Shift Supervisor
Badger Meter

Why Badger Meter?


Badger Meter is a leading global water technology company, with a mission to preserve and protect the world's most precious resource. For more than 100 years, cities and businesses have utilized our innovative and trusted solutions to enhance operational efficiency and conserve water while making it more affordable, clean and resilient. Just like every drop counts, at Badger Meter every employee counts because our contributions have a lasting impact on the world!

What You Will Contribute:


This position is responsible for the direct supervision of hourly employees in multiple manufacturing departments to assure the most efficient and economical performance of the operations in accordance with quality standards and production schedules. Primary areas of responsibilities include assembly operations, manufacturing cells, final meter accuracy testing, and packaging.

Job Duties:

• Provides supervision of hourly shift employees in a high volume, high product variation environment to meet both short term and long term production objectives.
• Responsible for communicating and transferring knowledge to direct reports for training purposes.
• Communicate daily with appropriate managers and pier group on overall operating conditions and make recommendations to improve procedures, methods, and techniques.
• Communicate regularly with direct reports to provide goals and objective of the operations
• Utilizes operational metrics and an on the floor presence approach to maintain surveillance over manufacturing operations to assure scheduled workflow, utilization of manpower skills, machines, tooling methods, and machine repairs. Audit labor and machine reporting regularly for accuracy and efficiency to standard production methods, rates and schedules.
• Able to utilize various manufacturing software programs and systems for materials management, shop floor scheduling, packaging, and equipment operation.
• Helps develop and implement operational solutions utilizing lean manufacturing methods in a team environment. Identify, investigate, and analyze problems related to materials, quality, equipment, methods, tools, etc., and initiate corrective action to resolve such problems in a timely and efficient method.
• Ensures compliance with safety regulations, company policies, and labor contract provisions and administers disciplinary action when necessary. Ensures the adherence to all applicable safety procedures, proper utilization of safety equipment, housekeeping methods, and is on alert for the development of hazardous conditions. Must be familiar with Material Safety Data Sheets.
• Conduct appraisal of employee performance, attendance, and recommend wage adjustments, promotions, etc.
• Develop and implement training programs for new and existing employees to ensure a flexible workforce.
• Review security problems with the Security Guard. React to normal operational and facility problems (snowplowing, power outages, etc.)

Qualifications:

• 5 or more years of experience
• Production lead or supervisory role preferred
• Associate's degree from a two-year college or technical school preferred
• Understands computer based equipment to ensure the accurate and efficient performance
• Must have or be able to obtain CPR and First Aid training.

An Equal Opportunity/Affirmative Action Employer. This company considers candidates regardless of race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability or veteran status. Applicants can learn more about their rights regarding equal opportunity in employment by viewing the federal "EEO is the Law" poster and the "EEO is the Law" poster supplement at http://www.dol.gov/ofccp/regs/compliance/posters/ofccpost.htm

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