SUMMARY

Are you ready to lead a team to new heights of productivity and quality? Become our next Production Line Supervisor and make a positive impact on our operations. A working line supervisor is responsible for directly overseeing a team of production workers on a manufacturing line, ensuring efficient operations by assigning tasks, monitoring quality, enforcing safety standards, troubleshooting issues, and maintaining production targets while actively participating in the hands-on work on the line themselves. The salary range is $58,000 - $70,000 annually.

ESSENTIAL DUTIES

Coordinate and direct the activities of the department to maximize productivity and minimize cost while maintaining quality and promoting safety, housekeeping 5S, and employee morale.

Ensure all Job-related accidents or injuries are reported by those responsible and take appropriate corrective action in an expeditious manager.

RESPONSIBILITIES (Other duties may be assigned.) and Percent of Time

Recommend equipment upgrades, staffing adjustments, and process

modifications: 10%

Inspect product to verify product standards and specifications are met: 10%

Manage attendance and track absenteeism: 5%

Participate and help drive continuous improvement projects and culture

throughout the plant: 10%

Provide technical and behavioral coaching and development to employees through

1:1s, performance reviews, and team meetings: 15%

Work on the production line: 50%

SUPERVISORY RESPONSIBILITIES This position leads by example. This position has an understanding of employee strengths, development opportunities, and identifies areas for focus – including employee development and machine capacity. This is a 40+ hour per week, salaried position, exempt from OT.

QUALIFICATIONS 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 functions.

EDUCATION and/or EXPERIENCE

High School Diploma or GED

2+ years leading/supervising a team

Successful experience in employee training and development including that of peers and subordinates

Mechanical aptitude a plus

Lean Manufacturing knowledge a plus

COMPUTER AND OTHER SKILLS

Proficient user in MS Office suite. Regular use of e-mail, excel, and Word.

COMPETENCIES

Excellent interpersonal and communication skills with the ability to interact with all levels of the organization.

Demonstrated successful ability to build positive partnerships and work collaboratively with cross functional business teams.

Excellent problem solving, critical thinking, and decision making skills

Ability to balance and achieve positive results in the areas of safety, quality, productivity, cost, and employee relations.

Technical aptitude

LANGUAGE SKILLS

Strong verbal and written communication skills. The individual must be able to interface with co-workers, internal departments, service providers, and customers in a fast paced environment that requires multi-tasking. Ability to read and interpret documents such as safety rules and standard operating procedures.

MATHEMATICAL SKILLS

Ability to add, subtract, multiply, and divide in all units of measure, using whole numbers, common fractions, and decimals. Ability to compute rate, ratio, and percent and to draw and interpret bar graphs.

REASONING ABILITY

Ability to apply common sense understanding to carry out instructions furnished in written, oral, or diagram form. Ability to deal with problems involving several concrete variables in standardized situations.

PHYSICAL DEMANDS & WORK ENVIRONMENT

The physical demands and work environment described here are representative of those that must be met by an employee to successfully perform the essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.

While performing the duties of this job, the employee is regularly required to talk or hear. The employee frequently is required to sit and work with computer equipment. The employee is occasionally required to stand, walk; and use hands to finger, handle or feel objects.

The employee must frequently lift and move up to 45 pounds and infrequently lift 80 pounds. Specific vision abilities required by this job include close vision, color vision, peripheral vision and depth perception.

The noise level in the work environment is moderate to high production environment. This position requires ability to navigate throughout the plant, and is not a stationary position.

Sauna360 Inc, a Watkins Wellness/Masco Company, is a fast-growing global leader in the sauna and steam bath industry. Rich Benefits (medical and dental, life insurance and long-term disability insurance, 401K with company match, generous vacation/personal days), monthly company/employee luncheons, and more.

Company: Watkins Manufacturing

Full time

Hiring Range: $48,200.00 - $75,680.00

Actual compensation may vary based on various factors including experience, education, geographic location, and/or skills.

Watkins (the “Company”) is an equal opportunity employer and we want to have the best available persons in every job. The Company makes employment decisions only based on merit. It is the Company’s policy to prohibit discrimination in any employment opportunity (including but not limited to recruitment, employment, promotion, salary increases, benefits, termination and all other terms and conditions of employment) based on race, color, sex, sexual orientation, gender, gender identity, gender expression, genetic information, pregnancy, religious creed, national origin, ancestry, age, physical/mental disability, medical condition, marital/domestic partner status, military and veteran status, height, weight or any other such characteristic protected by federal, state or local law. The Company is committed to complying with all applicable laws providing equal employment opportunities. This commitment applies to all persons involved in the operations of the Company regardless of where the employee is located and prohibits unlawful discrimination by any employee of the Company.

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