Senior Production Supervisor

Overview

The Senior Production Supervisor is responsible for leading the manufacturing operations in a high‑paced, highly automated production environment. This role manages the hiring, training, and performance of production personnel and drives improvements in safety, quality, delivery, and productivity. The position is accountable for creating a disciplined, performance‑driven culture while applying lean tools and structured problem‑solving to strengthen operational execution. The Senior Production Supervisor plays a key role in cross‑functional coordination and contributes to broader plant objectives by ensuring process stability, workforce capability, and a continuous‑improvement mindset within the team.

• Supervise daily manufacturing activities in a high-volume environment to ensure production schedule attainment.
• Ensure all safety regulations, policies, and procedures are followed and promote a culture of safe behaviors.
• Lead the hiring, training, cross‑training, and performance management of direct employees.
• Supervise, develop, and coach production leaders to ensure they contribute effectively to operational objectives.
• Drive efficiency through the application of lean tools, TPM methodology, structured problem solving, and process standardization.
• Support the deployment and sustainment of 5S, visual controls, and standard work within assigned areas.
• Maintain accurate daily production reporting and use data to identify trends, risks, and improvement opportunities.
• Ensure clear, timely communication among all production personnel, support functions, and leadership teams.
• Coordinate closely with maintenance, engineering, quality, and materials teams to resolve issues and sustain process stability.
• Monitor labor utilization and efficiency performance to ensure alignment with staffing plans and budget expectations.
• Maintain accurate reporting of scrap, rework, and downtime and use the data to support cost of quality trends, variance analysis and cost-reduction efforts.
• Support inventory accuracy, cycle counting process by ensuring correct material usage reporting and WIP controls.
• Promote an environment of accountability, teamwork, and proactive issue identification.
• Demonstrate flexibility to support different shifts or work schedules as required by business needs.

• BS degree
• 5+ years of experience in supervisory or other leadership roles within a manufacturing environment.
• Experience applying lean manufacturing, TPM, and Six Sigma tools.
• Strong communication, interpersonal, and leadership skills.
• Enthusiastic, proactive, and collaborative team player.
• Proven track record of achieving results and increasing levels of responsibility.

• Bi-lingual English and Spanish.
• Master’s degree in engineering.
• Lean Manufacturing or Six Sigma certification.
• Experience supervising high-mix or high-volume operations.
• Experience as a Manufacturing, Production, or Operations Manager.

Rain Bird is an Equal Opportunity Employer.