Job Description
Work Model: This is a fully onsite role, with work performed at your designated Regal Rexnord office.
Scope of Role The Production Supervisor leads a frontline manufacturing team to deliver daily machining and assembly output safely, efficiently, and with high quality. This role requires strong machining knowledge, the ability to troubleshoot process issues, and the leadership capability to guide a represented (union) workforce. The Production Supervisor ensures execution to plan, drives continuous improvement, and develops talent to support long-term site stability and performance.
Key Responsibilities People Leadership
- Lead, coach, and support a team of hourly operators in a represented (union) environment; apply policies consistently and maintain constructive labor-management relations.
- Manage staffing, skills matrices, cross-training, onboarding, and performance conversations.
- Build engagement and accountability through clear expectations, feedback, and recognition.
Machining & Production Execution
- Oversee daily machining and/or assembly operations to meet SQDIP (Safety, Quality, Delivery, Inventory, Productivity) targets.
- Ensure operators follow standard work, machining procedures, and correct tooling setups.
- Troubleshoot machining issues including dimensional variation, tool wear, feeds/speeds, cycle time barriers, and equipment performance.
- Coordinate with Maintenance, Quality, Materials, and Engineering to resolve downtime and improve throughput.
Quality
- Ensure compliance to work instructions, prints, and control plans.
- Support first-piece approvals, dimensional checks, and disposition of non-conforming material.
- Lead or participate in root-cause problem solving (A3/8D) for defects and chronic process issues.
Continuous Improvement
- Drive improvements in machining efficiency, scrap reduction, changeover time, and standard work.
- Facilitate 5S sustainment, visual management enhancements, and waste elimination.
- Support alignment to plant CI goals and divisional initiatives.
Communication & Coordination
- Lead daily tier meetings and ensure effective cross-shift handoffs.
- Provide updates on staffing, performance, risks, and countermeasures to site leadership.
Required Qualifications - Associate's degree (Engineering, Operations, Manufacturing, or related field) OR equivalent relevant experience.
- Machining background required - experience with CNC machining, tooling, setup, troubleshooting, or machining operations leadership.
- 2-5+ years of experience supervising hourly manufacturing employees.
- Demonstrated ability to execute production schedules and manage daily operations.
- Strong problem-solving capability (A3/8D/root-cause).
- SAP/MES proficiency preferred and strong communication skills.
Preferred Qualifications - Experience working in a union environment (preferred).
- CI training (Lean/6σ) or experience implementing standard work, 5S, visual management.
- Experience in precision machining, metal cutting, or similar discrete industrial manufacturing.
Restrictions imposed by federal export control laws may limit this job opportunity to candidates who are a 'U.S. Person', which includes U.S. citizens, U.S. nationals, U.S. permanent residents, individuals granted asylum in the United States, and refugees in the United States.
Benefits - Medical, Dental, Vision and Prescription Drug Coverage
- Spending accounts (HSA, Health Care FSA and Dependent Care FSA)
- Paid Time Off and Holidays
- 401k Retirement Plan with Matching Employer Contributions
- Life and Accidental Death & Dismemberment (AD&D) Insurance
- Paid Leaves
- Tuition Assistance
About Regal Rexnord Regal Rexnord is a publicly held global industrial manufacturer with 30,000 associates around the world who help create a better tomorrow by providing sustainable solutions that power, transmit and control motion. The Company's electric motors and air moving subsystems provide the power to create motion. A portfolio of highly engineered power transmission components and subsystems efficiently transmits motion to power industrial applications. The Company's automation offering, comprised of controls, actuators, drives, and precision motors, controls motion in applications ranging from factory automation to precision control in surgical tools.
The Company's end markets benefit from meaningful secular demand tailwinds, and include factory automation, food & beverage, aerospace, medical, data center, warehouse, alternative energy, residential and commercial buildings, general industrial, construction, metals and mining, and agriculture.
Regal Rexnord is comprised of three operating segments: Industrial Powertrain Solutions, Power Efficiency Solutions, and Automation & Motion Control. Regal Rexnord has offices and manufacturing, sales and service facilities worldwide. For more information, including a copy of our Sustainability Report, visit RegalRexnord.com.
Equal Employment Opportunity Statement Regal Rexnord is an Equal Opportunity and Affirmative Action Employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex/gender, sexual orientation, gender identity, pregnancy, age, ancestry, national origin, genetic information, marital status, citizenship status (unless required by the applicable law or government contract), disability or protected veteran status or any other status or characteristic protected by law. Regal Rexnord is committed to a diverse and inclusive workforce. We are committed to building a team that represents diverse and inclusive backgrounds, perspectives, and skills. If you'd like to view a copy of the company's affirmative action plan for protected veterans/individuals with disabilities or policy statement, please email Recruiting@RegalRexnord.com. If you have a disability and you believe you need a reasonable accommodation in order to search for a job opening or to submit an online application, please e-mail Recruiting@RegalRexnord.com.
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Notification to Agencies : Please note that Regal Rexnord Corporation and its affiliates and subsidiaries ("Regal Rexnord") do not accept unsolicited resumes or calls from third-party recruiters or employment agencies. In the absence of a signed Master Service Agreement or similar contract and approval from HR to submit resumes for a specific requisition, Regal Rexnord will not consider or approve payment to any third-parties for hires made.
Job Tags
Hourly pay, Permanent employment, Contract work, Work at office, Worldwide, Shift work