3rd Shift Assistant Production Supervisor

Company Overview

Founded in 1870, Klauer was built on hard work, quality products and service. Klauer’s mission is to enable our customers in the building products industry to win through the quality, consistency, and predictability of everything we do. We have three locations in Dubuque, IA, where our goal is to provide a safe and family‑oriented working environment for our employees. As a team, we maintain our mission through our cultural values and company priorities: safety, attitude, effort and accountability.

You can expect to feel part of the Klauer Manufacturing family, which is inclusive, regardless of gender, background, disability, or status. We offer a generous benefits package for all team members, including work‑hour flexibility, health, vision, dental, company‑paid life insurance, short‑term and long‑term disability, 401(k) retirement plan, 10 paid holidays, 3 weeks’ vacation, paid funeral leave, and paid jury duty leave.

Discretionary bonus potential up to 10% based on company and personal performance.

• Self‑motivated, proactive, and willing to roll up your sleeves when necessary
• Able to operate resourcefully in dynamic environments
• Highly organized and diligent, attention to detail and follow through
• Ability to work effectively both independently and as part of a team
• Ability to interact and effectively communicate with team members and department heads with candor, tact, patience, and diplomacy
• Knowledge and demonstrated experience of prioritization and time management techniques
• Be able to address problems through critical thinking
• Physical requirements are in excess of those for sedentary work. Class II – Light (Dictionary of Occupational Titles 4th Edition Vol. I & Vol. II)

• Assign, train, delegate and oversee the job assignments of production and shipping and receiving team members throughout their shift to maximize efficiency throughout the departments.
• Responsible for the enforcement of all company factory rules, policies, and all applicable safety requirements.
• Address team member performance issues and apply the Klauer progressive discipline process consistently with the support of Production Supervisor and Human Resources.
• Act with direction from supervisor to ensure production and shipping schedules are efficient and timely.
• Conduct routine quality audits in both production and shipping to verify product specifications, packaging accuracy, labeling compliance, and adherence to company and customer quality standards.
• Routinely walk production floor to assist with quality and safety initiatives.
• Use metrics and root cause analysis to identify and establish improvement initiatives.
• Monitor the production and shipping schedules to ensure acceptable on‑time deliveries.
• Review production schedules and process flows to objectively evaluate obstacles preventing product delivery including monitoring internal lead times.
• Use lean manufacturing tools to reduce setups, cycle times, scrap, and work in process inventory.
• Other duties as assigned.

Physical demands for this job require standing, walking, pushing, pulling, bending and stooping. Strength rating for this job is L - Light Work – exerting up to 20 pounds of force occasionally, and/or up to 10 pounds of force frequently, and/or greater than negligible up to 10 pounds of force constantly to move objects. Physical requirements are in excess of those for sedentary work.