Sr. Plant Production Supervisor, 1st Shift - (Job ID: 1601)

Job Description

Job Description

Salary: $76,100 - $95,000 + bonus eligible (Negotiable)

We are seeking a Sr. Production Supervisor, 1st Shift to join our federal team at our York, PA Grantley plant location.
Johnson Controls Navy Systems (JCNS) designs and manufactures highreliability chilled water A/C plants, refrigeration systems, and related equipment for the U.S. Navy and Coast Guard. All products are built in York, PA to strict military and customer specifications. The Sr. Production Supervisor leads a team of welding and fabrication trades responsible for producing large, complex A/C plant components. This role ensures team performance in safety, quality, cost, and delivery, while coordinating work across all shifts and supervising up to 30 employees.

At Johnson Controls, we support our nations most critical facilities, the people who occupy them, and the missions they enable. Johnson Controls Federal Systems (JCFS) is a specialized team serving as a trusted partner to the federal government. We help modernize U.S. military installations, Department of Defense and other federal agency facilities to be smarter, more resilient, efficient, sustainable, and secure.

Pay: $76,100 - $95,000 base salary. (Negotiable based on experience and qualifications)
Bonus Eligible: Yes
Shift: 1st Shift
Benefits: Eligible for benefits on first day of employment
Paid Time Off:3 weeks paid vacation, 5 sick days, 3 floating holidays, and 10 standard holidays (6.5 weeks in total)

As a Sr. Production Supervisor, you will:

• Build strong relationships with employees to drive productivity and best practices.
• Remove barriers, resolve conflicts, and promote a collaborative, teamfirst environment.
• Work crossfunctionally to support continuous improvement and meet plant goals.
• Supports the development and standardize work practices to improve quality and reduce errors.
• Monitor material nonconformances and variances; take action to strengthen fabrication processes.
• Ensure adherence to work instructions and maintain proper 6s/housekeeping.
• Champion a safetyfirst culture and enforce all safety procedures.
• Coordinate daily/weekly production plans with department leaders.
• Review backlog, prioritize atrisk orders, and work with production control on scheduling.
• Provide training for new hires and ongoing training for all employees; maintain training records.
• Enforce plant rules, policies, and procedures; address conflicts when needed.
• Verify qualityreadiness of units and confirm required documentation before inspection.
• Assess staffing needs, participate in hiring, and support employee development.
• Ensure ontime unit starts to meet shipping goals.
• Maintain daily labor and attendance records.

Required Qualifications:

• Strong leadership skills with the ability to guide unionized manufacturing teams in a fastpaced environment.
• Excellent communication, emotional intelligence, and interpersonal skills.
• Strong relationshipbuilding and coaching abilities.
• Experience in heavy manufacturing preferred.
• Welding knowledge desired; Navy welding standards NAVSEA 248/278.
• Proven problemsolving abilities.
• Experience in a union environment preferred.
• Knowledge of continuous improvement manufacturing systems (6s, Lean Manufacturing, Six Sigma)
• Knowledge of quality management systems ISO9001:2015 & ISO14001:2015).
• Proficiency with Microsoft Office (Word, Excel, Access, PowerPoint).

Preferred Qualifications:

• Experienced with Lean implementation
• Experienced with supervising Union/Manufacturing employees (Up to 30 direct reports)

Preferred Education:

• Associate degree required; 12 years of relevant experience with at least 4 years in a supervisory role.
• Bachelors degree preferred; 8 years of relevant experience with at least 4 years in a supervisory role.

Who We Are

The primary mission of Johnson Controls Navy Systems is to supply Chilled Water Air Conditioning, Refrigeration Systems and associated equipment to the US Navy and US Coast Guard. Johnson Controls Navy Systems is a part of the Johnson Controls Federal Systems business. Our robust, high reliability products are designed, manufactured and tested in York, PA to military and other stringent customer specifications. Most of our designs are custom engineered for the specific application

If youd like to learn more about who we are, what we do, and the systems and products we work with please check out our Who we are video on Youtube to learn more. (Around 2 minutes long)

Recently, Johnson Controls has been recognized by several organizations for leadership in Environment, Sustainability and Governance, as well as innovations in smart building platforms:

• Named to FORTUNEs Most Admired Companies List
• Corporate Knights Global 100 Most Sustainable Corporations in the World
• Named to ForbesNet Zero Leaderslist
• CDP 2023Climate Change 'A List'
• Ranked 67 on the Drucker Institutes list of best-managed companies in America
• ForbesBest Employers for Diversity
• NewsweekAmericas Greatest Workplaces for Diversity
• Ethisphere 2024World's Most Ethical Companieslist for the 17th time
• NewsweekAmericas Greatest Workplaces for Women in 2024
• Named to Newsweek Americas Greatest Workplaces for Veterans 2024 / 2025listing
• Named toForbes Americas Best Employers for Veterans 2024
• Named one of the top military friendly employers by military.com.

Johnson Controls is an equal employment opportunity employer and all qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, national origin, age, protected veteran status, genetic information, sexual orientation, gender identity, status as a qualified individual with a disability, or any other characteristic protected by law. For more information, please view EEO is the Law. If you are an individual with a disability and you require an accommodation during the application process, please visit

Division: JCFS (Johnson Controls Federal Systems)

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