OverviewWe're hiring an experienced Production Supervisor to lead manufacturing operations at Rogers facility.
This is a hands-on production leadership role supporting a precision manufacturing environment producing engineered carbide and wear-resistant components. The operation includes a mix of pressing, sintering, precision grinding, machining, finishing, inspection, and automated manufacturing processes.
You'll be responsible for daily production execution across your assigned departments-setting priorities, allocating labor, managing performance, solving production issues, and ensuring the team delivers safely, efficiently, and on schedule.
The strongest candidates will have experience supervising production teams in a structured manufacturing environment.
CompensationResponsibilities- Production Leadership: Direct daily manufacturing activities and ensure teams execute safely, efficiently, and according to production priorities.
- Scheduling & Prioritization: Coordinate labor, equipment, and production schedules to meet customer requirements and delivery commitments.
- Labor Allocation: Adjust staffing and manpower across departments based on workload, equipment availability, and changing production needs.
- Team Development: Train, coach, and develop operators and production employees while maintaining clear performance expectations.
- Safety & EHS: Reinforce safe work practices and ensure compliance with plant safety and environmental requirements.
- Quality Performance: Ensure manufacturing processes consistently meet product specifications, quality standards, and documented procedures.
- Daily Problem-Solving: Address production constraints involving staffing, equipment, tooling, quality, materials, and workflow.
- Cross-Functional Coordination: Partner with Engineering, Maintenance, Quality, Planning, and EHS to resolve issues and improve production performance.
- Continuous Improvement: Support Lean, Six Sigma, waste-reduction, productivity, and cost-improvement initiatives.
- Delivery Performance: Monitor production progress, lead times, and department performance to maintain customer delivery commitments.
RequirementsQualificationsRequired- Bachelor's degree
- 5+ years of manufacturing experience
- Experience supervising production workers
- Comfortable splitting time between office and plant floor
- Able to wear safety glasses, safety shoes, and hard hat
Preferred- Experience in metalworking, machining, grinding, and other metallurgical processes
- Experience supervising multiple manufacturing processes or departments
- Knowledge of Lean Manufacturing, Six Sigma, or other continuous-improvement systems
- Experience with SAP or another manufacturing ERP system
- Familiarity with ISO or structured quality-management systems
- Bachelor's degree in Engineering, Manufacturing, Operations, Business, or a related field
- Experience with automated manufacturing equipment or technically complex production processes
