Production Supervisors United States

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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

What employers name in their postings. Rules differ by state.

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.

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Typical pay $80,000 a year (most between $68k and $93k). See the full salary breakdown

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