Manufacturing Supervisor

Responsibilities:

• Supervise assigned manufacturing activities to ensure production plans are executed safely, efficiently, and in line with approved priorities.

• Coordinate daily work allocation, manpower utilization, equipment availability, and material readiness to support schedule adherence and timely order completion.

• Review daily production priorities, open work orders, pending operations, and critical customer requirements before assigning shop-floor activities.

• Monitor shop-floor progress, update production status, highlight constraints, and escalate risks related to capacity, materials, quality, or equipment downtime.

• Ensure manufacturing activities are performed according to approved drawings, work instructions, routings, quality requirements, and standard operating procedures.

• Control WIP movement across assigned work areas and ensure jobs are advanced through each operation without unnecessary delays.

• Coordinate with Planning, Engineering, Quality, Warehouse, Maintenance, and Customer Service to resolve operational issues and maintain workflow continuity.

• Ensure availability and proper control of required materials, drawings, tools, fixtures, gauges, and consumables before starting assigned production work.

• Support first-piece checks, in-process inspection coordination, and timely closure of quality concerns to prevent repeat issues and production delays.

• Review productivity, rework, scrap, overtime, and non-conformance trends and support corrective actions to improve shop-floor performance.

• Follow up on machine breakdowns, tooling issues, and maintenance requirements to minimize downtime and protect production commitments.

• Ensure proper recording of production quantities, completed operations, rework, scrap, delays, and shift remarks in applicable systems or reports.

• Maintain clear shift handover updates covering completed work, pending jobs, constraints, manpower status, and priority escalation items.

• Supervise day or night shift operations as assigned, ensuring proper shift coverage, continuity of production priorities, and clear communication between shifts.

• Support implementation of improvement initiatives related to Lean manufacturing, 5S, cycle time reduction, standard work, and operational efficiency.

• Prepare and maintain daily production records, attendance, overtime requirements, shift handovers, and other operational reports as required.

• Ensure tools, equipment, fixtures, and work areas are properly used, maintained, and available to support safe and uninterrupted production.

Required Skills and Qualifications:

• Bachelor’s degree or Diploma in Mechanical, Industrial, Electrical Engineering, Manufacturing Technology, or equivalent is required.
• Minimum 5 to 7 years of experience in manufacturing operations, with at least 2 years in a supervisory or lead role preferred.
• Experience in oil and gas manufacturing or similar industrial environment preferred.
• Strong knowledge of manufacturing processes, production control, quality requirements, and shop-floor safety practices.
• Good communication, team leadership, problem-solving, and coordination skills.
• Working knowledge of MS Office and ERP systems, preferably Oracle Fusion.
• Willingness and ability to work in day or night shift schedules based on production and operational requirements.
• Good reporting, documentation, and shift handover skills.