Metal Fabrication Production Supervisor

What if your next production leadership role gave you the opportunity to help build a team and production operation from the ground up?

Join a global manufacturing organization that is expanding its automotive production capabilities and launching a new, highly automated operation in Indiana. This is an incredible opportunity to lead people, drive performance, and help establish the culture and processes that will shape this operation as it grows.

This operation is just getting started, which means your fingerprints will be on the foundation.

voestalpine Roll Forming Corporation, a leading provider of integrated roll forming solutions that produce larger volumes of components, is seeking a Production Supervisor to join their 2nd shift team in Jeffersonville, IN. This is a critical role where you will spend significant time on the floor working directly with your team, solving problems, monitoring performance, and making sure safety and quality remain the priorities.

Why Production Supervisors Join the voestalpine RFC team:

• Competitive Pay
  : $70,000-$75,000/year
• Comprehensive benefits
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  Enjoy the versatility of benefit plans available including health, vision, dental, life, disability, PTO, wellness program, 401K and more.
• Company Support and Flexibility
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  Enjoy being part of a family-business who understands that life is more than just work, offering flexible scheduling for important family events that may occur during your normal work hours.
• Advancement and Tenure: Find out for yourself why once professionals join the voestalpine RFC team, they stay for the long haul. Many employees have been there for over 25 years, and some as long as 40+ years. There will be room for advancement as the operations continue to grow
• Manufacturing the Future: The facility is highly automated, technically advanced, and designed with operators in mind — meaning this is not a labor-intensive manufacturing environment. During the first few months, you’ll have the opportunity to help establish the processes, expectations, and team culture as production ramps up.

What you will bring to this exciting new role:

• Strong interpersonal and communication skills with proven ability to build a team environment
• Manufacturing background
• Experience using KPIs or other performance metrics to measure and improve production

Duties and Responsibilities:

• Ensure that decisions are made in a timely manner and are communicated with follow-through and that consistent and effective communication takes place at all levels by keeping everyone informed and avoiding surprises, including recognizing and addressing employee performance problems in a timely manner and performing coaching and counseling with employees as necessary.
• Demonstrate a working knowledge of company policies and procedures by understanding and following SPIs, SOPs and Work Instructions, ensuring that Work Instructions and SOPs are maintained in a meaningful and current form.
• Make it easy for customers (internal and external) to do business with us through flexible methods and proper direction.
• Be the resource to enable the resolution of problems that are outside the ability of the team and ensure that adequate knowledge of product is available to workers and that technical assistance is provided when needed.
• Identify how to match resources with objectives in line with annual budget and implement Lean Manufacturing techniques
• Schedule daily workload considering setup time, tooling problems, and available workers. While assigning work, consider variety of job assignments, and clarify work requirements and duties, as needed.
• Work cooperatively with Quality Assurance, ensure use of blueprints with necessary instructions, and inspect work in process and completed work for conformance to specifications.
• Complete all necessary paperwork and inspections accurately and in a timely manner, including: preparing required production reports; inspecting equipment and areas for maintenance and repair and abuse; requesting materials and supplies (other than raw materials); production and time records.
• Promote a positive attitude to instill confidence in other supervision.
• Facilitate CI teams under area of responsibility and monitor CI metrics and set goals to insure positive improvements. Conduct Kaizan & Kanban Events and Value Stream Mapping.
• Be a positive role model, provide encouragement and motivation, and ensure the team is provided a safe environment and uses safe working practices.
• Encourage employee training and development and access training needs for both new and current employees and provide employees the necessary tools to perform their jobs effectively.

About the Company:

voestalpine Roll Forming Corporation supplies custom roll formed metal components into several industries including Aerospace, Construction, Material Handling, Off-Highway, Office Furniture, Solar and Transportation.

In 2000, Roll Forming Corporation was acquired by globally leading technology group voestalpine AG and became part of the Metal…