Job Description

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Reports to: Steve Bentley Location: Kirkwood Dept: Energy Solutions - 06 Level: Supervisor

Join our Raymond Team as a Energy Solutions Production Supervisor!

The Role:

We’re seeking a passionate and dedicated Energy Solutions Production Supervisor who brings enthusiasm and production expertise to the table. Energy Solutions is a growing and dynamic battery assembly team.

In this role, you’ll supervise, coordinate, and provide leadership to a team while collaborating with a dynamic and diverse team to achieve daily safety, quality and delivery goals. We value innovative and creative ideas. If you enjoy tackling challenges with positivity and a bit of humor, you’ll feel right at home here.

What You’ll Be Doing:

• Sets an example for safety and fosters a safe work environment within functional area of responsibility ensuring compliance with Company policies and procedures. Provides leadership and participates in the Risk Assessment, 5S and STOP programs.
• Ensures that quality objectives are achieved. Monitors processes to ensure quality checks are carried out and develops countermeasures against defects. Provides feedback to employees in functional area regarding work processes, procedures, and work assignments.
• Uses problem solving techniques to proactively address issues or concerns to their functional area of responsibility, elevating to manager as appropriate.
• Plan and schedules the work of a production area for maximum effective utilization of employees, equipment and material within budgetary, cost and quality standards while providing supervision, coordination, and leadership to and reviewing work accomplished by your assigned staff in a production area. Monitors employees’ morale and takes action to support a positive work environment.
• You’ll facilitate on-the-job and other specified training for employees in functional area of responsibility, ensuring all employees are well trained for safe and successful completion of their jobs. Provides cross training to employees to provide challenge and opportunity for employees and to ensure flexibility in meeting daily work assignments/commitments.
• Conduct performance appraisals, makes hiring decisions, and takes disciplinary action including termination
• Performs similar duties as line employees on an as needed basis.
• Evaluate, recommend, and implement changes in methods or procedures to continually improve operations using TPS and Lean Management Practices.

What We’re Looking For:

• Two or more years in a supervisory/management role and/or team lead role.
• Three or more years of experience in the production environment.
• Ability to demonstrate experience in maintaining daily production team metrics related to safety, quality, delivery, and cost.
• Experience in deploying and utilizing TPS and lean manufacturing tools.
• Experience with MS Office suite of tools.

What Sets You Apart:

• An associate’s degree in a related field.
• Experience in a battery or electrical component/electrical assembly production experience.
• JDE, SAP, or other ERP system experience.
• Smartsheet or similar experience.
• Effective communication skills with all levels (verbal and written).

Where and When You’ll Work:

• This is an in-person role located at our Kirkwood, NY location—ideal for those who thrive in a hands-on, team-oriented environment.
• This position is first shift and will work Monday through Thursday 6:00am – 3:30pm and Fridays 6:00am – 10:00am; as a key member of the leadership team, flexible scheduling and additional hours will be required to support business needs.
• Occasional travel may be required.

What Your Total Compensation & Benefits Package will look like:

Salary - $65,440 - $93,123 per year. Compensation depends on the selected candidate’s education and experience.

World Class Benefits:

• Competitive Salary
• Generous Paid Time Off and 13 Paid Holidays
• Affordable Medical plans and no-cost Dental & Vision options
• 100% 401(k) match up to 6%
• Company-Paid Life Insurance, Short-Term Disability, and Long-Term Disability
• Tuition Assistance Program
• Employee Assistance Program (EAP) with access to mental health care, legal support, and financial guidance
• Recognition and Kaizen (continuous improvement) Reward Programs
• Meaningful opportunities for personal and professional development
• Best in class work culture!

Together Let’s Innovate. Build. Grow.

Toyota Material Handling North America (TMHNA), the industry leader in forklift sales, comprises two main brands: Toyota Material Handling and The Raymond Corporation. We believe investing in the best people, products, and processes will fuel our future success, and we will always be driven by our foundational principles of “respect for people” and “continuous improvement”. With opportunities across North America, we are confident you will find the right position within TMHNA that can help you build a long, fulfilling career.

Learn more here: https://careers.raymondcorp.com/careers

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Qualifications

• An Associate's Degree in a related field is preferred.
• Two or more years of experience in a supervisory/management role is preferred.
• Two or more years of employee work experience in the specified discipline is required.