Production Supervisor

Autocar, LLC, a manufacturer of severe-duty vocational trucks carrying the first specialized truck brand in North America, is the only American-owned and operated original equipment manufacturer (OEM) of trucks. Autocar’s severe-duty vocational trucks provide customers with the perfect tool for their jobs with the most uptime, support, and impact on their bottom line. Autocar collaborates with customers to build trucks to their exact specifications and needs. Autocar promises to provide trucks that deliver the best value, provide the best service, and provide a complete solution for customers’ needs.

Summary:

As the Production Supervisor you will develop and guide the manufacturing team with full accountability regarding their performance on all aspects of safety, productivity, quality and cost for a multi-station operation. You will be responsible for ensuring production functions at peak efficiency with proper communications and interfaces. You will lead across stations and departments, interacting daily with the other operations leaders in order to achieve value stream goals. You will oversee, identify and manage customer quality issues and collaborate with internal teams on root cause analysis.

Location: Hagerstown, IN

What We Offer

• Competitive compensation that recognizes your skills, experience, and impact
• Performance-based annual bonuses that reward results and contributions
• Comprehensive medical, dental, and vision coverage to support your well-being
• 401(k) with a 4% company match to help you invest in your future
• 8 paid company holidays to rest, recharge, and maintain work-life balance

Key Responsibilities:

• Maintain a positive work environment and ensure compliance with safety standards and established policies and procedures by directing, training, and supervising the activities of employees engaged in the assembly process.
• Develop a culture of individual quality ownership, a sense of responsibility, self-discipline within each team member, through open communication, team participation and employee empowerment.
• Maintain a Continuous Improvement mindset within his/her area of responsibility by understanding and fostering continuous improvement in Quality, Throughput, Methods, and Housekeeping.

Requirements:

Education:

• BS/BA in Engineering; preferably manufacturing engineering, mechanical engineering technology, or a BS in Operations/Manufacturing

Experience:

• Minimum 8 years of experience in manufacturing, operations, or engineering in a leadership role
  LEAN, process-minded people leaders with experience in a complex manufacturing environment
• Experience supporting manufacturing Planning Analysis (Capacity and Capability Planning) for short- and long-range planning needs
• Demonstrated successful application of Lean principles such as Value Stream Mapping, Just-In-Time, Demand Flow, Single Piece Flow, Five S, Visual Management, Total Productive Maintenance, Continuous Improvement Process, Kaizen, SPC, Six Sigma and Communication Tools, Statistical Problem Solving
• Experience utilizing lean manufacturing concepts with a proven track record of lean or six sigma project implementations
• Experience with unit performance, cost account management or other budgetary responsibilities

Skills:

• Strong