Production Supervisor - Off Shift

About the Position

About the Team: Reporting to the Manufacturing Superintendent, the Production Supervisor is the frontline leader responsible for guiding production teams, scheduling work, supporting staffing decisions, and ensuring consistent application of plant policies. They train employees, maintain a safe and positive work environment, and oversee daily productivity, quality, and cost performance. This role also contributes to operational improvements by recommending equipment upgrades and helping develop standard work instructions. Overall, the supervisor ensures strong employee relations, effective discipline, and reliable achievement of production goals within established material and labor standards.

What You Can Look Forward to as Production Supervisor- Off Shift: 

• Lead and manage a team (typically 5–25+), including directing daily activities, monitoring performance, and maintaining strong floor presence.
• Ensure a safe, clean, and compliant work environment by educating employees on equipment use, enforcing ZF policies, supporting 5S, and maintaining shop‑floor management boards.
• Demonstrate strong leadership and people‑management skills, including coaching, conflict de‑escalation, maintaining effective employee relations, and correctly applying the Collective Bargaining Agreement for scheduling/canvassing.
• Drive operational excellence by balancing quality, productivity, cost, safety, and morale; planning ahead; holding regular meetings on goals and performance; and managing departmental performance metrics.
• Apply manufacturing and operations knowledge, including SWIs, cycle times, audits, lean principles, plant operations, material flow, scheduling, and use of required systems (attendance, labor reporting, timekeeping, etc.).
• Perform problem‑solving and root‑cause analysis, including 5 Whys, 8Ds, A3s, and other structured methodologies related to production, quality, downtime, and QDR issues.
• Support equipment and maintenance effectiveness, including training employees on machinery and coordinating with maintenance to ensure timely EPM/TPM tasks.
• Handle quality, safety, and incident‑related responsibilities, including managing QDR, reducing errors, conducting accident investigations, and utilizing computer skills (Microsoft Suite) to document and report results.

Your Profile as Production Supervisor- Off Shift: 

• High school diploma or GED with 2+ years of relevant experience.
• Demonstrated leadership ability, including supervising teams, managing hiring/retention, conducting performance reviews, and administering discipline.
• Strong capability to train and develop employees, ensuring trainees can demonstrate full task proficiency.
• Proven ability to plan over a 30‑day horizon, prepare actionable plans, and manage multiple priorities effectively.
• Ability to measure performance against goals and standards and drive positive results in safety, quality, productivity, cost, and employee relations.
• Strong problem‑solving, interpersonal, and communication skills, with the ability to work and lead effectively in a team environment.
• Continuous improvement mindset with strong attention to detail, quality focus, and problem‑analysis/resolution capabilities.
• Must be authorized to work in the United States without sponsorship now or in the future.

What We Offer at ZF Marysville:

• A supportive collaborative team environment
• Annual Incentive Plan
• Paid Vacation 
• Personal Time
• 401k Plan
• Health Care Benefits
• Paid Holidays 
• A strong diversity culture
• Supportive Employee Groups and community outreach activities

About the Team: Reporting to the Manufacturing Superintendent, the Production Supervisor is the frontline leader responsible for guiding production teams, scheduling work, supporting staffing decisions, and ensuring consistent application of plant policies. They train employees, maintain a safe and positive work environment, and oversee daily productivity, quality, and cost performance. This role also contributes to operational improvements by recommending equipment upgrades and helping develop standard work instructions. Overall, the supervisor ensures strong employee relations, effective discipline, and reliable achievement of production goals within established material and labor standards.

What You Can Look Forward to as Production Supervisor- Off Shift: 

• Lead and manage a team (typically 5–25+), including directing daily activities, monitoring performance, and maintaining strong floor presence.
• Ensure a safe, clean, and compliant work environment by educating employees on equipment use, enforcing ZF policies, supporting 5S, and maintaining shop‑floor management boards.
• Demonstrate strong leadership and people‑management skills, including coaching, conflict de‑escalation, maintaining effective employee relations, and correctly applying the Collective Bargaining Agreement for scheduling/canvassing.
• Drive operational excellence by balancing quality, productivity, cost, safety, and morale; planning ahead; holding regular meetings on goals and performance; and managing departmental performance metrics.
• Apply manufacturing and operations knowledge, including SWIs, cycle times, audits, lean principles, plant operations, material flow, scheduling, and use of required systems (attendance, labor reporting, timekeeping, etc.).
• Perform problem‑solving and root‑cause analysis, including 5 Whys, 8Ds, A3s, and other structured methodologies related to production, quality, downtime, and QDR issues.
• Support equipment and maintenance effectiveness, including training employees on machinery and coordinating with maintenance to ensure timely EPM/TPM tasks.
• Handle quality, safety, and incident‑related responsibilities, including managing QDR, reducing errors, conducting accident investigations, and utilizing computer skills (Microsoft Suite) to document and report results.

Your Profile as Production Supervisor- Off Shift: 

• High school diploma or GED with 2+ years of relevant experience.
• Demonstrated leadership ability, including supervising teams, managing hiring/retention, conducting performance reviews, and administering discipline.
• Strong capability to train and develop employees, ensuring trainees can demonstrate full task proficiency.
• Proven ability to plan over a 30‑day horizon, prepare actionable plans, and manage multiple priorities effectively.
• Ability to measure performance against goals and standards and drive positive results in safety, quality, productivity, cost, and employee relations.
• Strong problem‑solving, interpersonal, and communication skills, with the ability to work and lead effectively in a team environment.
• Continuous improvement mindset with strong attention to detail, quality focus, and problem‑analysis/resolution capabilities.
• Must be authorized to work in the United States without sponsorship now or in the future.

What We Offer at ZF Marysville:

• A supportive collaborative team environment
• Annual Incentive Plan
• Paid Vacation 
• Personal Time
• 401k Plan
• Health Care Benefits
• Paid Holidays 
• A strong diversity culture
• Supportive Employee Groups and community outreach activities

Physical demands and work environment:

The physical demands and work environment characteristics described here are representative of those that must be met by an employee to successfully perform the essential functions of this job.  Reasonable accommodation may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform essential functions. 

• This position is required to do extensive walking through factory environment production areas. 
• Required to occasionally lift and/or carry up to 35 pounds. 
• Must be able to kneel, pull, push, carry, twist, bend, forward reach and reach above shoulder level on an occasion. 
• Required to frequently sit, stoop, and stand continuously. 
• Required to use fine and gross motor skills, firm hand gripping, and repetition to handle physical parts. 
• Specific vision abilities required by the job include close vision, distance vision, peripheral vision, depth perception, and the ability to focus. 
• Must be able to perceive the nature of sounds at normal range; includes the ability to receive detailed information through oral communication, and to make fine discriminations in sound. 
• Environmental exposures may include dust, fumes, odors, loud noises, and chemicals.