Manufacturing Production Supervisor

Manufacturing Production Supervisor 

Location: 5615 W. Fuqua, Houston, TX 77085

Position Summary

The Manufacturing Production Shift Supervisor will be a hands-on role performing frontline lean manufacturing supervisory experience functions and is responsible for safety, corrective action, interviewing and hiring production staff, employee relations, housekeeping and performance reviews for the 1st shift of hourly employees as well as making recommendations to improve production methods, equipment performance and quality of product. Supervises, directs, advises, and trains manufacturing team members in accordance with established procedures to ensure production demands are met.  Ensures all activities are focused on meeting production goals/quotas, quality, and safety.  Accuracy is crucial to our production, so all candidates must have attention to detail.

Essential Duties and Responsibilities

• Hands-on supervising and facilitating the safety, quality, productivity, and cost performance of the 1st shift production of building products of windows, frames, doors and components.
• Assist with overseeing 1st Shift production activities and achieving production targets with required capabilities, yield, and lead time in accordance with procedures.
• In conjunction with appropriate plant leadership, develops and implements staffing guidelines to maximize utilization manpower while controlling manpower costs.
• Hires, supervises, evaluates, and replaces staff as required to ensure performance objectives are met/exceeded.
• Optimize the machining processes in terms of consistent quality and productivity and recommends the modification of procedures, work instructions and/or operator instructions
• Assist operators with machine/quality issues and run machines as needed.
• Maintain a high degree of leadership and supervisory skills including: developing and training teammates so they are prepared to assume positions of increasing responsibilities; evaluate teammates during their probation period and annually and give feedback to perform better; and hold shift meetings for Safety and Production items as instructed by the manager.
• Provides technical leadership and training to shift personnel in areas that may include line setup/operation, testing, tooling, troubleshooting, machine metrics definition/reporting, changeover, safety procedures, record keeping, and training facilitation.
• Identifies potential career paths for associates and works with associates to develop their skills and knowledge in order to progress within the company.  Provides documentation and follow up to training and job responsibilities.
• Interviews qualified candidates for manufacturing positions and recommends candidates for hire.
• Assigns personnel to assembly lines or production areas and oversees line or area rotations and break schedules during assigned shift(s) by maintaining a high degree of communication skills to accomplish seamless shift changes and troubleshooting progress.
• Completes or oversees completion of paperwork relative to line operation, operator logs, PM logs, audits, and corrective action.
• Interrupt the normal flow of work to respond to any short notice production or shipping needs.
• Knowledge and understanding of all safety policies and regulations and ability to address all unsafe acts and conditions.
• Administers policies in a fair and consistent manner.
• Provides coaching and counseling to