Assembly Supervisor (MA26406

General Role Description

Supervise assembly operations to ensure production goals are met while maintaining quality and safety standards

• Implement, manage, and monitor assembly processes to maintain efficient and reliable production operations
• Plan work schedules and manage employee hours, reallocating staff as needed to sustain production line continuity
• Identify factors that may impact on-time productivity and notify the manager promptly to mitigate delays
• Interview and evaluate candidates to select qualified personnel for assembly positions
• Assess skill levels and coordinate training to maintain a capable and effective assembly team
• Verify tools and equipment calibration requirements are met according to established schedules
• Investigate part discrepancies and coordinate resolution to prevent production interruptions
• Provide temporary coverage for absent team members to maintain production continuity
• Investigate and address quality non-conformances, notifying quality control and/or quality assurance
• Issue work orders, schematics, specifications, and instructions to team leads
• Troubleshoot assembly issues and resolve, escalating to manager as necessary
• Identify and report production constraints related to equipment, staffing, or capacity to the manager
• Conduct random inspections of assembly lines to verify adherence to established processes and procedures
• Monitor work areas for unsafe practices, equipment issues, and PPE compliance and address concerns promptly
• Verify daily completion of 6S standards to maintain organized and efficient work areas

• Bring full effort to bear on tasks assigned by manager
• Give manager best advice
• Give earliest notice when work cannot be delivered as specified
• Cooperate and collaborate with peers and interact cross-organizationally as specified by manager
• Exemplify Company Core Values:
  Integrity, Client Focus, Team Orientation, and Personal Commitment
• Comply with all Company policies, practices, and procedures and all regulations and laws
• Recommend viable improvements proactively
• Ensure effective utilization of business tools and processes

• Build and lead a team of committed and capable employees
• Plan for, appropriately assign, resource, and integrate the work of the team
• Lead, expect, and implement continuous improvement
• Own the output of the team
• Ensure team members fulfill functional and general employee accountabilities
• Exercise effective managerial leadership to include
• Two‑way managerial team working
• Fair and just treatment of direct reports
• Context setting
• Planning
• Task assignment
• Ongoing performance management
• Coaching
• Selection and orientation
• De‑selection and dismissal

• Ensure effective leadership and fair and just treatment for their direct reports once removed
• Ensure talent pool development at the direct report once removed level

• - High school diploma or equivalent
• - 2 years' experience in a supervisory or lead role
• - Demonstrated working knowledge of manufacturing operations and production processes
• - Proficiency using hand tools and power tools
• - Demonstrated success leading teams to accomplish business goals
• - Strong problem‑solving skills
• - Demonstrated successful working relationships with clients, suppliers, and other internal and external contacts
• - Demonstrated successful and positive personal leadership, interpersonal, organizational, administrative, and communication skills
• - Demonstrated continuous improvement in areas of responsibility
• - Proficiency working with an ERP system
• - Proficiency in MS Word, Excel and Outlook
• - Ability to lift, push, and pull up to 40 lbs.
• - Availability to travel domestically and internationally, up to 5%, sometimes with limited notice

• - Associate's degree in manufacturing, industrial technology, or a related field
• - 4 years' experience in a supervisory or lead role
• - 2 years' power electronics manufacturing experience
• - Working knowledge of lean manufacturing and continuous improvement practices
• - Proficiency working with an ERP system
• - Demonstrated ability to perform quality checks and inspections in a production environment
• - Demonstrated experience working in a business with foreign ownership, preferably Japanese
• - Proficiency working with Oracle

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