Job Title: Production Supervisor

Job Description

We manufacture stainless steel tanks for the dairy industry, ensuring that most welds are food-grade or sanitary. The Production Supervisor will play a critical role in developing, implementing, and maintaining departmental and individual goals and performance measures. This position requires coordinating workload requirements, scheduling, managing staffing needs, and leading performance evaluations, development, discipline, and terminations. The supervisor will also ensure employees adhere to all work instructions and quality requirements, actively motivate team members, and lead strategic projects. Collaboration on continuous process improvement and cost reduction plans is essential, as is participation in Lean Management Systems and Kaizen events. The supervisor is expected to drive and sustain 5S Housekeeping efforts, train new employees, inspect finished products for quality, and contribute ideas for workflow and process improvement.

Hard Skills

Production Supervision

Understanding of processes, equipment, and tools

Data analysis and recommendations

Written and verbal communication

Negotiation and influencing

Continuous improvement activities

Organizational and prioritization skills

Delegation and task follow-through

Presentation creation and delivery

Knowledge of lean principles

Decision-making under pressure

Project management at the department level

Soft Skills

Strong leadership

Team motivation

Complex issue resolution

Sense of urgency

Self-motivation

Effective communication with team

Job Type

This is a permanent position.

Work Site

This is a fully on-site position in Beloit, Wisconsin.

Work Environment

3:30pm to 2:00am, Monday through Thursday. The 2nd shift will eventually have about 75 people, with the supervisor managing 30 to 35 employees. Currently, the 2nd shift has about 40 people. This position may require overtime, night shift, and weekend work hours. The work environment may include exposure to extreme heat, humidity, fumes, airborne particles, toxic or caustic chemicals, loud noise, and all-weather conditions. Pay is $75,000 to $85,000 per year.

About Aerotek:

We know that a company's success starts with its employees. We also know that an individual's success starts with the right career opportunity. As a Best of Staffing® Client and Talent leader, Aerotek's people-focused approach yields competitive advantage for our clients and rewarding careers for our contract employees. Since 1983, Aerotek has grown to become a leader in recruiting and staffing services. With more than 250 non-franchised offices, Aerotek's 8,000 internal employees serve more than 300,000 contract employees and 18,000 clients every year. Aerotek is an Allegis Group company, the global leader in talent solutions. Learn more at Aerotek.com.

The company is an equal opportunity employer and will consider all applications without regards to race, sex, age, color, religion, national origin, veteran status, disability, sexual orientation, gender identity, genetic information or any characteristic protected by law.