This role is for the over night shift so you will be required to work a over night shift for this role to support the production team.
The Senior Production Supervisor is responsible for leading daily manufacturing operations within a highly automated solar module production facility. This role oversees production teams across one or more lines or shifts, ensuring safety, quality, delivery, and cost objectives are achieved.
As a senior-level leader, this position provides direction and mentorship to Production Supervisors and Team Leads while driving operational excellence, workforce performance, and continuous improvement initiatives. The Senior Production Supervisor plays a key role in supporting plant throughput, yield performance, and employee engagement in a fast-paced manufacturing environment.
Essential Job Duties and Responsibilities:
- Oversees daily production operations to meet or exceed output, yield, and efficiency targets.
- Supervises Production Supervisors, Team Leads, and hourly operators.
- Ensures adherence to standardized work, production schedules, and manufacturing processes.
- Monitors and improves KPIs including OEE, scrap rates, downtime, cycle time, and labor efficiency.
- Acts as escalation point for production issues impacting safety, quality, or delivery.
- Partners with EHS to drive incident prevention and corrective actions ensuring strict compliance with safety protocols.
- Conducts regular safety audits and address hazards proactively.
- Ensures team adherence to PPE, LOTO procedures, and safe operating standards.
- Works with warehouse team for raw material requests and receiving, closing production orders systematically.
- Collaborates with shipping department for transfer of Finished Goods.
- Manages facility rework and retest activities.
- Uses manufacturing systems such as SAP and MES for material transfers and production monitoring.
- Partners with EHS to drive incident prevention and corrective actions.
- Ensures production output meets quality standards and customer specifications.
- Drives accountability for quality at the operator and team lead level.
- Partners with Quality and Engineering to resolve defects and implement corrective actions.
- Leads root cause analysis for recurring production issues.
- Coaches and develops Production Supervisors and frontline leaders.
- Supports performance management, attendance management, and employee engagement initiatives.
- Assists with workforce planning and staffing to support multi-shift operations.
- Promotes a culture of accountability, teamwork, and continuous improvement.
- Leads lean manufacturing initiatives to reduce waste and improve efficiency.
- Identifies process bottlenecks and implement improvement plans.
- Supports new equipment commissioning and production ramp-up activities.
- Encourages employee-driven improvement ideas and problem-solving.
- Partners with Maintenance to address equipment downtime and reliability concerns.
- Works closely with Supply Chain to ensure material availability.
- Collaborates with Engineering on process optimization and automation improvements.
- Communicates production performance and challenges to plant leadership.
- Bachelor’s degree in Operations, Engineering, Business, or related field (or equivalent experience).
- 7–10 years of manufacturing experience, preferably in a highly automated environment.
- 3–5 years of supervisory or leadership experience.
- Experience managing large hourly workforces across multiple shifts.
- Strong understanding of lean manufacturing principles.
- Proven ability to drive production performance improvements.
- Strong leadership and team development
- Data-driven decision making; Problem-solving and root cause analysis
- Conflict resolution and employee relations
- Effective communication and organizational skills
- Work Environment: Onsite role within a highly automated manufacturing facility; requires extended periods on the production floor.
- Requires flexibility in schedule to support multi-shift operations, including weekends.
Preferences
- Experience in solar, semiconductor, electronics, or advanced manufacturing industries.
- Experience supporting plant start-up or rapid production ramp environments.
- Six Sigma or Lean certification.
