Description
Supervise and coordinate shop-floor operations to execute production schedules while meeting safety, quality, cost, and delivery goals.
- • Direct daily production activities and coordinate workflow across workstations and shifts.
- • Review schedules and production orders; assign personnel and set work priorities.
- • Verify equipment setups, tooling, and first-piece approvals before release to run.
- • Monitor line performance, WIP, and bottlenecks; adjust staffing and sequencing to meet takt.
- • Troubleshoot production issues and coordinate with maintenance, engineering, and quality to resolve problems.
- • Enforce standard operating procedures, work instructions, and good manufacturing practices.
- • Monitor product quality, perform in-process checks, and escalate nonconformances.
- • Use production tracking and quality systems to record output, scrap, and downtime.
- • Maintain shift production, downtime, and attendance records; submit daily reports.
- • Maintain line-side inventory, conduct cycle counts, and request replenishment to prevent stockouts.
- • Monitor labor, material, and equipment usage to meet targets and control costs.
- • Schedule routine equipment checks and coordinate maintenance to minimize downtime.
- • Lead safe work practices; conduct safety walks, 5S audits, and toolbox talks.
- • Implement lockout/tagout and emergency procedures when required.
- • Train, coach, cross-train, and evaluate crew members; address minor performance and conduct issues.
- • Participate in interviewing and onboarding of new hires and temps.
- • Plan shift start-up meetings and manage shift handoffs and communications.
- • Manage timekeeping, overtime, and time-off requests to maintain coverage.
- • Support trials and process changes; provide shop-floor feedback to engineering.
- • Support compliance with environmental and permit conditions; maintain required records.
- • Identify and lead small continuous improvement and waste-reduction initiatives.
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Last reviewed: Jan 2026
