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Supervisor-Production

Microchip Technology, Garden Grove, CA, USA

Pay: $70,304-$128,000/yr

Job type: Full Time


Production Supervisor

The Production Supervisor leads and coordinates all manufacturing activities, optimizing the flow of materials, parts, and assemblies across functional groups. This role provides clear work direction to assigned personnel while developing standard operating procedures, work instructions, and equipment tracking systems. Additionally, the supervisor manages performance reviews, oversees training, tracks material budgets, and drives manufacturing schedules to meet both divisional goals and contractual requirements.
Key Responsibilities:
Evaluates written data from sales orders, budgets, product specifications, operation travelers, parts and material inventory lists, and machine and worker production rates, to establish efficient allocation and scheduling of parts, materials, machines, and sequences of operations and workflow.
Develops, reviews and maintains master manufacturing schedule.
Develops and maintains material delivery schedules that maintain established product delivery dates using material lead times that include special testing, preparation or packaging requirements.
Maintains production budgets, including "Material Estimate to Complete" data.
Distributes work orders to functions, denoting number, type, and proposed completion date of units to be produced.
Confers with manufacturing, engineering and planning to resolve problems affecting production and delivery schedules.
Determines work schedules and expedites workflow.
Maintains and enforces company required and standard operating policies and procedures that include, but are not limited to ESD, contamination control, traceability, MSDS and safety.
Develops and administers performance reviews, assign improvement goals, monitor performance to goals and recommend wage adjustments or advancement per company standard policy to assigned personnel.
Issues written and oral instructions.
Assigns duties and examines work for exactness, neatness, and conformance to policies and procedures.
Interviews and screens prospective material and production control personnel to divisional standard operating practices.
Studies and standardizes manufacturing procedures and systems to improve efficiency of subordinates and division.
Maintains harmony among assigned workers and resolves grievances.
Maintains attendance records and dispenses disciplinary action, as required, in accordance with company operating policies.
Ability to lift up to 35 pounds.
May be asked to perform other duties not outlined in this description.
Requirements/Qualifications:
Required Skills and Experience:
BA degree, trade school or better, in Material and Production Control technology
Must have a minimum of 5 years supervisory/managerial experience in the Military or Aerospace Electronic Manufacturing environment, with the last 2 years hands-on material/production control and stockroom in an electronics manufacturing area.
A minimum of 2 years hands on experience with MRP.
Must have supervisory/managerial skills, work well with minimal supervision and have the ability to train assigned personnel.
Ability to read and understand engineering blueprints, schematics, drawings, parts lists, SOW, specifications, military specifications and other documentation pertaining to the manufacturing of a product.
A team player with the ability to interact with all other functions including manufacturing, purchasing, quality, and engineering disciplines.
Proficient in the use MS Office and other computer peripherals in a professional environment.
Preferred Qualifications
ISO-9000 & 9001experience
IPC-A-610 & IPC-J-STD-001 experience
Team or self-management teams experience
Work experience in Space related equipment
U.S. Export Controls Requirements: This job requires access to technology, materials, software or hardware that is controlled by the export laws of the United States. Candidates are required to provide proof of either US citizenship, Permanent US residency or classification as a protected individual as defined in 8 USC 1324b (a) (3).This position is not eligible for Microchip immigration sponsorship.
Travel Time:
0% - 25%
Physical Attributes:
Carrying, Hearing, Lifting, Seeing, Supervises Others, Talking, Works Alone, Works Around Others
Physical Requirements:
80% Sitting 10% Standing 10% Walking 100% Inside
Pay Range:
The annual base salary range for this position, which could be performed in the US, is $70,304 - $128,000.*
*Range is dependent on numerous factors including job location, skills and experience.
Microchip Technology Inc is an equal opportunity/affirmative action employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to sex, gender identity, sexual orientation, race, color, religion, national origin, disability, protected Veteran status, age, or any other characteristic protected by law.