Production Supervisor Specialist 1st Shift

Wabtec Corporation is a leading global provider of equipment, systems, digital solutions and value-added services for freight and transit rail. Drawing on nearly four centuries of collective experience across Wabtec, GE Transportation and Faiveley Transport, the company has unmatched digital expertise, technological innovation, and world-class manufacturing and services, enabling the digital-rail-and-transit ecosystems. Wabtec is focused on performance that drives progress, creating transportation solutions that move and improve the world. Wabtec has approximately 27,000 employees in facilities throughout the world. Visit the company’s new website at: http://www.WabtecCorp.com.

It’s not just about your career… or your job title…it’s about who you are and the impact you are going to make on the world. Do you want to go into uncharted waters…do things that haven’t been done to make yours and someone else's life better? Wabtec has been doing that for decades and we will continue to do so! Through our people, leadership development, services, technology and scale, Wabtec delivers better outcomes for global customers by speaking the language of industry.

Our Erie, PA site is the largest facility under Wabtec; located on beautiful Lake Erie in northern Pennsylvania and part of the Wabtec family of companies. Wabtec is a leading global provider of equipment, systems, digital solutions, and value-added services. Whether it’s freight rail, transit, mining, industrial, or marine, our expertise, technologies, and people – together – are accelerating the future of transportation. At Wabtec, we are moving and improving the world! 

Summary 

The Production Supervisor Specialist supervises our unionized hourly production workers who support manufacturing of the best locomotives and parts that move the world. The Production Supervisor Specialist is responsible for safely leading a team to assemble products to Wabtec’s quality standards. The Supervisor is also responsible for ensuring that his/her team is working efficiently and effectively, providing high quality products and customer service to Wabtec’s stakeholders.   

Essential Duties and Responsibilities 

• Monitor and maintain safety procedures and conditions to prevent accidents and provide a safe workplace.  

• Supervise staff including hiring, employee communications, training, discipline, evaluation, and terminations responsibilities. 

• Drive customer satisfaction through detailed focus on product reliability. Provide direction and support for an assigned hourly production team encompassing EHS, Quality, Material, Process, and Delivery. 

• Help motivate all employees in his/her production team to perform their duties using established procedures to meet or exceed goals. 

• Planning, creating, and executing production plans for all shifts, based on the MRP plan, customer requirements, manpower (hours) and equipment availability, part availability, and develop recovery plans when demand is not met. 

• Lead and support all Continuous Improvement Activities. 

• Ownership of the department’s equipment, tooling, fixtures, key manufacturing processes, products and productivity. 

• Ensure all company policies are followed and take corrective actions accordingly. 

• Work with the Team Leads to develop and execute training plans for all operators to ensure they have the skills needed to do their jobs and are sufficiently cross trained to optimize resource usage safely and correctly. 

• Provide clear and accurate communication to the work group.  Ensure follow-up on issues and concerns are addressed in a timely manner. 

• Troubleshoot and solve operation problems when identified. 

• Promote culture of teamwork, continuous improvement, and collaborate problem solving.  

• Work with sales, engineering, maintenance, inventory control to communicate work schedule and schedule necessary resources to support company. 

• Identify opportunities to increase employee engagement, motivation, and collaboration across work groups. 

• Responsible for all Time and Attendance functions. 

Education/Work Experience Requirements 

• Minimum two current years’ experience in supervisory role in manufacturing industry. 

• Bachelor’s degree or technical degree preferred.   

• Comprehensive knowledge of manufacturing techniques and processes. 

• Strategic and creative thinking to analyze issues that may arise and create solutions. 

• Basic shop math skills in all units of measuring, along with ability to read and use ga