Lead Production Supervisor - Lean, Safety & Delivery

• Location 2820 N. Roemer Rd,Appleton, WI, 54911,United States

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The Production Supervisor oversees daily manufacturing activities for control panels, electromechanical assemblies, and switch gear, leading assigned employees and coordinating workflow to meet safety, quality, delivery, and productivity expectations. This is a hands-on role that assists with production work as needed to maintain workflow and meet customer commitments.

The role assigns work, monitors production performance, ensures employees have the materials, tools, training, and information needed to succeed, and responds promptly to safety, quality, equipment, and schedule issues.

The Production Supervisor promotes teamwork, accountability, lean manufacturing, and continuous improvement while tracking key performance indicators and escalating issues as appropriate.

Essential Functions/Accountabilities:

• Supervise and coordinate the daily activities of assigned production employees.

• Maintain an organized production workspace and ensure production equipment and tools are used properly and remain available for work.

• Enforce safety policies, required procedures, and quality standards; address hazards, incidents, and nonconformances promptly.

• Review production priorities and schedules, assign work, balance labor, and adjust workflow to support on-time completion.

• Monitor production status, labor hours, equipment uptime, scrap, rework, and other key performance indicators; communicate results and corrective actions to management.

• Verify that employees have the materials, drawings, work instructions, tools, and training required to complete assigned work.

• Train, coach, and develop employees; provide timely feedback, reinforce expectations, and address performance or attendance concerns in accordance with company policy.

• Lead shift or team meetings to communicate safety topics, quality requirements, production goals, schedule priorities, and operational updates.

• Investigate production disruptions and quality issues, identify root causes, implement corrective actions, and escalate issues when additional support is needed.

• Champion lean manufacturing, standard work, workplace organization, waste reduction, and continuous improvement activities.

• Collaborate with Production Management, Engineering, Quality, Procurement, Shipping, and Maintenance to resolve constraints and improve safety, quality, delivery, and cost performance.

• Monitor staffing and skill coverage; recommend overtime, cross-training, or other adjustments based on production demand.

• Review production orders and documentation for accuracy, completeness, and timely reporting.

• Support shipping readiness by confirming completed orders meet quality, documentation, and scheduling requirements.

• Foster a culture of teamwork, urgency, transparency, accountability, and right-first-time quality.

• Provide hands-on production support as needed, including assisting with the assembly, wiring, inspection, testing, troubleshooting, and completion of control panels and related electromechanical assemblies.

• Perform other production-related duties as assigned.

• Outstanding communication, presentation, and leadership skills.

• Customer-oriented with strong negotiation skills.

• Analytical and data-driven problem solver.

• High-level organizational skills with the ability to set priorities, manage multiple deadlines, and work under pressure.

• Work effectively as an individual and in a team environment.

• Proficient use of the personal computer, operating knowledge of Microsoft Word, Excel, and Project.

• Demonstrate a…