and drive continuous improvement.

Duties and Responsibilities:

• Lead 1st-shift production execution across assigned manufacturing areas to meet daily output, quality, safety, and schedule objectives.
• Supervise leads, technicians, operators, and support personnel through daily assignments, attendance, performance management, coaching, accountability, cross-training, and labor allocation.
• Review production priorities, staffing plans, material readiness, equipment status, line coverage, and shift goals; monitor progress, bottlenecks, downtime, and recovery actions throughout the shift.
• Ensure adherence to approved work instructions, standard operating procedures, ESD controls, safety rules, quality requirements, customer requirements, and production-floor discipline.
• Drive shift-level KPI review, escalation, problem solving, corrective-action follow-up, floor walks, accurate shift reporting, and handoff communication for production, material, equipment, process, and quality issues.

Education:

• Bachelor's degree in Engineering, Manufacturing, Operations Management, Business Administration, or a related field preferred.
• Equivalent relevant manufacturing leadership experience required; relevant training in production supervision, safety, quality, or Lean manufacturing preferred.

Experience:

• 4-7 years of manufacturing, production, operations, or related experience in electronics manufacturing, technology, or related industries.
• Demonstrated experience supporting production execution, shift priorities, staffing coordination, quality performance, safety, schedule attainment, and production-floor problem solving.
• At least one (1) year of lead, supervisor, or people-leadership experience in a fast-paced electronics, high-volume, high-mix, or complex production environment required.

EEOC Statement

Foxconn is an equal opportunity employer that is committed to diversity and inclusion in the workplace. Foxconn prohibits discrimination and harassment of any kind and provides equal employment opportunities (EEO) to all employees and applicants for employment without regard to race, color, gender, religion, sex, sexual orientation, ethnicity or national origin, age, disability, marital status, genetics, pregnancy, or any other protected characteristic as outlined by federal law. In addition to federal law requirements, Foxconn complies with applicable state and local laws governing nondiscrimination in employment in every location in which the company has facilities. This policy applies to all terms and conditions of employment, including recruiting, hiring, placement, promotion, termination, layoff, recall, and transfer, leaves of absence, compensation, and training.