Job Description SummaryThe Production Supervisor will lead and engage employees and lead daily management to drive sustainable, continuous improvements in Safety, Quality, Productivity, and meeting Production Plan goals. Effectively facilitates through conflict to ensure listening and adherence and support differences of opinions. Champions an environment of teamwork and engagement. Effectively communicates requirements using a team approach to accomplish goals and objectives of the business. Daily management, hourly timecards and performance conversations with employees. Drives training programs implemented through standard work practices.Job DescriptionRoles and Responsibilities
- Willing to learn and use continuous improvement tools and methodologies.
- Leadership: Work on the shop floor; ability to influence decision making with or without authority, facilitate groups with diverse perspectives, bring teams to agreement. Communication: Interpersonal skills that build productive relationships and influence others, both within the business and across organizations. Ability to interact with all levels of the business (senior leaders to working teams), exceptionally good listening skills, able to present complex or new insights with clarity and simplicity.
- Teamwork: collaborate effectively with others to achieve common objectives.
- Align with Team Leads and set employee expectations for the day.
- Oversight and management of front-line manufacturing employees. Completes time keeping, tracks and approves OT and PTO.
- Strategically plans production and works through issues by cross-training and maximizing coverage for PTO where production needs. Assesses need for OT.
- Hiring and developing team members, follow ups, supporting of hourly team. Facilitating coaching conversations.
- Developing in-depth knowledge of a technical discipline. Uses prior experience and acquired technical expertise to execute policy/strategy.
- In-depth understanding of how work of own team integrates with other teams and contributes to the area.
- Uses prior experience and on-the-job training to solve straightforward tasks. Has access to technical skills and analytic thinking required to solve problems. May use multiple internal sources outside of own team to arrive at decisions.
- Ensure the shipment goals, business goals, customer requirements and production plans are achieved by partnering with Production Control.
Qualifications/Requirements
- Demonstrated Experience working in manufacturing environment
- Strong oral and written communication skills
- Strong interpersonal and leadership skills
- Ability to influence others and lead small teams
- GED, High School Diploma and 5 years’ experience in relevant workplace
- Experience leading people
Desired Characteristics
- Lead initiatives of moderate scope and impact
- Ability to coordinate several projects simultaneously
- Effective problem identification and solution skills
- Proven analytical and organizational ability
- Repairman certificate or Airframe/Powerplant Certified preferred.
Note:
- To comply with US immigration and other legal requirements, it is necessary to specify the minimum number of years' experience required for any role based within the USA. For roles outside of the USA, to ensure compliance with applicable legislation, the JDs should focus on the substantive level of experience required for the role and a minimum number of years should NOT be used.
Additional InformationGE offers a great work environment, professional development, challenging careers, and competitive compensation. GE is an Equal Opportunity Employer. Employment decisions are made without regard to race, color, religion, national or ethnic origin, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, age, disability, protected veteran status or other characteristics protected by law.
GE will only employ those who are legally authorized to work in the United States for this opening. Any offer of employment is conditioned upon the successful completion of a drug screen (as applicable).
As a federal government contractor, GE may in the future be required to have U.S. employees fully vaccinated against COVID-19. Some GE customers currently have vaccination mandates that may apply to GE employees.
Relocation Assistance Provided: No