Supervisor Manufacturing-US

About Kennametal

With over 85 years as an industrial technology leader, Kennametal Inc. delivers productivity to customers through materials science, tooling and wear-resistant solutions. Customers across aerospace and defense, earthworks, energy, general engineering and transportation turn to Kennametal to help them manufacture with precision and efficiency. Learn more at kennametal.com. Follow @Kennametal: Instagram, Facebook, LinkedIn and YouTube.

Job Title: Production Supervisor

Location: New Albany, IN

Shift: 3rd shift (Sunday - Thursday -- 11pm - 7:30am shift)

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
• preferred3+ 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

 Kennametal Inc. is an Equal Employment Opportunity employer