Production Supervisor

How will you make a difference?
The Production Supervisor provides frontline leadership for a team of technicians. In this role, you will utilize your experience and expertise to solve problems, drive process adherence, and develop and execute objectives for yourself and others. As a Leader in manufacturing, you will handle day-to-day activities in which you will provide direction to accomplish operational objectives as well as timekeeping, maintaining schedules and leading the hourly workforce.
What do we want to know about you?
Bachelor’s degree or a high school diploma/GED with at least 4 years of experience in manufacturing
Proficient in Microsoft Office applications
Strong oral and written communications skills
Strong interpersonal and leadership skills
Ability to influence others and lead small teams
Ability to lead initiatives of moderate scope and impact
Ability to coordinate one to two projects simultaneously
Strong and effective problem identification and solution skills
Proven analytical and quality/process improvement skills
Willingness to take on tough challenges and grow professionally
What will your typical day look like?
Provide technical assistance and leadership to the Operations team including operations, equipment troubleshooting, and repair.
Help train and develop technical skills of Operations employees; educate employees on business strategy and metrics
Actively participate in Environment, Health and Safety initiatives and corrective actions as an expert in the safety aspects of the Operations team’s scope
Support and meet production schedules, drive productivity and quality initiatives, and manage the area within budget; utilize data analysis to identify and execute improvement projects
Interface with internal and external customers, define priorities for shifts and work groups leveraging shift start-up / shift-change meetings
Manage employees and schedule requirements, including timekeeping, overtime, time off, and discipline
Communicate and enforce safety policies, the employee handbook and other plant policies
Actively participate on cross-functional teams and demonstrate necessary leadership and coaching skills to other team members
Who will you be working with?
Wabtec is a leading global provider of equipment, systems, digital solutions, and value-added services. Our team is focused on continually improving our best-in-class production capabilities. We combine deep domain expertise and tenured experience to deliver unparalleled products for our customers. Here you’ll interact daily with team members during the problem resolution process and will partner with other key stakeholders to support our internal customers and their responsibilities.

Employment type
Full-time

Work arrangement
No