Manufacturing Supervisor
Location: Grimes, IA
Salary: $70,000–$80,000/year
A growing manufacturing company in the Grimes area is looking for an experienced Manufacturing Supervisor to lead day-to-day production operations and a frontline manufacturing team. This is a hands-on leadership role for someone who enjoys being on the floor, developing employees, solving problems, and keeping production moving safely and efficiently.
Responsibilities
- Lead and supervise production employees across manufacturing and material handling
- Manage daily staffing, scheduling, attendance, and overtime
- Ensure daily and weekly production goals are met
- Monitor productivity, quality, equipment downtime, and workflow
- Coach, train, and develop employees
- Address performance and attendance issues when needed
- Promote and enforce workplace safety expectations
- Work closely with maintenance, quality, engineering, supply chain, and other departments
- Lead daily start-up meetings and communicate production priorities
- Identify opportunities to improve efficiency, reduce waste, and improve processes
- Support continuous improvement initiatives
- Maintain accurate production, quality, and labor documentation
What We're Looking For
- Previous manufacturing leadership or supervisory experience
- Comfortable managing performance, attendance, and accountability
- Ability to prioritize in a fast-paced production environment
- Strong problem-solving and decision-making skills
- Understanding of manufacturing safety, quality, and productivity expectations
- Experience with Lean, 5S, Kaizen, Six Sigma, or other continuous improvement practices is a plus
You should be proficient in:
- Leadership / People Management
- Continuous Improvement
- Supervisory Experience
- Lean Manufacturing Principles
- Operational Metrics & KPI Management
- 5s
