Production Supervisor

Base pay range

$80,000.00/yr - $90,000.00/yr

Founded in 1959 by Ed Miller near Chicago, Prince Industries has grown from a one-man shop into a global manufacturing partner. With seven facilities across the U.S. and China, we serve industries from hydraulics to aerospace, handling everything from just-in-time components to high-volume assemblies.

At Prince, we don't just make parts—we solve complex supply chain challenges. We are a strategic partner, focused on helping clients improve products, reduce costs, and simplify operations. Certified to ISO 9001:2015, ISO 13485, and AS9100 standards, we combine quality, innovation, and growth‑minded thinking to deliver real value.

The Production Supervisor assists the Plant Supervisor in planning, directing, and coordinating the production activities to achieve maximum profit, growth, and investment return goals. This person is a backup for the Plant manager. Based on the direction from Plant Manager, may direct specific areas in manufacturing operations for efficient and economical production at the lowest cost consistent with quality standards, volume requirements, production schedules and delivery dates by performing the following job duties.

• Understand, observe, and enforce all necessary safety procedures: PPE, machine interlocks, lifting guidelines, etc.
• Help in planning and directing production activities and establish priorities for products in keeping with effective operations and cost factors per direction from Plant manager.
• Work closely with department leads on task completion in specific areas, such as report accuracy and on‑time delivery.
• Assist in employee review timeliness, and attendance/timekeeping reports.
• Review and analyze production and operational reports to determine causes of nonconformance with product specifications.
• Direct and coordinate production activities with scheduling, engineering, maintenance, and quality control to obtain optimum production and utilization.
• Recommend, authorize, and promote all required training programs necessary to production personnel for company and personal improvement.
• Establish production goals and ensure all plant operations run efficiently.
• Frequently review all correspondences (e.g., voice mail messages, emails, faxes, mail) and respond to all requests in a timely manner.
• Maintain knowledge of and enforce all supervisory responsibilities in accordance with the company's policies, procedures, and applicable laws.
• Performs personnel tasks with the assistance of Plant manager and the Human Resources Department as needed, to effectively maintain departmental staff, such as:
  • Interviewing and training
  • Addressing complaints
  • Investigating and resolving employee issues
  • Conducting performance reviews
• Understand and enforce all Prince Industries quality certifications.
• Additional responsibilities.

• Excellent communication skills required to effectively communicate in both oral and written form and interact with all levels of the company with a flair for persuasion.
• Excellent computer skills to effectively generate reports and input required data.
• Excellent troubleshooting and problem resolution skills.
• Excellent organizational skills required to complete work assignments and prioritize urgent matters.
• Must be organized and able to perform multiple tasks concurrently.
• Must understand Blueprint and metrology.
• Solid understanding of CNC machining (milling, turning).

• Regularly required to walk or sit the duration of workday, 8-9 hours.
• Frequently may lift, push or pull up to 45 lbs.
• Frequently required to walk, stand, stoop, kneel, reach or bend.
• Frequently required to perform repetitive hand movements when doing computer work.
• Specific vision abilities required by this job include close vision in which 20/20 vision or corrected vision to 20/20 vision is required.
• Occasionally exposed to moving mechanical parts when in the plant.
• Occasionally exposed to fumes or airborne particles resulting from metalworking coolants and oils.
• The noise level in the work environment is sometimes loud when working in the plant, in which hearing…