Production Supervisor - Full-time

Join us as a Production Supervisor and lead the charge in coordinating the daily operations of our production teams at the Ingersoll Rand Alsip IL plant. Your mission? Achieve top-tier quality and cost-effectiveness while ensuring on-time delivery and efficiency. You'll be hands-on in all aspects of employment, from performance evaluations to fostering positive associate relations and development.

Elevate your resume to the top of the stack by showcasing your unique blend of skills and experience. With Six Sigma / lean manufacturing expertise (preferred) in your arsenal, you bring a proven track record of driving efficiency and quality improvements. Critical to the position is your hands-on proficiency in CNC operations, whether at the machine, in design, programming, or maintenance capacities. You possess a deep understanding of blueprints and drawings, essential for precision and accuracy in manufacturing. Moreover, your comprehensive grasp of the technological landscape ensures you're not just proficient, but innovative in leveraging tech-driven solutions to propel business success. Embrace this opportunity to drive employee involvement and help raise our performance to new heights.

Responsibilities:

• Ensures a safe work place is provided for all employees; frequently inspects department for safety compliance. Completes accident or near miss investigations and schedules appropriate follow-up reviews; identifies areas of needed learning and conducts necessary training to create a zero accident environment.
• Builds a high performing team by creating and implements engagement plans to create a work environment which grows and retains talent.  Collaborates with functional teams to establish and manage to headcount plan supporting recruiting, onboarding, training and retention efforts.
• Supervises the activities of production associates to achieve key objectives with regard to safety, quality, cost, inventory management, delivery, down time reduction and employee engagement. Evaluates and engages in 2 way performance and development conversations with associates and completes necessary reports. Creates and implements training programs to ensure development and flexibility of the team.
• Reviews daily and weekly shipping schedules and production capabilities to assure all deadlines are met. Checks running orders/query dispatch lists to determine schedule priorities. Coordinates and expedites hot parts and assigns rework. Create and maintain visual results boards and owns results.
• Inspects and monitors production quality and equipment. Ensures quality procedures/practices are applied to the process, tooling, and equipment to achieve expected quality results.  Responds with urgency to improve quality control and reduce downtime.
• Manages the effective utilization of materials to assure an appropriate amount of parts are available to maintain smooth production flow; completes bottleneck analysis in the workflow and implements lean solutions.
• Builds a positive, respectful and engaged workforce – follows the CBA with consistency of application.
• Leads communications to ensure the team is kept up to date on current concerns, activities and events impacting the production team, business and plant.
• Builds a culture of continuous improvement through use of lean tools and stakeholder involvement.
• Other duties as assigned.

Qualifications:

• Bachelor’s Degree preferred
• Lean Manufacturing or Operational Excellence experience preferred
• 3 + years Manufacturing leadership experience required; coupled with CNC production machining 
• Hands on utilization of lean tools such as Takt Time, standard work, value stream mapping, %Load, 5s, Kanban, practical problem solving.
• Pump manufacturing experience a real plus
• Experience in union setting is strongly preferred
• Successful history of developing teams, understanding the importance of engagement, and celebrating success
• Strong communicator who can collaborate and cooperate with the ability to translate technical or complex information so it is easily understood
• Successful history of working with deadlines to deliver goals and projects

Competencies

• Manages Ambiguity – Makes significant progress and remains calm and composed even when things are uncertain.  Adapts quickly to change.  Leads others effectively through change.
• Communicates effectively – Delivers messages in a clear, compelling and concise manner.  Actively listens and checks for understanding.  Adjusts communication style to meet the needs of a diverse audience.  Models positive leadership.  Encourages the expression of diverse ideas. Builds effective communication channels.
• Project management – able to effective use project tools and communication skills to complete projects within deadline, anticipated result and budget.
• Action Oriented – Quickly and decisively takes action in fast-changing, unpredictable situations.  Spots and seizes opportunities to improve workflows.  Drives for results in the right manner.
• Instills trust – Gains the confidence and trust of others at all levels in the organization.  Honors commitments and keeps confidences.  Expresses self in a credible and transparent manner.
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• At Ingersoll Rand we foster inspired teams. As a powerful and progressive global industrial company, we are looking for talented candidates with a bias for action and an entrepreneurial spirit to join our team. Our employees are empowered to act as owners every day for our customers, our communities and themselves. We offer a broad range of opportunities to build a successful and rewarding career with an innovative company. Join us at the new and exciting Ingersoll Rand.
• Ingersoll Rand Inc. (NYSE:IR), driven by an entrepreneurial spirit and ownership mindset, is dedicated to helping make life better for our employees, customers, and communities. Customers lean on us for our technology-driven excellence in mission-critical flow creation and industrial solutions across 40+ respected brands where our products and services excel in the most complex and harsh conditions. Our employees develop customers for life through their daily commitment to expertise, productivity, and efficiency. For more information, visit www.IRCO.com.
  
  Ingersoll Rand is committed to achieving workforce diversity reflective of our communities. We are an equal opportunity employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to age, ancestry, color, family or medical care leave, gender identity or expression, genetic information, marital status, medical condition, national origin, physical or mental disability, political affiliation, protected veteran status, race, religion, sex (including pregnancy), sexual orientation, or any other characteristic protected by applicable laws, regulations, and ordinances. 

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