Production Supervisor - Manufacturing

RBC - Aircraft Products Inc. is searching for a motivated individual to supervise hourly individuals working on the production floor.

• Directly supervises the hourly employees, plans and assigns work and schedules hours of work to assure production is completed on a timely basis and meets customer quality requirements.
• Monitors production on a routine basis, determining if any changes in methods or procedures are necessary to increase efficiency and productivity.
• Closely supervises production runs to determine that methods and tooling are accomplishing production and quality objectives are being met.
• Reviews capacity planning versus production schedules to identify and address production bottlenecks.
• Monitors condition of production equipment to make sure equipment is running optimally and if needed, coordinates with Maintenance or Engineering to make sure equipment is brought back to acceptable condition.
• Inspects quality on a spot check basis to assure product conforms to print and quality expectations. Responsible for corrective actions in overseen area.
• Resolves problems as they arise.
• Interfaces with other disciplines, ie Quality, Engineering, Production Control, Maintenance via meetings as a participant or leader, etc to address issues in the plant.
• Closely monitors earned hours, efficiencies and overtime.
• Maintains a positive relationship with all employees and encourages teamwork within and outside department.
• Monitors employee attendance and tardiness to minimize absenteeism.
• Interviews and selects candidates for hire into the department.
• Trains new hires and those newly assigned to their department in all relevant quality procedures and work instructions. Cross trains employees for most optimum and flexible production coverage.
• Performs employee performance reviews to identify weaknesses and promote individual improvement.
• Assures work area is kept in an orderly fashion.
• Assures work area meets all environmental regulations and reports any discrepancies to Facility Manager.
• Reports workplace injuries in a timely manner.
• Monitors labor and time reporting via computer systems.
• Reviews employee requests for vacation and approves or declines.
• Recommends disciplinary action for all employees within direct responsibility.
• Assure all employees adhere to safe work practices and wear appropriate Personal Protective Equipment.

• Two years of technical schooling or equivalent work experience in a manufacturing environment or any combination of experience, education and training which would provide the level of knowledge, skill and ability required.
• 3 years of supervising production workers

• Able to communicate to all levels of employees to assure understanding of work assignments
• Leadership skills to effectively manage/motivate the workforce
• Manufacturing processes
• Quality requirements
• Blueprint reading
• Understanding of labor and time reporting systems
• Basic computer skills