Production Supervisor Job

​Primary location: Carson, California 
Relocation offered: No 
Employment status: Full-Time 
Travel: <10% 
Non-compete: No 

The estimated base salary range for this role is $68,640-$83,620 a year. 
Individual pay is based upon location, skills and expertise, experience and other relevant factors

​What does it mean to work at Arktura LLC, a subsidiary of Armstrong World Industries?

It means being immersed in a supportive culture that recognizes you as a key player in Armstrong's future. We are a large company with a local feel, where you will get to know and collaborate with leadership and your colleagues across the company.  Arktura LLC is a widely published company headquartered in a fast-paced design office and manufacturing facility in Los Angeles, CA. We design, develop, and manufacture a variety of façade systems, interior wall and ceiling systems, custom art installations on a full range of state-of-the-art equipment, in our 100,000 sf facility.

Working at Arktura is the best! Benefits include 401k with employee match, robust health care options, paid time off and professional development. We have a casual dress code, free snacks, and quarterly events! As a company, we love to engage in community service activities with our local organizations. We provide access to 100’s of discounts, specialty savings and voluntary benefits through LifeMart such as car and hotel rentals and auto, home, and pet insurance, legal services, and childcare We support Employee Resource Groups created to connect employees with common interests to promote inclusion and provide perspective.

Reporting to the Operations Manager, the Production Supervisor is responsible for all production floor operations, for communicating progress, and following through to shipment of orders.

 

Essential Duties and Responsibilities include the following. Other duties may be assigned.

• Participates in the development and execute weekly production plan.
• Supervises all production staff to optimize effectiveness in meeting production schedule.
• Monitors overall progress and manage the timely completion of projects; ensure Shop Floor computer transactions are timely and correct.
• Enforces safety practices; lead bi-weekly training sessions.
• Manages production costs and effective material usage.
• Enforces product quality standards; work closely with Quality Control inspectors to identify deviations and identify the best way to make corrections.
• Participates continuous improvement strategies in both resource and process utilization.
• Reviews ERP daily to ensure that they days jobs are properly accounted for.
• Oversees production facility maintenance and housekeeping practices.

Supervisory Responsibilities: 

• Direct supervision of an assigned group of production employees.

Travel:  Minimal; less than 5%

Qualifications:
To perform this job successfully, an individual must be able to perform each essential duty satisfactorily. The requirements listed below are representative of the knowledge, skill, and/or ability required.

• Well-developed computer skills including knowledge of Microsoft Office applications. 
• Excellent communication and people skills; team player.  
• Initiative-taker with a strong ability to multi-task and juggle multiple responsibilities. 
• Ability to work in an industrial environment (i.e., ability to wear required PPE, work in a dusty, hot, non-climate-controlled environment; with stairs, frequent walking, standing and occasional lifting of material). 
• Ability to work off shift hours in support of plant initiatives. 
• Ability to train all production employees in all areas of manufacturing.  
• Bilingual English/Spanish needed.

Physical and Mental Demands

The physical requirements described here are representative of those that must be met by an employee to successfully perform the essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.

While performing the duties of this job, the employee is regularly required to talk or hear. The employee is frequently required to stand; walk; use hands to finger, handle or feel; and reach with hands and arms. The employee is occasionally required to sit; climb or balance; and stoop, kneel, crouch or crawl. The employee must frequently lift and move up to 25 pounds and occasionally lift and move up to 50 pounds. Specific vision abilities required by this job include close vision, distance vision, color vision, peripheral vision, depth perception and ability to adjust focus