Production Supervisor

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Full Time Salaried Exemp Decatur, IL, US

Salary Range: $60,000.00 To $75,000.00 Annually

Embark on a rewarding career journey with voestalpine Railway Systems Nortrak, North America's premier designer and manufacturer of special trackwork. With a legacy spanning 160 years, we lead the industry in shaping the future of rail solutions. As part of the voestalpine Railway Systems global network, we are committed to delivering quality products and services, including rails, turnouts, fastening systems, signaling technologies, and monitoring solutions.

Operating with a presence across Canada, the US, and Mexico, we prioritize the well-being of our people, global mobility, and sustainability and innovation.

Our people are the foundation of our success. Skilled, motivated, and results-driven individuals shape our culture demonstrating our core values of Respect, Responsibility, Curiosity, Courage, Passion, and Diversity each day. This commitment is more than shared values; it extends to shared responsibilities for safety and quality, showing genuine care for one another's growth and development, a commitment to our customers, and fostering strong relationships within the Nortrak Team and with our customers.

We are currently looking for a Production Supervisor to join our team in Decatur, Illinois.

Reporting directly to the Production Manager, the Production Supervisor is responsible for the day-to-day direction and motivation of our team with high emphasis placed on safety of our employees and producing a quality product for our customers.

• Champions safety through direct instruction and monitoring of employees.
• Ensures that employees perform their tasks in a safe manner following applicable policies and regulations.

• Directly monitors employee's work to ensure compliance with established work procedures.
• Oversees work to ensure compliance with applicable standards and customer specifications.
• Takes corrective action to identify and quarantine non-conforming product.

• Plans and executes work to meet established delivery and completion commitments.
• Meets assigned production goals within allotted material and labor targets.

• Maximizes productivity by effectively planning and executing work.
• Identifies opportunities to reduce costs by improving processes, controlling labour and overtime, and reducing waste.
• Ensures time and materials are accurately reported.

• Develops employees through coaching, mentoring, and providing training and development opportunities.
• Consistently and fairly applies company policies and rules.
• Consult with other departments to develop systems to make their group more effective and promote a high degree of morale and cooperation.
• Maintain effective communication and cooperation with team and other groups within the organization.

• Adhere to Nortrak’s Environmental Procedures, Practices and Policies.
• Assign specific tasks and duties to ensure effective Environmental Management System (EMS).
• Promote continual improvement of EMS.

Other Duties as Assigned

• Post-Secondary education with diploma or degree in Manufacturing / Production is preferred.

• One to two years experience in supervisory role or similar level preferred.
• Demonstrate strong and effective verbal and written communication skills.
• Experience working in a team environment.
• Prepare and process manufacturing schedules / production.
• Posses strong interpersonal / communication skills with the ability to…