Production Supervisor Job Description Template

Production Supervisor

[Intro Paragraph] Begin your production supervisor job description with a concise paragraph or list of bulleted items designed to sell your workplace to applicants. Are you an industry leader working on cutting-edge technology, a known brand with opportunity for advancement, or a fast-paced startup manufacturing the latest gadgets? Whatever makes your workplace special should be highlighted near the top. This is also a great place to talk about your philosophy toward work-life balance, career development and advancement, or diversity, equity, and inclusion (DEI).

Production Supervisor Job Responsibilities: In this section, you’ll want to use a bulleted list to explain the role’s responsibilities in order of importance, as illustrated below:

• Supervises staff to produce manufactured products, and organizes and monitors workflow.
• Accomplishes manufacturing results by communicating job expectations; planning, monitoring, and appraising job results; coaching, counseling, and disciplining employees; and initiating, coordinating, and enforcing systems, policies, and procedures.
• Recruits, selects, onboards, trains, and mentors employees.
• Maintains workflow by monitoring and upgrading processes, setting processing variables, observing control points and equipment, monitoring personnel and resources, studying methods, implementing cost reductions, developing reporting procedures and systems, facilitating corrections to malfunctions within process control points, and initiating and fostering a spirit of cooperation within and between departments.
• Completes production plan by scheduling and assigning personnel, accomplishing work results, establishing priorities, monitoring progress, revising schedules, resolving problems, and reporting results of the processing flow on shift production summaries.
• Maintains quality service by establishing and enforcing production standards.
• Ensures operation of equipment by calling for repairs and evaluating new equipment and techniques.
• Provides manufacturing information by compiling, initiating, sorting, and analyzing production performance records and data, and answering questions and responding to requests.
• Creates and revises systems and procedures by analyzing operating practices, record-keeping systems, forms of control, and budgetary and personnel requirements, and implementing change.
• Researches and negotiates with vendors and suppliers to improve efficiency of processes and reduce unnecessary costs.
• Maintains safe and clean work environment by educating and directing personnel on the use of all control points, equipment, and resources, and maintaining compliance with established policies and procedures.
• Maintains working relationship with union members and representatives by following the terms of the collective bargaining agreement.
• Resolves personnel problems by analyzing data, investigating issues, identifying solutions, and recommending action.
• Maintains professional and technical knowledge by attending educational workshops, reviewing professional publications and content, benchmarking state-of-the-art practices, and participating in professional societies.
• Contributes to team effort by accomplishing related results as needed.

[Work Hours & Benefits] In this section you should aim to sell the position to potential applicants, just like the first section of your production supervisor job description sold candidates on your workplace. Highlight the salary range and benefits. To ensure that the salary range you mention is in line with similar salaries for production supervisors in your region, use a salary tool that allows you to input job title and location.

Production Supervisor Skills and Qualifications: In this section of your production supervisor job description, you should use a bullet list to articulate the required and preferred qualifications you are seeking in an ideal candidate. If the list gets long, consider breaking it into two separate lists labeled “Required” and “Preferred.” Whether you use one list or two, begin with the most important skills you are seeking first, as illustrated below:

• Time and process management
• Process improvement
• Efficiency
• Quality control
• Safety-focus
• Team management and coaching
• Decision making
• Tracking expenses
• Production planning
• Controls and instrumentation
• Strategic planning
• Attention to detail
• Budgeting and financial planning
• Manufacturing
• Communication

Education, Experience, & Licensing Requirements:

• High school diploma, BS in engineering a plus
• 2-3 years relevant work experience in a manufacturing environment
• Prior supervisory experience
• OSHA Safety certification, Certified in Production and Inventory Management (CPIM), and Certified Manufacturing Specialist (CMS) a plus

[Call to Action] Your production supervisor job description should finish strong with a call to action (CTA) that urges applicants to fill out an online application and/or send a resume and cover letter, to a designated recruiter.