Manufacturing Supervisor

Compensation: $76,000 – $90,000 base salary, with potential flexibility for an exceptional candidate

Employment Type: Exempt, Full-Time

We are seeking a hands‑on 2nd Shift Production Supervisor to lead and grow an expanding manufacturing operation in Columbia, SC. This is a unique opportunity for a technically minded supervisor who enjoys working in a high-mix, low-volume manufacturing environment where priorities can change quickly and every day brings a new challenge.

This is not a traditional high-volume production supervision role. Approximately half of the operation's part numbers may only be produced once or twice, often in quantities of just 10–20 pieces. The ideal candidate will be comfortable working through ambiguity, troubleshooting problems, analyzing production data, and making decisions with limited information.

The Production Supervisor will lead second-shift operations while also playing a hands‑on role in production problem‑solving, employee development, data analysis, and continuous improvement.

• Lead and supervise second‑shift manufacturing operations.
• Conduct effective first‑shift to second‑shift handoffs, ensuring priorities, action items, and production requirements are clearly communicated.
• Assign work, resources, and priorities to ensure production goals are met.
• Troubleshoot production and technical issues directly on the manufacturing floor.
• Analyze production data to identify issues, trends, inefficiencies, and opportunities for improvement.
• Review labor and material costs, standard‑versus‑actual performance, and production variances.
• Work within an ERP system to monitor and analyze manufacturing information.
• Export ERP data into Excel and organize, analyze, and "slice and dice" information to identify trends and opportunities.
• Coach employees, provide constructive feedback, and maintain accountability.
• Handle progressive discipline when necessary.
• Identify employee training gaps and coordinate appropriate development.
• Work closely with Product Line Leaders, Quality, Engineering, CI/Operations, and Plant Leadership.
• Support manufacturing processes including CNC machining, forming, welding, cutting, slitting, and plating.
• Participate in hiring and help build out the growing second‑shift team.
• Potentially participate in NPI and R&D‑related projects.
• Take ownership of second‑shift execution while knowing when issues require escalation.

The operation is a high-mix, low-volume, make-to-order/engineer-to-order manufacturing environment producing highly engineered metal components with tight tolerances.

The facility utilizes a combination of manual, semi‑automated, and automated manufacturing processes, including:

• CNC machining
• Metal trimming and feature machining
• Press forming
• Spin forming
• Cutting
• Welding
• Plating
• Custom forming operations

This environment requires someone who is comfortable learning complex manufacturing processes and jumping in to understand what is happening on the floor rather than managing exclusively from an office.

• 3+ years of manufacturing supervisory or leadership experience.
• Strong manufacturing or production floor experience.
• Comfortable working with production data and analyzing manufacturing performance.
• Formulas
• Sorting and filtering
• Data organization
• Data analysis
• Experience analyzing labor and material costs, production variances, or standard‑versus‑actual performance.
• Ability to learn and work within an ERP system.
• Strong troubleshooting and problem‑solving abilities.
• Experience coaching employees and holding team members accountable.
• Comfortable working independently on second shift.
• Ability to adapt to changing priorities and an environment where processes and…