MPI 1st Shift Production Supervisor

The Production Supervisor is responsible for leading daily manufacturing operations within machining, fabrication, assembly, and valve production areas. This position provides direct leadership to hourly production employees, ensuring safe, efficient, and high-quality execution of production schedules. The supervisor is accountable for workforce development, production attainment, continuous improvement initiatives, and maintaining operational excellence in a high-mix, low-volume manufacturing environment.  Success in this role is measured by safety performance, quality results, schedule attainment, employee engagement, and continuous improvement achievements.

Scope of Responsibilities

Safety Leadership

• Promote and enforce all company safety policies and procedures.

• Maintain a safe work environment and ensure compliance with all PPE requirements and safety standards.

• Lead safety initiatives, audits, investigations, and corrective actions.

• Foster a culture where safety is the highest operational priority.

 

Production Management

• Direct daily activities of machining, fabrication, assembly, and production personnel.

• Manage schedule attainment and ensure production commitments are met.

• Balance labor resources, machine capacity, material availability, and changing customer priorities.

• Coordinate production activities to minimize downtime, bottlenecks, and workflow disruptions.

• Drive improvements in throughput, lead time reduction, on-time delivery, and WIP management.

 

Quality Management

• Ensure products meet engineering specifications, customer requirements, and company quality standards.

• Partner with Quality and Engineering teams to resolve manufacturing and product issues.

• Support first-article inspections, corrective actions, and continuous quality improvement efforts.

• Maintain accountability for workmanship and process compliance.

 

People Leadership

• Lead, coach, mentor, and develop production employees.

• Manage performance, attendance, disciplinary actions, and employee development.

• Develop leads, trainers, and future supervisory talent.

• Conduct shift communications and facilitate effective workforce planning.

• Build a culture of accountability, teamwork, and continuous improvement.

 

Continuous Improvement

• Lead Lean Manufacturing and operational improvement initiatives.

• Implement standard work, setup reduction, time studies, and efficiency improvements.

• Support shop layout optimization, material flow improvements, and process standardization.

• Identify opportunities to reduce waste, improve productivity, and increase operational effectiveness.

 

Cross-Functional Collaboration

• Work closely with Engineering, Quality, Planning, Maintenance, and Supply Chain teams.

• Support engineering changes, new product introductions, fixture deployment, and process improvements.

• Utilize production metrics and performance data to drive informed decisions and improve results.