Supervisor of Production - Nights

About the Voith Group

The Voith Group is a global technology company. With its broad portfolio of systems, products, services and digital applications, Voith sets standards in the markets of energy, paper, raw materials and transport & automotive. Founded in 1867, the company today has around 22,000 employees, sales of 5,2 billion and locations in over 60 countries worldwide and is thus one of the larger family-owned companies in Europe.

Appleton, WI

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• Flexibility with Work/Life Balance
• Competitive Compensation and Benefits Package
• 401K with generous company match
• Climate-Neutral Footprint Worldwide
• Tuition reimbursement

• Live the Voith Values and set an example of teamwork, positivity, inclusion, and collaboration.
• Ensure employees follow all safety expectations and rules. Coach for performance.
• Conduct preliminary safety investigations and communications for any accidents in accordance with protocol.
• Participate in teams that improve safety programs.
• Serve as the on-shift incident commander for fire and emergency response.
• Ensure operators understand and follow quality procedures and expectations. Coach for performance.
• Ensure Non-Conformances are documented correctly and next steps for any nonconforming product is clear.
• Escalate difficult quality issues to Department Manager or Quality Department.
• Understand and monitor the daily schedule in each department to ensure compliance.
• Adjust as necessary to meet shift or customer service objectives as necessary.
• Understand and monitor the expected versus actual output KPIs for each department.
• Manage and balance labor across departments on assigned shift to achieve shift objectives.
• Audit compliance to TPMs.
• Maintain housekeeping expectations.
• Ensure MES/JDE transactions are accurate.
• Participate in daily shop floor walk in each department.
• Attend daily production meeting.
• Participate in the hiring process.
• Ensure payroll and attendance rules are followed.
• Work with Payroll to correct any discrepancies.
• Compose/write all hourly employee performance reviews. Submit to Department Manager for additional input/feedback.
• Provide routine coaching to all operators. Provide recognition and disciplinary action as appropriate.
• Facilitate effective shift handoffs via accurate shift reports and handoff meetings.
• Assist in training/onboarding new Supervisors.

• High School graduate or equivalent is required.
• 1-3 years of leadership experience in a manufacturing setting is desired.
• Excellent oral and written communication skills.
• Must have proficiency with Microsoft Office products.
• Must possess good mechanical aptitude.
• Experience with emergency response a plus.

• Frequent walking, sitting, standing
• Occasional pushing, pulling and lifting of