Overview
The Production Supervisor leads the 3rd-shift production team from 11:00 p.m. to 7:30 a.m., Monday night through Friday night. This position sets shift priorities, develops production and support personnel, maintains a safe and productive workforce, and drives timely response to production issues. The supervisor coordinates with maintenance, quality, engineering, and other support functions to meet safety, quality, delivery, and cost goals.
Responsibilities
- Lead the production team on the floor, set shift priorities, assign resources, and maintain accountability for safe and productive execution
- Ensure and enforce plant safety regulations, regulatory controls, policies, and procedures
- Develop, train, coach, and manage the performance of production, technical, and support personnel
- Lead team stand-up and accountability meetings; set expectations, review performance, assign follow-up actions, and own the shift’s results through end-of-shift handoff
- Drive rapid response to safety, quality, equipment, scrap, and downtime issues through structured problem solving
- Monitor shift performance and take action to meet safety, quality, delivery, cost, productivity, scrap, and uptime goals
- Coordinate with maintenance, quality, engineering, materials, and other support departments to resolve production issues
- Ensure accurate shift handoff and timely communication of staffing, production, quality, maintenance, and material needs
- Complete required people administration, including attendance, timecards, payroll issue escalation, and corrective action in accordance with Rain Bird policy
Qualifications
MINIMUM QUALIFICATIONS:
- BS or BA degree in business or technical discipline
- 3+ years’ manufacturing supervision experience
- Experience with 5S, Lean tools, and structured problem solving
- Strong leadership, interpersonal, communication, and team-development skills
- Ability to work 11:00 p.m. to 7:30 a.m., Monday night through Friday night
DESIRED QUALIFICATIONS:
- Graduate degree in business or technical discipline.
- Project Management experience in a seasonal business
- Ability to lead effectively in a dynamic, fast-paced manufacturing environment.
- Experience with UKG and Oracle systems
Rain Bird is an Equal Opportunity Employer
