About the Role:
The Production Supervisor, also commonly searched as Manufacturing Supervisor, Operations Supervisor, Shift Supervisor, and Production Team Leader, leads day-to-day manufacturing operations in the Granite City, Illinois area. This position manages production employees, scheduling, safety, quality, throughput, material flow, and achievement of daily manufacturing goals while developing a high-performing production team.
Responsibilities:
- Supervise production employees and coordinate daily work assignments to achieve manufacturing schedules and customer requirements.
- Manage staffing, employee scheduling, attendance, workflow, shift handoffs, and allocation of labor across production activities.
- Monitor safety, quality, throughput, scrap, downtime, labor efficiency, and schedule attainment throughout the shift.
- Provide hands-on leadership, coaching, training, performance feedback, and accountability for production team members.
- Identify production bottlenecks and coordinate with maintenance, quality, materials, and operations teams to resolve issues quickly.
- Ensure employees follow standard work instructions, quality procedures, safety requirements, PPE standards, and established manufacturing processes.
- Support root cause analysis and corrective actions related to production delays, quality concerns, safety incidents, and equipment downtime.
- Drive continuous improvement initiatives involving lean manufacturing, 5S, productivity improvement, waste reduction, and standardized work.
- Maintain accurate production reports, staffing records, shift documentation, and operational performance metrics.
Qualifications:
- Previous supervisory or team leadership experience within manufacturing, production, warehouse, foundry, metal processing, or industrial operations.
- Demonstrated experience managing hourly production employees and coordinating daily production schedules.
- Strong understanding of manufacturing workflow, labor planning, safety, quality, productivity, and material handling.
- Ability to troubleshoot production issues and make timely operational decisions in a fast-paced environment.
- Strong leadership, communication, coaching, conflict resolution, and employee development skills.
- Experience using production reports, manufacturing KPIs, Microsoft Office, or related manufacturing systems.
- High school diploma or GED required.
- Ability to work within an active industrial manufacturing environment and support assigned shift requirements.
Desired Qualifications:
- Associate or bachelor's degree in Manufacturing, Operations Management, Business, Engineering Technology, or a related discipline.
- Foundry, metals, fabrication, machining, or heavy manufacturing experience.
- Lean manufacturing, 5S, Six Sigma, Kaizen, or continuous improvement experience.
- Experience with ERP, MRP, manufacturing execution systems, or production planning software.
- Previous responsibility for safety metrics, quality metrics, production KPIs, and employee performance management.
