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Production Supervisor

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About Firebolt Group

Firebolt Group isn’t just another company. We’re a global leader in brand illumination and smart print and signage solutions. From our full-scale manufacturing facility in Michigan, we design and build physical products that make brands shine — literally!

We partner with some of the world’s most recognized companies to create innovative LED signage and branded experiences that command attention, from eye-catching storefronts to iconic corporate landmarks. Our mission is simple yet powerful: to transform brand presence through design, engineering, and technology.

If you’re tenacious, curious, and driven, and you want to help shape how brands connect with the world, we want you on our team.

Company Size: $40M Annual Revenue | ~100 Plant Personnel | LED Signage

Position Summary

The Production Supervisor oversees the assembly operation to guarantee that manufacturing remains a smooth and efficient process by monitoring employees and organizing workflows. Team building and maintaining a professional attitude is of upmost importance. This position will directly supervise all assembly room personnel and will include addressing personnel issues, addressing policy violations as well as approving PTO and timecards. Attendance to a variety of management meetings is required. The goal is to ensure that we consistently deliver products of maximum quality, and in a timely manner.

Reports to: Production Manager

Essential Job Functions

  • Line Balancing & Setup: Design, set up, and optimize small build areas; dynamically balance the assembly line to maintain optimal production flow
  • Assembly Operations: Read and comprehend instructions, select/modify components according to measurements, and align parts to build complex units
  • Tool Fluency: Expertly use hand tools to assemble components (screwdrivers, pliers, wire-cutters, glue guns, etc.)
  • Quality Control: Check output, verify that all components within the sign or related products are assembled correctly in perfect alignment, report on defective parts, and maintain equipment
  • Workflow & Production Planning: Maintain workflow by monitoring the process and personnel, studying methods, implementing cost reductions, scheduling personnel, and defining daily targets
  • Material Coordination: Ensure that the quantity and quality of all signage components are available for assemblers
  • Team Leadership: Address personnel questions, resolve personnel problems by analyzing data, and manage a spirit of cooperation
  • Reporting & KPI Tracking: Keep records of production, report malfunctions, and document data in systems to track company KPIs
  • Safety & Security: Maintain a safe and clean work environment by educating personnel on equipment use and secure the plant at the end of the shift
  • Attendance: Routine and regular attendance at the expected location
  • Special Projects: As assigned
  • Secure Plant: At end of shift
  • Supplemental Duties: Participate in the Safety Committee and handle all other assigned duties or special projects

Required Knowledge

  • Principles and processes for providing customer and personnel services. This includes customer needs assessment, meeting quality standards for services, and evaluation of customer satisfaction
  • Leadership techniques, production methods, and coordination of people and resources
  • Principles and procedures for selection and training
  • Business and management principles involved in strategic planning, resource allocation, leadership technique, production methods, and coordination of people and resources
  • Principles and procedures for personnel recruitment, selection, training, compensation, labor relations, and personnel information systems
  • Administrative and office procedures and systems such as word processing, managing files and records, and workplace terminology
  • Electronic equipment/components, and computer software, including applications
  • Practical application of engineering science and technology. This includes applying principles, techniques, procedures, and equipment to the design and production
  • Production processes, quality control, and other techniques for maximizing the effective manufacture of signage
  • Structure and content of the English language including the meaning and spelling of words, rules of composition, and grammar

Equipment

  • Computer
  • Hand Tools and small assembly equipment

Physical Activities and Demands

  • This position is active at times and requires routine movement through the Wixom facility
  • Prolonged times in a standing position
  • The employee may lift items over 35 pounds
  • Specific vision abilities required by this job include close vision, distance vision, color vision, peripheral vision, depth perception and ability to adjust focus

Work Environment

  • Indoor environment

Requirements

Experience

  • 3-5 years of manufacturing or production experience with continued increase responsibility
  • Assembly Line Management: Demonstrated experience balancing an assembly line to optimize efficiency and minimize bottlenecks.
  • Workspace Optimization: Proven experience setting up and organizing small build areas for lean manufacturing workflows.

Education

  • High school diploma or equivalent (Required)
  • Associate’s degree (Preferred)

Skills

  • Technical Fluency: Fluency in using hand tools and executing small assembly tasks with precision.
  • Communication & Collaboration: Actively listen, collaborate to maximize innovation, and communicate ideas clearly to foster engagement.
  • Problem Solving & Autonomy: Act independently, identify problems, analyze situations, and consider costs/benefits to make effective decisions.
  • Workflow Optimization: Organize and plan work projects to maximize productivity and ensure all work is completed timely.
  • Personnel Management: Resolve conflicts using conflict management skills, use empathy, and respond effectively to sensitive inquiries.
  • Pressure & Demands: Manage multiple priorities, demands, and pressure within established requirements while exercising tact and diplomacy.

Software

  • Paychex
  • Monday.com
  • Google Suite
  • Microsoft Excel

Benefits

  • Full medical, dental, and vision package
  • 401(k) program + company match
  • PTO + paid holidays

Salary Range

  • USD 26 to 28/ hour
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