Production Team Supervisor -- Assembly & Automation

Job Description

Job Description

Production Team Supervisor — Assembly & Automation What you will drive

• Translate daily production requirements into clear assignments and staffing plans.
• Maintain seamless communication across shifts and with cross-functional partners.
• Own process quality: react to abnormalities, troubleshoot effectively, and verify fixes.
• Develop and track countermeasures for unplanned downtime (DT), quality gaps, KPI misses, and safety concerns.
• Keep work instructions and procedures up to date; ensure consistent execution to VWI.
• Coach, train, and develop team members; recommend additional training where needed.
• Lead or support additional projects and duties as assigned.

How you lead

• Provide vision and clarity aligned to business strategy.
• Champion change and involve the team in improvement.
• Engage people through clear expectations and recognition.
• Communicate proactively and listen actively.
• Assess and develop talent with constructive feedback and mentoring.
• Make timely, data-based decisions and commit to action.
• Encourage collaboration; align around common goals.
• Drive results by setting goals and removing barriers.
• Model a growth mindset—resilient, curious, optimistic.
• Earn trust through credibility, humility, and candor; lead courageously and address conflict constructively.

Supervisory scope

• Reinforce safety, quality, and conduct standards.
• Audit work against VWI and procedures; correct deviations.
• Recommend targeted training when performance expectations are not met.
• Coach and develop team members; participate in counseling.

Qualifications and experience

• Leadership experience and structured problem-solving capability.
• Effective communicator; team-oriented; improvement-driven.
• Exposure to robotics and automation preferred.
• Continuous improvement participation.
• Manufacturing environment experience.
• High School diploma or GED.
• Basic computer proficiency, including Microsoft Excel.
• Hands-on: soldering skills; warehouse and packaging experience.

Physical demands

• Stand, walk, sit, handle objects, climb stairs, and reach during the shift.
• Lift/move 10–30 lbs periodically.
• Vision requirements: close, color, peripheral, distance, depth, and focus for inspection.
• Ability to travel by car or air.

Authority

• Lead and participate in corrective actions.
• Partner with Supervisor on team member placement.
• Stop production for safety or quality concerns.
• Submit and implement process/equipment/software changes with prior approval.

Equipment and technologies

• Sterilization-In-Place (SIP)
• Automotive Vehicles (Toyota, Honda)
• Safety Glass, Tempered Glass
• Pallet Jack, Palletizer
• HMI, Conveyor Systems
• Pelletizer Machine

Career trajectory

Designed for leaders preparing for the next step, this position builds the operational, coaching, and decision-making muscles needed for higher-level responsibility.