Purpose/Scope

This position is a hands-on supervisor role to lead daily operations in a growing precast concrete manufacturing facility. This role is responsible for delivering measurable results across Safety, Quality, Delivery, Cost, and Employee Engagement (SQDCE) while leading crews in wet cast and/or prestress production. The Production Supervisor is responsible for building a high-performance team that produces safe, high-quality precast products on time and at cost.

Essential Duties and Responsibilities

Manage daily production execution for precast operations
Conducts daily startup meetings to review SQDC performance, establish short and long term performance goals, review initiative status, present company issues, and build a winning team spirit
Establishes a lean vision for processes, sets SQDC improvement goals, and takes the proper action to achieve these goals
Posts and monitors SQDC measurements to provide visual trend of progress against goals and objectives, and to identify/seek opportunities for improvement
Eliminates problems by taking immediate stop-gap measures, employing required support groups, recording critical data and driving root-cause elimination
Provides continuous feedback to members regarding their personal performance and rewards or disciplines accordingly
Increases the team’s skill depth through use of cross-training matrices, development goal setting, and task rotation
Responsible for managing team members, including participating in recruitment and orientation, training and development, performance management processes, disciplinary actions and maintaining proper staffing levels.
Address issues quickly and escalate when needed

Basic Qualifications

Bachelor’s degree in a related field or the equivalent in experience
Two years of demonstrated experience leading a team to achieve objectives in a manufacturing or similar environment
Strong leadership, communication, and problem-solving skills
Ability to work on the production floor in a physically demanding setting
Results-driven with a sense of ownership and urgency
Ability to interact/communicate (both written and verbally) effectively with all levels within the organization as well as customers and suppliers.

Preferred Qualifications

Three to five years of precast or concrete manufacturing experience (wet cast or prestress)
Knowledge of reinforcing steel, forming systems, and concrete finishing
One to three years of experience in a union environment
Lean / continuous improvement background

Physical Requirements

Ability to spend long durations standing/walking in a manufacturing environment with steep ladders and catwalks.
Plant/Yard: Move minimum of 50lbs., spatial awareness/depth perception, walk, climb, bend at the waist, reach, forceful use of hand tools, vocal projection
Office: Move 25lbs, work with a computer for extended periods of time

Work Environments

50% of time will be spent in a loud, dusty manufacturing environment with wide variations in ambient conditions. The remainder will be spent in an office environment.
Plant/Yard: All types of weather conditions (year-round, Mid-west and Northeast), dirt/dust, noise from heavy machinery/vehicles, vibrations from machinery and vehicles, loud noises, little to no climate control, varying amounts of light, stairs, narrow walkways
Shift time is to start at 4AMEST.

This position has an anticipated salary range of $75,000 - $95,000 annually. Actual compensation will depend on experience, skills, internal equity, and business needs