Job Description
Purpose of the Job: The Panel Shop Supervisor is responsible for coordinating, assigning tasks, and overseeing hourly employees to meet production requirements in a dynamic and fast-paced work environment. This role ensures operational efficiency, promotes team motivation, and drives continuous improvement. As a working supervisor, the position includes hands-on involvement on the shop floor. --- Essential Duties, Responsibilities, and Accountabilities (Include the following; however, other duties may apply.) · Ensure compliance with all safety policies, procedures, OSHA requirements, and electrical codes (UL, NEC, and customer-specific standards). · Manage staff to ensure productivity, quality and alignment with client satisfaction goals. · Adapt quickly and make decisions to adjust plans/schedules to meet customer requirements. · Participate in and lead initiatives such as 5S, Lean, and Kaizen events. · Demonstrate strong leadership and employee motivational skills. · Handle HR-related issues, to include employee reviews, documentation and record-keeping. · Communicate effectively, both verbally and in writing, across all organizational levels. · Identify opportunities to improve processes and enhance efficiency. · Establish and maintain weekly operator productivity metrics and monitor performance against established work standards. · Develop and maintain the weekly production schedule, proactively communicating potential delays or schedule risks. · Identify and report material shortages, equipment issues or supply issues in a timely manner to prevent production disruptions. · Provide coaching, feedback, and performance guidance to operators to support skill development and productivity improvements. · Establish and maintain a capacity planning model to support production planning and future workload forecasting. --- Supervisory Responsibilities: Supervise production staff and group leaders to ensure smooth and effective operations. Ensure production output meets on-time delivery commitments and customer expectations. --- Qualifications Education and Experience · Associate’s or Technical Degree preferred. · 1-3 years of production experience, with a preference for candidates with prior supervisory or lead roles. · Experience with electrical panel assembly, industrial controls, or related manufacturing environment. · Strong understanding of electrical schematics, control panels, and wiring practices. · Experience with UL508A panel standards and industrial control systems preferred. · Proficiency in ERP systems, production scheduling and reporting. · Strong knowledge of MS Office applications for tools, analysis, reporting and presentations. · Understanding work standards, production processes, and manufacturing workflows. Skills · Strong leadership and team development abilities in a hands-on production environment. · Ability to read and interpret electrical drawings, schematics, and layout diagrams. · Exceptional verbal and written communication skills. · Strong analytical thinking and problem-solving abilities. · Ability to build positive relationships and foster team collaboration. · Aptitude for defining problems, gathering data, analyzing information and making logical conclusions. · Ability to manage multiple priorities while maintaining production and schedule commitments. --- Physical Demands: The physical demands described here are representative of those that must be met by an employee to successfully perform the essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform these functions.