Production Supervisor - General

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We are looking for a Motor Test Production Supervisor to join our team at Innomotics.

Innomotics is an industry-leading supplier of large motors and drive systems. With a trusted legacy of more than 150 years of engineering expertise, our products power the world’s most essential industries. We are dedicated to producing the highest-quality motors that deliver unmatched reliability, keeping our customer’s operations running continuously and efficiently in the most demanding environments.

We future are a team of more than 15,000 dedicated experts, doers, and innovators. For us, engineering the means keeping businesses in motion. As a global player operating with the spirit and speed of a mid-sized champion, the future holds unlimited opportunities for us. If you share our bold mindset to be best-in-class, we want you IN.

Located in Norwood, Ohio, Innomotics has built large industrial electric motors for more than 128 years. Our facility produces engineered-to-order three-phase motors up to 25,000 hp and 80,000 lbs that power essential operations in power generation, mining, oil & gas, and chemical processing.

Leads and supervises all Test Department operations to ensure safe, high-quality, and on-time testing of large electrical motors. Responsible for departmental performance, employee development, productivity, quality, customer witness testing activities, and continuous improvement initiatives. Collaborates with Operations, Engineering, Quality, and Production Planning to achieve business objectives while maintaining compliance with safety and regulatory requirements.

• Supervise approximately 10 hourly manufacturing personnel.
• Ensure compliance with OSHA, NFPA 70E, Lockout/Tagout, and site‑specific electrical safety requirements.
• Coordinates with both upstream and downstream manufacturing supervisors and production control to meet production requirements.
• Coordinate both standard motor testing and customer witness motor testing.
• Assign organization and housekeeping tasks to maintain a clean and safe work environment using standard 6S procedures.
• Successfully defines workflows, jobs, and reporting relationships to obtain optimum effectiveness.
• Ensures processes are followed, receives deviation requests, and looks for improvement ideas.
• Able to accept new directives and be dynamic.

• Monitor and improve departmental KPIs including safety, first-pass yield, productivity, schedule attainment, and test cycle time.
• Support achievement of plant operational goals and budget targets.
• Analyze department performance metrics and implement corrective actions.
• Conduct employee coaching, performance reviews, disciplinary actions, and development planning in accordance with company policies.
• Ensure execution and documentation of all required electrical and mechanical testing in accordance with customer specifications, industry standards, and company procedures.
• Ensure compliance with quality standards and test procedures.
• Investigate test failures and implement corrective actions.
• Support root cause analysis and continuous improvement activities.

2-4 years of supervision experience

4-6 years of manufacturing experience

Knowledge and experience in the manufacturing and testing of large 3 phase electric motors

Strong safety mindset and commitment to electrical safety culture

• Understanding of Lean Manufacturing principles and practices.
• Knowledge and experience of Total Productive Maintenance systems.
• Read and Interpret Blueprints.
• Knowledge of machine finishes and runout.
• Understand…