Production Supervisor

With over 80 years as an industrial technology leader, Kennametal Inc. delivers productivity to customers through materials science, tooling and wear-resistant solutions. Customers across aerospace, earthworks, energy, general engineering and transportation turn to Kennametal to help them manufacture with precision and efficiency. Every day approximately 8,700 employees are helping customers in more than 60 countries stay competitive. Kennametal generated $2 billion in revenues in fiscal 2022. Learn more at www.kennametal.com. Follow @Kennametal: Twitter, Instagram, Facebook, LinkedIn and YouTube.

Job Title: Production Supervisor
Location: New Albany, IN
Shift: 3rd shift (Sunday - Thursday -- 11pm - 7am)
 

Role:

Supervise direct labor within defined department or shifts, establish, monitor, and maintain efficient manufacturing processes and workflow for production demands.  Provide direction, training, and guidance to assigned staff.

Responsibilities:

• Organize, implement, and maintain production process flow
• Train and supervise staff
• Establish and maintain quality culture
• Develop work instructions, workmanship standards, and process documentation, and ensure they are followed
• Continuously improve existing operations for increased quality, productivity, efficiency and cost savings
• Troubleshoot operational issues and report findings and recommended solutions to the broader team
• Liaise with Management, production planners and product engineering on all department requirements
• Provide manufacturing data i.e., production control charts, reliability, process capability, to improve the process and monitor and measure progress to targets
• Identify and achieve documented cost savings through process improvement
• Recommend new equipment and manage capital expenditure projects and justifications
• Ability to lead a team of people to drive improvement in all phases of an operation.
• Lead and assist with manufacturing improvement projects
• Organize meetings with other team members to facilitate growth. 

Education:

• High School diploma or equivalent
• A.S. in engineering or other related fields preferred
• 3+ years’ experience in manufacturing environment
• Proven track record and working knowledge in a manufacturing industry
• Good knowledge of cell custom build, Lean Manufacturing, six sigma and ISO methodology