Production Supervisor

The Watts Water Technologies family of companies designs and manufactures valves and drains and related products that promote the comfort and safety of people and the quality, conservation and control of water used in commercial, residential, industrial, and municipal applications. Everything we design is made to keep the Earth's most precious resource safer, cleaner, and more useful for our customers.

Direct daily activities associated with a high volume manufacturing facility. Provide leadership to hourly and salaried employees and foster an atmosphere of safety, quality, teamwork, and continuous improvement.

• Confer with management to establish production and quality control standards. Plan and direct production activities and establish production priorities for product, keeping in mind efficiency and costs. Coordinate production activities with maintenance and quality control to obtain optimum production standards while maintaining efficient use of labor, machines, and equipment.

• Provide leadership required to develop a culture focused on safety, quality, continuous improvement, and customer satisfaction.

• Work with engineering to develop and implement methods and procedures designed to eliminate waste and improve product quality.

• Manage labor requirements by increasing or decreasing staff and overtime to meet changing conditions. Maintain appropriate time and production records.

• Resolve work problems, and assist workers in solving issues. Develop and initiate plans to motivate workers to achieve required goals.

• Manage associate responsibilities following our policies and applicable laws. Responsible for: interviewing, training and assimilating new associates; planning, assigning, and directing work; appraise performance; rewarding and disciplining associates; address associate complaints and resolve issues.

• Maintain a safe work environment for all associates, enforcing all safety regulations.

• Uphold all company procedures. Respond to associate concerns and work with team members and human resources to discuss and eliminate potential problems.

• Develop and implement Lean operating system with production associates to facilitate flow, productivity and efficiencies. Example include but not limited too; Visual management, 5s, tiered accountability, standard work, Kanban, pull systems...

• Bachelor's degree with 2-4 years related experience or equivalent education and experience.

• Supervise 10 direct labor employees

• Demonstrated experience using Lean Manufacturing. Six Sigma or Green Belt.

• Working knowledge of manufacturing operating system and experience using Microsoft Office.

• Strong supervisory, leadership and communication skills.

What's In It For You:

* People-First Culture - Enriching and caring for people is at the core of who we are; this includes our Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion (DEI) strategy, and providing our employees with meaningful career growth opportunities, a positive and safe work environment, and affirmation that they are heard, valued, and respected.

* 401K Plan

* Flexible PTO & Generous Paid Holidays

* Educational Assistance

* Variety of Medical plan options - choose the one that is right for you!

* Sustainability - One of Newsweek's Top 400 of "America's Most Responsible Companies" for sustainability performance, three years running.

PHYSICAL REQUIREMENTS:

While performing the responsibilities of this job, the employee is frequently required to walk, talk, and/or hear. The employee is occasionally required to stand, sit, and use hands to finger, handle, or feel. You must occasionally lift and/or move up to 30 pounds. Specific vision abilities required by this job include: close vision, color vision, peripheral vision, depth perception and ability to adjust focus.

WORK ENVIRONMENT:

Work in both office and manufacturing environment. May occasionally be required to perform job responsibilities outside the typical office setting.

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