What do Production Supervisors jobs involve?
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What the job involves
- Supervise daily production operations and production employees.
- Ensure production schedules, quality standards, and delivery goals are met.
- Train, coach, and develop production employees.
- Assign daily responsibilities and coordinate staffing and production priorities.
- Monitor production output, downtime, labor efficiency, and equipment utilization.
- Identify opportunities to reduce scrap, improve productivity, and lower manufacturing costs.
- Review production orders, blueprints, and manufacturing specifications.
- Develop and enforce standard operating procedures and work instructions.
Summed up from 30 recent Production Supervisors job postings.
Skills employers ask for
- Microsoft Office 3 in 10 postings
- Production Operations 3 in 10 postings
- Process Improvement 3 in 10 postings
- Lean Manufacturing 2 in 10 postings
- Manufacturing 2 in 10 postings
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Certifications and licenses
- GMP 1 in 10 postings
- ISO-9001 1 in 35 postings
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Experience asked for
- No experience needed 1 in 185 postings
- 1 to 2 years 4 in 10 postings
- 3 to 4 years 4 in 10 postings
- 5 years or more 2 in 10 postings
Typical ask: 3 years.
Education asked for
- High school diploma or GED 5 in 10 postings
- Associate degree 1 in 20 postings
- Bachelor's degree 4 in 10 postings
- Master's degree 1 in 220 postings
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Is these roles in demand?
6,352 open Production Supervisors jobs across the US right now.
Most openings
- Texas645 open
- Ohio448 open
- California431 open
- Illinois363 open
- Wisconsin351 open
Typical pay $80,000 a year (most between $68k and $93k). See the full salary breakdown