Production Supervisor - 2nd Shift

Who We Are:

Lippert is a leading, global manufacturer and supplier of highly engineered products and customized solutions, dedicated to shaping, growing and bettering the RV, marine, automotive, commercial vehicle and building products industries. We combine our strategic manufacturing capabilities with the power of our winning team culture to deliver unrivaled customer service, award-winning innovation and premium products to all of our customers.

Why We are Different:

At Lippert, Everyone Matters. This is not just a tagline or empty promise; it is who we are. We have intentionally created a culture that values and celebrates our team members' unique and varied backgrounds, perspectives, and experiences. We strive to give our team members a deeper sense of purpose at work, and we continue to build a better work environment by aligning our cultural and business strategies with the needs of our team members.

What You will Get:

1. A unique, inclusive and supportive company culture.
2. Comprehensive benefit offerings including medical, dental, vision, 401k with employer match, vacation, and more!
3. Fair and competitive compensation.
4. Career development and mentoring and opportunities to grow.
5. Holiday, personal and vacation days.

Summary/Objective:

The production supervisor position is responsible for supervising production team members in a manufacturing and assembly environment. This position plans and assigns work, implements policies and procedures and recommends improvements in production methods, equipment, operating procedures and working conditions.

Duties and Responsibilities:

To perform this job successfully, an individual must be able to perform each essential duty satisfactorily. The requirements listed below are representative of the knowledge, skill, and/or ability required. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential duties and responsibilities.

1. Ensure effective team member relations.
2. Provide team member coaching and development.
3. Resolve team member issues through problem resolution.
4. Balance quality, productivity, cost, safety and morale to achieve positive results in all areas.
5. Work to continuously improve in all areas.

Working Conditions:

• Primarily working indoors, in a manufacturing factory environment.
• May sit for several hours at a time.
• Prolonged exposure to computer screens.
• Repetitive use of hands to operate computers, printers, and copiers.
• Occasional hand tool use for training or helping TM's understand their job better.

Qualifications:

1. High School Diploma or GED required
2. Minimum of 2 years of experience in a production environment with progressive leadership experience

Essential Functions:

1. Daily manages the staffing of your assigned production department by tracking attendance and timekeeping.
2. Reviews the master production plan and schedules work accordingly. Follow-through on the daily plan is expected.
3. Manages departmental performance measures, including visual controls and provides regular progress reports to your manager.
4. Show leadership by going and seeing issues on the floor, coaching your team members, and following through to ensure issues are resolved.
5. Builds a culture of stop-call-wait when non-standard conditions arise.
6. Investigates quality problem reports and provides countermeasures to prevent reoccurrence.
7. Ensures safety policies are followed at all times and helps complete safety investigations as needed.
8. Maintains proper inventory levels of all machine and PPE consumables.
9. Manages your department's priorities as assigned.
10. Consults with HR and leadership on team member disciplinary actions as required.

Competencies:

1. Leadership.
2. Performance Management.
3. Problem Solving/Analysis.
4. Proactive.
5. Effective Communication.
6. Time Management.
7. Mechanical Aptitude.
8. Coach mindset.

Supervisory Responsibility:

This position manages all team members of the department and is responsible for the performance management and hiring of the team members within that department.

Physical Demands:
The physical demands described here are representative of those that must be met by a team member to successfully perform the essential functions of this job.

While performing the duties of this job, the team member is regularly required to talk and hear. This position is very active and requires 98% standing, walking, bending, kneeling, stooping, crouching, crawling. The team member may have to lift and/or move items over 50 pounds. Specific vision abilities required by this job include close vision, distance vision, color vision, peripheral vision, depth perception and ability to adjust focus. This position requires Personal Protective Equipment. Protective Equipment supplied by the company includes: Coating suit, Coating Boots, Spray Socks, Respirator, Work Gloves, Safety Glasses and Ear Plugs. Team members may be required to provide additional Protective Equipment (Safety Shoes, etc.).

Position Type/Expected Hours of Work:

This is a full-time, night shift role in our Shiner, TX plant, with standard hours of 6PM - 4:30AM. Daily overtime and weekend support is required as business needs dictate.

Travel:

No travel is expected for this position.

Preferred Education and Experience:

1. Associate's degree.
2. 5 years of experience in a production environment.
3. Previous supervisor experience
4. Manufacturing/industry experience.

Work Authorization/Security Clearance:

Must be able to pass E Verify.

Other Duties:
Please note this job description is not designed to cover or contain a comprehensive listing of activities, duties or responsibilities that are required of the Team Member for this job. Duties, responsibilities, and activities may change at any time with or without notice.

Lippert provides equal employment opportunity to all team members and applicants without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, pregnancy, national origin, ancestry, age, genetic information, disability, citizen status, protected veteran status, military service, marital status or any other legally protected category as established by federal, state, or local law. This policy governs all employment decisions, including recruitment, hiring, job assignment, compensation, training, promotion, discipline, transfer, leave-of-absence, access to benefits, layoff, recall, termination and other personnel matters. All employment and personnel-related decisions are based solely upon legitimate, job-related factors, such as skill, ability, past performance, and length of service with Lippert.

Lippert's strong commitment to equal employment opportunity requires a commitment by each individual team member. Compliance with the letter and spirit of this policy is required of all team members. Violations of this policy should be immediately reported to your leader or to any member of leadership. Team members who violate this policy will be subject to disciplinary action, up to and including termination of employment.

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