Junior Production Supervisor

JUNIOR PRODUCTION SUPERVISOR About Voltava:

At Voltava, people power everything we do. We are a premier global manufacturing and assembly partner formed through the combination of Detroit Manufacturing Systems, Android Industries, and Avancez with approximately 5,400 Team Members across 21 facilities worldwide. Our vibrant, collaborative, and people-focused culture is the foundation for everything we deliver, from complex module assembly and sequencing to contract manufacturing, supply chain, automation, and tooling and equipment design for OEM customers across the automotive, industrial, e-mobility, heavy truck, defense, and technology sectors.

Kinetyc, our scalable contract manufacturing arm based in Wixom, Michigan, expands our capabilities and capacity to support customers across a range of industries. Together, we are Building A Better Everything.

The Junior Production Supervisor is a developmental leadership position designed to build the skills and experience necessary to become a successful Production Supervisor within Voltava.

This position will work across multiple areas of the operation, including Production Supervision, Materials Coordination, Quality Coordination, and Plant Liaison responsibilities. Through hands‑on assignments, training, and coaching from plant leadership, the Junior Production Supervisor will develop a broad understanding of the systems, processes, customer requirements, and leadership skills required to successfully lead in a fast‑paced automotive manufacturing environment.

The ideal candidate is someone who demonstrates leadership potential, initiative, strong problem‑solving skills, adaptability, and a desire to learn and grow into increasing levels of responsibility.

• Participate in a structured development process across Operations, Materials, Quality, and Customer Liaison functions.
• Learn and perform key Production Supervisor responsibilities, including supporting Team Leaders and Team Members, monitoring production performance, responding to issues, and maintaining safety, quality, delivery, and productivity expectations.
• Develop leadership skills through coaching Team Members, supporting accountability, communicating expectations, and participating in employee‑related situations.
• Learn production systems and processes necessary to understand customer requirements, production status, sequencing, and delivery performance.
• Support material coordination activities including inventory monitoring, material shortages, Min/Max systems, cycle counts, expedited material, and material flow.
• Support quality activities including inspections, audits, containment, customer concerns, corrective actions, and problem‑solving.
• Develop an understanding of customer liaison responsibilities through interaction with the customer, investigation of concerns, containment activities, communication of issues, and follow‑up.
• Participate in problem‑solving and root‑cause analysis and support the development and implementation of corrective actions.
• Develop the ability to recognize abnormal conditions, establish priorities, elevate concerns appropriately, and respond with a sense of urgency.
• Build effective working relationships across Operations, materials, quality, maintenance, engineering, IT, and other support functions.
• Learn and utilize plant systems, reports, ERP tools, Microsoft Office, and other systems necessary to manage the operation.
• Support continuous improvement activities related to safety, quality, delivery, cost, people, and process performance.
• Provide coverage in different plant functions as knowledge and competency are developed.
• Participate in training, coaching, and periodic development reviews with plant leadership.
• Demonstrate…