Production Supervisor

Summary:

The main function of a production supervisor is to supervise and coordinate the activities of production and operating workers.

Job Responsibilities:

• Recommend measures to motivate employees and to improve production methods, equipment performance, product quality, or efficiency.
• Review operations and confer with technical or administrative staff to resolve production or processing problems.
• Develop and implement production tracking and quality control systems, analyzing production, quality control, and maintenance to detect production problems.
• Hire, train, evaluate, and discharge staff, and resolve personal grievances.
• Prepare and maintain production reports and personnel records

Skills:

• Verbal communication skills, attention to detail, and problem-solving skills.
• Ability to work independently and manage one's time.
• Knowledge of raw materials, production processes, quality control and other techniques for maximizing the effective manufacture and distribution of goods.
• Knowledge of machines and tools, including their designs, uses, repair and maintenance.
• Knowledge of design techniques, tools and principles involved in production of precision technical plans, blueprints, drawings and models.

Education/Experience:

• High school diploma or GED required.
• 10 years' experience required.

Must Have Skills:

• Manufacturing experience for at least 2 years. This includes union management, continuous improvement items, projects that have worked on previous roles.
• Union experience is a must!
• Mechanically inclined - Someone who has previous automotive maintenance experience with supporting production in the body shop will work.

Shift Details:

• Monday-Saturday. Candidate could work 1st 2nd or 3rd shift. It is a rotating shift. Sometimes they will work on Sunday's, too.
• Candidates will NEED to be flexible working all three shifts.
• Candidate will start on the 1st shift for the first week. Within the first week, they will know which shift.
• Every three weeks, candidates will be required to work 7 days a week.
• Two Saturdays on, 1 Saturday off. The candidate could be working 13 days in a row! At one point!
• If counterparts are on vacation, they will be required to work 12 hours and cover half the shift between the two people.
• 1st Shift: 6am-3:00pm
• 2nd Shift: 2:00pm-11:00pm
• 3rd Shift: 10pm-7:00am