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Production Team Lead--1st Shift Supervisor
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Leads the first-shift manufacturing team, supervising production associates, maintenance, and electricians; drives productivity, compliance, EHS, and continuous improvement.
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Production Team Lead--1st Shift Supervisor
In 1966, Designeers Midwest began providing technical contract employee support to the electronics and manufacturing industries in the Greater Cincinnati area. We represented job opportunities and recruited for permanent and long-term temporary employees, known as “contract employees”. Over the decades, we have expanded our employment services and territory but our goal has remained the same: to build a strong record of excellent service by partnering with our clients and understanding their needs. Our knowledge of technical engineering and design sets us apart from other recruiting and staffing agencies and now Designeers Midwest serves clients large and small from coast to coast.
Our contract personnel include Engineers and Designers skilled in Mechanical, Electrical, Instrumentation, Electronic, Chemical, Process, and Structural / Architectural disciplines. Our Scientific Professionals serve the Chemical, Pharmaceutical, Environmental and Medical fields. In addition, we also provide administrative personnel with experience in technical engineering and scientific environments.
Job Title: 1st Shift Supervisor
**Local Candidates Only**
1st Shift Supervisor leads a manufacturing functional team that fully utilizes resources to meet the scheduled activities of the Manufacturing Group. Supervises the daily shift activities in their assigned functional areas and works with team members to cultivate a winning manufacturing attitude and creative work environment. Manages the training, development and performance of their team members.
Key responsibilities/essential functions include:
Supervise approximately 22 Production Associates, 3 Maintenance Repair personnel and 2 Electricians. Monitor and improve productivity, while ensuring all customer commitments are met in a timely, quality and cost-conscious manner. Track and report metrics in functional area to include labor hour consumption, work order completion, inventory accuracy, throughput, capacity and customer complaints. Lead Compliance, as well as Environmental, Health & Safety efforts in support of plant goals. Establish team goals that meet or exceed established quality standards. Develop and create training plans to maximize workforce capability. Work with other managers throughout manufacturing to generate continuous improvement ideas and spearheads the implementation of those ideas that lead to bottom line results.
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All your information will be kept confidential according to EEO guidelines.
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