Production Supervisor-MP&L

In this position, you will lead transformation on the forefront. This is a critical leadership position, not just a supervisory role, where you will shape culture, drive performance, and directly impact the quality and efficiency of our operations.

As a Production Supervisor, you are the vital link between strategic goals and daily execution. You will lead a dedicated hourly team, fostering an environment where they can do their best work and feel empowered.

• Safety First: Champion workplace safety, proactively enforcing regulations and fostering a culture of vigilance.
• Driving Operational Excellence: Lead a team that consistently produces high‑quality products and meets or exceeds production targets. Take ownership of team performance and celebrate successes.
• Strategic Focus & Problem Solving: Prioritize critical tasks, effectively allocate human resources to maximize efficiency, apply a bias for action, identify, analyze, and implement solutions, and adapt to changing circumstances.
• Team Leadership & Development: Embrace servant leadership, build high‑performing teams, foster a positive collaborative environment, and motivate the team to meet shared goals.
• Data‑Driven Decision Making: Use data and insights to reduce downtime and quality defects, track and report time and attendance, and transform raw data into actionable intelligence.
• Continuous Improvement & Quality Assurance: Focus relentlessly on eliminating inefficiencies, improving processes, driving innovation, and maintaining rigorous quality standards.
• Conflict Resolution & Interpersonal Relationships: Mediate conflicts, build positive relationships with team, union, suppliers, and management, and foster a psychologically safe environment.
• Accountability & Fairness: Manage your own performance and that of the hourly workforce, ensure accountability, and meet conflicts with decisive action.
• Collaboration: Listen to and value perspectives of all team members and stakeholders, partner with them continuously to improve.

• Bachelor’s degree or equivalent and 3–7+ years of supervisory, manufacturing, military, or other relevant experience.
• Ability to work rotating shifts/hours, including nights and weekends.

• Experience with Lean / Six Sigma methodology and/or Military Decision‑Making Process (MDMP).

This position is a salary grade 7 and ranges from $84,480 to $141,360. Visa sponsorship is not available for this position.

• Immediate medical, dental, and prescription drug coverage.
• Flexible family care, parental leave, new‑parent ramp‑up programs, subsidized backup childcare, and more.
• Family‑building benefits including adoption and surrogacy expense reimbursement, fertility treatments, and more.
• Vehicle discount program for employees and family members, and management leases.
• Tuition assistance.
• Established and active employee resource groups.
• Paid time off for individual and team community service.
• A generous schedule of paid holidays, including the week between Christmas and New Year’s Day.
• Paid time off and the option to purchase additional vacation time.

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