Assembly Supervisor

Department
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Manufacturing
Location
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Baltimore, MD
Job Type
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Full-time | On-site

Ellicott Dredges is a global leader in the design and manufacture of cutter suction dredges, with over 140 years of engineering excellence and successful installations in more than 100 countries. Our headquarters in Baltimore, Maryland is supported by an additional production facility in New Richmond, Wisconsin. Our dredging systems are used globally to protect the environment, maintain safe and navigable waterways, and support economic development through underwater resource extraction.

The Assembly Supervisor is responsible for safety, quality, productivity, schedule execution, team coordination, and day-to-day supervision of a multi-discipline assembly team of up to approximately 15 employees.

This position ensures that dredges, booster pumps, and related equipment are assembled in accordance with engineering drawings, specifications, production priorities, quality standards, and customer requirements. The Assembly Supervisor works closely with Production, Engineering, Quality, Supply Chain, Planning, and Project Management to remove barriers, resolve issues, coordinate resources, and maintain efficient build flow across all assembly disciplines.

In addition to assembly supervision, this role is heavily involved in facilities maintenance activities. This may include coordinating outside contractors, directly troubleshooting and resolving facility issues, supporting equipment uptime, and helping maintain a safe, organized, and productive work environment.

The ideal candidate is a hands-on manufacturing leader with strong mechanical aptitude, experience supervising skilled trades, sound judgment, clear communication, and the ability to drive accountability while supporting and developing the team.

• Supervise daily dredge assembly operations across multiple trades, including mechanical, electrical, and hydraulic assembly, welding, industrial painting, and related disciplines.
• Lead, coach, and hold accountable a team of up to approximately 15 tradespeople, including mechanics, assemblers, electricians, hydraulic technicians, painters, welders, and trade leads.
• Plan, assign, and monitor daily work to support production schedules, build priorities, quality requirements, and customer commitments.
• Ensure all team members are clocked into the correct travelers daily. Review for accuracy and approve timecards. Conduct associated labor reporting and efficiency calculations, as required.
• Monitor the status of assembly Work Orders and ensure that they are submitted to production control in a timely manner.
• Coordinate with leads and cross-functional resources to resolve build issues, drawing questions, material constraints, rework needs, and schedule conflicts.
• Ensure work is completed according to requirements, including engineering drawings, specifications, bills of material, work instructions, quality standards, customer expectations, and safety requirements.
• Daily report out to leadership on safety, quality, delivery, and productivity status and challenges.
• Identify and remove production barriers related to materials, drawings, labor, tools, equipment, facilities, quality issues, or cross-functional coordination.
• Reinforce safety expectations and shop discipline, including PPE, housekeeping, 5S, lockout/tagout, hot work, rigging, elevated work, confined space, and other applicable shop EHS requirements.
• Drive quality, productivity, and first-pass workmanship by reducing rework, verifying critical steps, addressing recurring defects, and improving assembly processes.
• Support employee development and performance management, including training, cross-training, onboarding, feedback, documentation, performance reviews, and succession planning.
• Coordinate and support facilities maintenance activities, including identifying facility needs, troubleshooting issues, coordinating contractors, supporting repairs, maintaining tools and equipment, and helping ensure building and equipment uptime.

• High school diploma or GED required.
• Five (5)+ years of…