Production Supervisor Internship Charlotte, NC (Summer 2027)

PURPOSEGain hands-on manufacturing operations and production leadership experience through daily business interactions operational assignments and continuous improvement initiatives. The Production Supervisor Intern will support production operations while developing knowledge of manufacturing processes workforce engagement safety practices inventory management and operational excellence. Work is performed under direct DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIESEvaluates production workflows and operational processes toidentifyopportunities for efficiency improvements productivity gains and process with production teams and lead workers to communicate daily weekly and monthly production goals while learning effective workforce engagement and leadership monitoring production performance tracking key metrics and providing feedback on accomplishments challenges and improvement manufacturing operations including inventory management unloading storage movement of raw materials and staging of finished products for shipping and andparticipatesin production planning activities to better understand scheduling capacityutilization and operational perform duties such as gathering analyzing and organizing data to support departmental projects process improvement initiatives and operational in team meetings training sessions and brainstorming activities focused on safety quality productivity and continuous with safety standards operational procedures and quality expectations within the manufacturing with cross-functional teams including operations maintenancelogistics inventory and quality teams to support exposure to production supervision employee engagement lean manufacturing concepts performance management and operational leadership RESPONSIBILITIESThis job has no supervisory REQUIREMENTSTo perform this job successfully an individual must be able to perform each essential duty satisfactorily. The requirements listed below are representative of the knowledge skill and/or ability be actively pursuing a Bachelors degree. Prefer GPA of 3.0 or higher. Prefer junior or senior level but will consider other class levels. COMPETENCIESStrong oral written presentation and interpersonal communication skillsInterest in manufacturing production operations and continuous improvementAbility to work effectively with diverse groups of peopleComfortable interacting with employees supervisors and cross-functional teamsStrong organizational analytical and problem-solving skillsAbility to manage multiple priorities in a fast-paced manufacturing environmentAttention to detail and commitment to quality and safety standardsKnowledgeable in Microsoft Office Suite including Excel Word PowerPoint and OutlookAbility to interpret data and support operational decision-makingAbility to learn manufacturing systems processes and operational best practicesWORK ENVIRONMENT / PHYSICAL ACTIVITYThe physical demands described here are representative of those that must be met by an employee to successfully perform the essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodation may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential is performed in a manufacturing environment with at least 75% of time spent on the production floor working alongside operations teams andobservingmanufacturing to production equipment warehouse operations material movement activities and manufacturing workflows is berequiredto occasionally lift carry push pull or otherwise move objects up to 25 pounds.