Job Details

Job Title: Manufacturing Supervisor I

Department: Varies

Supervisor: Manufacturing Mgr.

Location: Line Ave or Campus Drive

Job Grade: 322

FLSA Status: Non-Exempt

Revised: December 2025

Job Purpose

The Manuacturing Supervisor I leads a team to meet production goals while maintaining safety, quality, and delivery standards. The role promotes employee engagement through training, coaching, and continuous development in a clean and organized work environment. It also involves monitoring performance metrics, adjusting resources, and ensuring compliance with safety and quality systems to drive operational excellence.

Duties & Responsibilities

People

• Work with department personnel and request an appropriate headcount as needed to support customer demand and schedule attainment.
• Ensure personnel have the proper training & tools necessary to perform the job.
• Utilize coaching sessions and disciplinary actions as needed to optimize team.
• Ensure cross training for every workstation.
• Drive employee engagement.
• Provide continuous learning opportunities for employees.
• Maintain, monitor and approve attendance in Paycom
• Conduct quarterly employee evaluations.

• Promote 5S to ensure cleanliness and part presentation.
• Monitor PPE adherence, safety equipment and tools.
• Report issues to responsible parties.
• Ensure employees know how to access JSAs.

• Non-conforming material is processed timely and analyze trend for parts damaged during assembly.
• Recommend measures to improve production methods, equipment performance, and quality products communicate with support team to execute changes.
• Perform duties in accordance with the current Quality and Safety Management System.

• Assessing schedule attainment needs and making necessary adjustments.
• Fulfill the total amount of units to be built or processed in accordance with the production plan.

• Identify high-cost centers.
• Assures maximum efficiency and productivity of employees with respect to production volumes, cost, quality, and meeting production schedules and delivery dates.

• Monitor production hour by hour board and adjust personnel as needed to meet customer demand.
• Review first pass yield (FPY) and work with team on countermeasures to prevent.
• Review assembly dispatches to ensure delivery schedules are met
• Coordinate with support departments (OpEx, scheduling, etc.) to ensure line balance and flow
• Ability to read and understand assembly BOM
• Ability to read and understand basic blueprints and wiring schematics
• Ability to understand and follow parts replenishments (kanban, min-max, kitting, etc.)

• Blueprint reading
• Knowledge of production operations, scheduling, and resource planning.
• Understanding of safety protocols, including PPE and 5S standards.
• Familiarity with quality systems such as First Pass Yield (FPY) and non-conformance processes.

• Strong leadership and team development skills.
• Ability to analyze production data and implement process improvements.
• Ability to coach, train, and cross-train employees effectively.
• Ability to adapt to changing priorities and work flexible hours to meet goals.

• Standing and/or walking for extended periods of time
• Ability to bend, stoop, kneel, and crouch

• Use of measuring devices for adherence to specifications.
• Ability to work mandatory overtime