Job Description

About this role

Carrier Climate Solutions Transportation (CST) enables a more sustainable and intelligent cold chain. Maintaining optimal temperature control is crucial for the refrigerated transport and monitoring of perishable goods to ensure their safety and quality. Carrier Climate Solutions Transportation (CST) offers solutions for essential temperature monitoring, transport and storage of perishable goods like fresh produce, pharmaceuticals, and other temperature-sensitive products.

CST offers a complete range of the industry's most advanced refrigeration equipment to elevate transport efficiency and reduce environmental impact. Discover how our diverse range of products enhances performance across trailers, trucks, vans and rail applications.

Carrier Transicold is part of CST.

Carrier Transicold's industry-leading innovative single temperature and multi-temperature solutions for trailers, straight trucks and rail cars provide efficient, reliable, emissions-compliant performance that improves our customers' operations in an evolving marketplace.

The Manufacturing Supervisor provides onsite leadership to a manufacturing/ assembly operation at the Carrier Transicold Athens facility. Take responsibility for all aspects associated with effectively producing products that exceed our customer expectations in a high paced environment.

The Manufacturing Supervisor reports to the Operations Business Unit Manager.

This is a first shift onsite role.

Key Responsibilities

• Lead production departments to meet safety, quality, delivery, and cost targets.
• Enforce safety protocols and OSHA regulations while maintaining 5S housekeeping standards.
• Manage daily resources, including scheduling, overtime, and absenteeism, within budget.
• Monitor production goals throughout the day and resolve operational gaps as they arise.
• Conduct performance reviews and manage employee training through skills matrices.
• Drive continuous improvement using Lean tools like Kaizens, 5-Whys, and Standard Work.
• Coordinate with various departments and management to support deadline-driven operations.
• Adapt to changing priorities and work flexible hours to meet manufacturing demands.

Basic Qualifications

• High School Diploma or GED
• 2+ years of experience managing a team
• 5+ years of experience in manufacturing

Preferred Qualifications

• Mechanical experience.
• Ability to lead a team with a positive attitude, handle change well, and communicate clearly with everyone from workers to managers.
• Organized and driven to hit production deadlines, even when the work is complex or requires staying late.
• Familiar with basic OSHA safety rules, such as machine guarding, electrical safety, and locking out equipment.
• Proven ability to stay calm and polite under pressure while working with different departments and customers.
• Comfortable using email and Microsoft Office (Word/Excel)

Additional information

• Must have unrestricted authorization to work in the USA.
• No visa sponsoring available.