Production Supervisor

Overview

The Production Supervisor is responsible for fostering a performance-driven and continuous-improvement environment for production operations and has accountability for the safety, quality, delivery, and productivity performance of the manufacturing team in the shift.

Responsibilities

* Supervises manufacturing activities in a high-Speed automated assembly environment. Manages all productivity and quality-related issues within the manufacturing team

* Hires, develops, trains, and monitors production, technical, and support personnel

* Builds a team focused culture that integrates core employees, temps, inventory, and equipment to achieve production, quality and safety goals

* Ensures that the manufacturing equipment and work cells are staffed with people who are properly trained and supported

* Ensures that preventative maintenance and proper machine operation procedures are followed

* Ensures safety regulations, regulatory controls, policies, and procedures are followed

* Assists in the management of the Corrective Action System

* Initiates and oversees 5S, quality and process improvements

* Promotes and uses techniques for continuous improvement such as Six-Sigma and Poka-Yoke (Error Proofing)

* Position requires an individual who is enthusiastic, hardworking and has a "can-do" attitude.

* Manage attendance, payroll, formal problem solving, and disciplinary process for employees in accordance with the Rain Bird personnel Policies manual

* Promotes team building and ensures production teams are functional

* Ensures accurate and efficient communication between all departments and production personnel

* Requires an individual with flexibility to work and rotate between day shift and night shift based on business needs in a 24/7 operation.

* Leads daily production meetings to review previous day activities, and results against department daily goals and along with team members identifies necessary actions to meet targets.

Qualifications

MINIMUM QUALIFICATIONS:

* BS degree

* Minimum of 3 years of experience in manufacturing environment

* Experience with 5S and Lean Tools

* Proven leadership skills - interpersonal and communication skills

* History of increasing responsibilities with proven track record of achieving good results

* Excellent team builder and team player

DESIRED

QUALIFICATIONS:

* Bilingual - English and Spanish

* BA degree in engineering or other technical discipline

* Six Sigma Certification

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Rain Bird is an Equal Opportunity Employer