Production Supervisor

Overview

We're hiring an experienced Production Supervisor to lead manufacturing operations at Rogers facility.

This is a hands-on production leadership role supporting a precision manufacturing environment producing engineered carbide and wear-resistant components. The operation includes a mix of pressing, sintering, precision grinding, machining, finishing, inspection, and automated manufacturing processes.

You'll be responsible for daily production execution across your assigned departments-setting priorities, allocating labor, managing performance, solving production issues, and ensuring the team delivers safely, efficiently, and on schedule.

The strongest candidates will have experience supervising production teams in a structured manufacturing environment.

Why Join Us

• Own Production Execution: Lead the people, priorities, and daily output of your assigned manufacturing areas.
• Broad Process Exposure: Support multiple manufacturing processes including precision grinding, machining, pressing, sintering, finishing, and automation.
• Continuous Improvement: Work directly with Engineering, Maintenance, Quality, and EHS to improve safety, quality, delivery, and cost.
• Leadership Opportunity: Develop operators, leads, and production employees while driving accountability and performance across the floor.

Compensation

• $82,000 - $92,000

Responsibilities

• Production Leadership: Direct daily manufacturing activities and ensure teams execute safely, efficiently, and according to production priorities.
• Scheduling & Prioritization: Coordinate labor, equipment, and production schedules to meet customer requirements and delivery commitments.
• Labor Allocation: Adjust staffing and manpower across departments based on workload, equipment availability, and changing production needs.
• Team Development: Train, coach, and develop operators and production employees while maintaining clear performance expectations.
• Safety & EHS: Reinforce safe work practices and ensure compliance with plant safety and environmental requirements.
• Quality Performance: Ensure manufacturing processes consistently meet product specifications, quality standards, and documented procedures.
• Daily Problem-Solving: Address production constraints involving staffing, equipment, tooling, quality, materials, and workflow.
• Cross-Functional Coordination: Partner with Engineering, Maintenance, Quality, Planning, and EHS to resolve issues and improve production performance.
• Continuous Improvement: Support Lean, Six Sigma, waste-reduction, productivity, and cost-improvement initiatives.
• Delivery Performance: Monitor production progress, lead times, and department performance to maintain customer delivery commitments.

Requirements

Qualifications

Required

• Bachelor's degree
• 5+ years of manufacturing experience
• Experience supervising production workers
• Comfortable splitting time between office and plant floor
• Able to wear safety glasses, safety shoes, and hard hat

Preferred

• Experience in metalworking, machining, grinding, and other metallurgical processes
• Experience supervising multiple manufacturing processes or departments
• Knowledge of Lean Manufacturing, Six Sigma, or other continuous-improvement systems
• Experience with SAP or another manufacturing ERP system
• Familiarity with ISO or structured quality-management systems
• Bachelor's degree in Engineering, Manufacturing, Operations, Business, or a related field
• Experience with automated manufacturing equipment or technically complex production processes