Production Supervisor

Company: Crane Co.
Location: Los Angeles
Posted on: April 1, 2025

Job Description:

INTRODUCTIONBarksdale, founded in 1949, is a leading manufacturer of highly engineered control products. As a subsidiary of Crane Co., a $2B industrial conglomerate, Barksdale has a leading brand position in instrumentation, focusing on General Industrial, Oil & Gas, and Transportation end markets. With proprietary technologies, Barksdale's valves, regulators, pressure switches, electronic and speed instrumentation products have carved a niche for themselves in demanding applications. Supported by strong financial standing, the business is positioned to continue double-digit annual growth over the next 5 - 10 years.JOB SUMMARYUnder general supervision, organize, coordinate, and supervise the daily operations and activities of the production department, possibly on multiple work shifts; and perform related work as assigned. Ensure that cost, volume, and quality targets are achieved in accordance with established objectives.KEY RESPONSIBILITIES

• Safety Orientation - Communicate and enforce quality and safety standards and ensure production equipment is operational. Prepare and distribute maintenance work orders and monthly reports including job accidents and special reports.
• Team Strategy and Management - Supervise, select, train, assign, and evaluate the work of subordinate personnel. Maintain and update the training matrix for employees. Recommend staffing deployment and operating improvements in work methods, standards, and procedures. Oversee and monitor attendance, timecards, time-off, and performance reviews for production personnel while collaborating with Human Resources to enforce policy and complete disciplinary actions where needed in a Union environment.
• On-Time Delivery - Work with Buyer/Planners and Value Stream Manager to coordinate, organize, schedule, and assign work to production lead personnel given company priorities and needs to ensure that daily and monthly shipping goals are attained.
• Key Performance Management - Distribute and maintain updated DPMs, test procedures, and SOPs in the department. Prepare and maintain first pass yield logs. Accountable for the use of KPI and Performance Metric boards to drive identification of root cause and corrective actions with the goal of improving operations. Investigate and resolve assembly problems and related quality issues, either directly or with the Team, and recommend solutions to management.
• Process Tools Management - Maintain and recommend acquisition or replacement of production equipment, tools, and supplies. As a lean manufacturing organization, this position is expected to leverage the Crane Business System (CBS) to drive sustainable improvements through Kaizen and implementation of lean tools and contribute quantifiable productivity savings.
• Team Player - This role will work closely with Supply Chain, Materials Manager, Quality Department, and VP Operations to drive adherence to SQDC (Safety, Quality, Delivery, Cost) priorities and ensure alignment within the organization. Support New Product Development (NPD) efforts in conjunction with product managers and the engineering department.PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE / QUALIFICATIONS
• Five (5) or more years in manufacturing and/or high volume assembly environment including three (3) years of experience in a supervisory role.
• Bachelor's Degree, preferably in Industrial, Manufacturing, or other technical engineering field.
• Production operations, methods and techniques; equipment set up, functions and operation procedures; procedures on inspection, quality assurance, safety requirements and shipping practices, methods and procedures; knowledge of basic math; hazardous materials handling and emergency response procedures; material management systems and inventory control procedures; principles of supervision, training and personnel administration; computer data entry and applicable software applications.
• Analyze, recommend, and solve problems; prepare and review departmental reports; operate applicable computer software programs; perform math computations quickly and accurately; organize and complete work as scheduled; understand and follow written and verbal instructions; select, train, assign, supervise and evaluate the work of subordinate personnel; communicate and work cooperatively with subordinates, departmental representatives, management, suppliers, and vendors.
• Familiarity with Lean Manufacturing or Six Sigma.
• Operate a computer terminal and related software applications programs.Salary range: $80,000 to $103,400 with 5% bonus potential. Several factors contribute to actual salary, including experience in a similar role or performing comparable job responsibilities, skills, training, and other qualifications. Compensation packages also include comprehensive benefits, 401K contribution and match, Paid Time Off, paid holidays, tuition reimbursement, and more. Some roles may be eligible for participation in performance-based bonus programs.
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