Manufacturing Shop Floor Manager_AJD

As a part of the global industrial organization Marmon Holdings—which is backed by Berkshire Hathaway—you’ll be doing things that matter, leading at every level, and winning a better way. We’re committed to making a positive impact on the world, providing you with diverse learning and working opportunities, and fostering a culture where everyone’s empowered to be their best.

The Manufacturing Shop Floor Manager is responsible for the safe, efficient, and consistent execution of daily production activities.

This position provides hands‑on leadership to shop‑floor employees while ensuring production schedules, quality requirements, safety standards, and operational expectations are achieved. The Supervisor serves as the primary connection between production employees and Operations leadership, taking ownership of daily execution, removing barriers, developing employees, maintaining accountability, and driving continuous improvement throughout the manufacturing operation.

• Safety Lead by example and maintain a strong safety-first culture.
• Ensure employees follow established safety procedures, PPE requirements, and safe work practices.
• Immediately address unsafe conditions and behaviors.
• Participate in safety observations, incident reviews, and corrective actions.
• Conduct daily floor walks to identify and eliminate potential safety concerns.
• Production & Schedule Execution Manage daily production activities to meet established schedules and customer commitments. Assign employees based on workload, skills, priorities, and production requirements. Monitor production progress throughout the shift and respond quickly to schedule disruptions. Escalate material, engineering, quality, equipment, or staffing issues that threaten production commitments. Coordinate priorities with supporting departments to maintain production flow. Ensure employees understand daily priorities, expectations, and completion targets.
• Quality Ensure work is completed according to released drawings, specifications, work instructions, and approved processes. Address quality issues at the point of occurrence rather than allowing defects to move downstream. Support root‑cause analysis and corrective actions for recurring quality problems. Maintain employee accountability for workmanship and quality standards.
• People Leadership Provide clear direction, expectations, coaching, and feedback to production employees. Develop employees through cross‑training, mentoring, and skills development. Identify and develop future team leads and leadership candidates. Address attendance, performance, behavioral, and policy issues consistently. Conduct effective shift‑start or daily production meetings. Promote teamwork and professional communication throughout the shop. Recognize strong performance while addressing performance gaps promptly.
• Lean & Continuous Improvement Champion 5S, workplace organization, standard work, and visual management. Identify opportunities to reduce waste, waiting, unnecessary movement, rework, and production delays. Encourage employees to identify and implement practical improvements. Support Lean initiatives and structured problem solving. Maintain established improvements rather than allowing processes to return to previous conditions.
• Operational Discipline Maintain accurate production reporting and documentation. Monitor labor utilization and overtime requirements. Ensure employees are working on the correct jobs and priorities. Maintain clean, organized, production‑ready work areas. Reinforce company policies and shop‑floor expectations consistently across the workforce. Conduct effective shift handoffs when applicable.
• Cross‑Functional Coordination Work closely with:
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