Manufacturing Section Supervisor

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Our Solar business delivers industry leading, U.S.

-made solar components. We manufacture hyper-pure polysilicon, high-quality solar wafers, and innovative photovoltaic modules, leveraging our leadership in advanced manufacturing to serve growing energy demand. You will be a part of advancing critical U.S. supply chains and delivering unmatched quality and reliability to customers.

The Manufacturing Section Supervisor provides leadership for daily manufacturing operations within the Solar Modular organization, with responsibility for front-line supervisors and hourly associates. This role drives safe, consistent execution against safety, quality, cost, delivery, and team performance objectives, while developing the organization’s leadership capability and supporting continuous improvement. The position partners closely with Operations, Engineering, Maintenance, Planning, and Quality to address production challenges, improve manufacturing performance, and build a capable and accountable production team.

• Lead daily manufacturing operations, including production performance, staffing, overtime, workflow, and resource allocation to support production requirements.
• Monitor key manufacturing metrics, identify operational constraints and bottlenecks, and drive actions to improve safety, quality, cost, and delivery performance.
• Partner with Planning and Scheduling to execute weekly and monthly production plans and respond to changing production priorities.
• Coordinate major product or process changeovers, equipment upgrades, planned maintenance activities, and other activities that impact manufacturing operations.
• Champion continuous improvement by partnering with Engineering, Maintenance, and Lean resources to improve OEE (Overall Equipment Effectiveness), reduce setup and changeover time, minimize unplanned downtime, and improve manufacturing efficiency.
• Lead, coach, and develop front-line supervisors and hourly associates while building accountability, engagement, and ownership throughout the organization.
• Establish clear expectations and hold the team accountable to manufacturing performance measures and operational standards.
• Support talent development and succession planning by identifying development opportunities, strengthening supervisor capabilities, and building a strong manufacturing talent pipeline.
• Partner cross-functionally to identify and implement improvements that support production goals and broader business objectives.
• Promote a strong safety culture by reinforcing safe work practices, identifying and addressing risks, and ensuring consistent adherence to established safety requirements.

• Bachelor’s degree in a technical, engineering, manufacturing, business, or related discipline.
• 5+ years of manufacturing experience with demonstrated progression in leadership responsibility.
• Direct people-management experience, including leadership of salaried and non-exempt/hourly employees.
• Demonstrated experience developing,…