Production Supervisor (1st Shift)

Why Badger Meter

Badger Meter is a leading global water technology company with a mission to preserve and protect the worlds 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!

Here at Badger Meter we believe that our approach to diversity equity and inclusion is the very foundation of our success. Our commitment is reflected in our core values where we strive to create an environment that celebrates differences encourages innovation and ensures that every voice is celebrated and appreciated.

We understand that a diverse team brings a variety of perspectives and ideas which ultimately fosters creativity and excellence. Badger Meter provides opportunities for career growth and development for every employee by creating a supportive and inclusive workplace where they can make meaningful contributions while preserving the worlds most precious resource.

What You Will Contribute:

What You Will Contribute:

Badger Meter is looking to hire a 1st Shift Production Supervisor at our Racine location. We are looking for a proactive solution focused leader to meet both short term and long term production objectives.

REASONS YOULL LOVE WORKING HERE:

• Culture: Highly supportive collaborative and engaged team culture! Opportunities to share new ideas regularly.
• Great Environment: Clean well lit and climate controlled environment year round.
• Stability/Growth: For more than 100 years Badger Meter has provided strong stable financial growth in turn providing employees with the opportunity to build long successful careers.
• Challenging Work: Large variety of tasks and responsibilities.

This position is responsible for the direct supervision of hourly team members across multiple production departments to ensure the most efficient and economical performance of operations in accordance with quality standards and production schedules.

Main Job Duties:

• People Management
  • Lead hourly shift employees in a high variation medium volume environment to meet both short term and long term production objectives.
  • 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.
• Production Plan Fulfillment
  • Utilize operational metrics and an on the floor presence approach to maintain close surveillance over production operations to ensure hour by hour efficiency daily goals and customer on time delivery targets are met.
• Safety
  • Ensure compliance with safety regulations company policies 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.
• Collaboration
  • Communicate daily with appropriate managers and peer group on overall operating conditions and make recommendations to improve procedures methods and techniques. Communicate regularly with direct reports to provide goals and objectives for the operations.
• Process Improvement
  • Develop and implement operational solutions utilizing lean manufacturing methods in a team environment. Able to 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.

Qualifications:

• 5 years of Manufacturing Supervisory/Management/Leadership experience required.
• Associate or Bachelors degree desired.

Competencies:

• Safety Leadership: Actively protecting others wellbeing ensuring compliance with safe operating procedures and inspiring others commitment to create and maintain a safe work environment. Aligning Performance for Success: Focusing and managing individual performance by helping others set performance goals and then tracking results and evaluating performance effectiveness.
• Customer Focus : Ensuring that the internal or external customers perspective is a driving force behind strategic priorities business decisions organizational processes and individual activities; crafting and implementing service practices that meet customers and own organizations needs; promoting and operationalizing customer service as a value.
• Decision Making: Identifying and understanding problems and opportunities by gathering analyzing and interpreting quantitative and qualitative information; choosing the best course of action by establishing clear decision criteria generating and evaluating alternatives and making timely decisions; taking action that is consistent with available facts and constraints and optimizes probable consequences.
• Continuous Improvement: Originating action to improve existing conditions and processes; identifying improvement opportunities generating ideas and implementing solutions.
• Creating a Culture of Trust: Fostering a work environment that encourages people to act with integrity and treat each other and their ideas with respect; creating and protecting a hightrust environment by setting an example advocating for others in the face of challenges removing barriers to trust and rewarding others for demonstrating behaviors that cultivate trust.

Competitive Total Rewards at Badger Meter:

• Competitive Pay

• Annual Bonus

• Eligible for Annual Pay Increases

• Comprehensive Health Vision and Dental Coverage

• 15 days Paid Time Off 11 Paid Holidays

• Two Ways to Save for Retirement: Badger Meter contributes 25 cents for every dollar you contribute to the plan up to 7% of your eligible compensation. In addition to the match the company will also contribute 5% of your eligible compensation to your Defined Contribution account on an annual access to a certified financial planner to help ensure your money is working for you at no cost!

• Employer Paid benefits including: Employee Assistance Program (EAP)Basic Group Life Insurance Short Term Disability and more

• Educational Assistance Tuition Reimbursement up to $5250

• Voluntary benefits including: Additional Life Insurance Long Term Disability Accident and Critical Illness coverage

• Health Savings Account (HSA) & Flexible Spending Account (FSA)options

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 Meter complies with all aspects of the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) as amended by the ADA Amendments Act and all applicable state or local disability laws. This means that we will reasonably accommodate qualified employees with a disability if accommodation would allow them to perform the essential functions of their job unless doing so would create an undue hardship.

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