Top Benefits
About the role
Company Description
John Crane, a business of Smiths Group, is a global leader in mission-critical flow control solutions for energy and process industries that enable efficient and sustainable operations. Our products include mechanical seals and systems, couplings, bearings, filtration systems, and predictive digital monitoring technologies.
We have a global network of more than 200 sites in over 50 countries and employ more than 6,000 people worldwide. We partner with our customers to help them keep their operations safe, reduce downtime, improve efficiency, and meet the latest environmental standards.
John Crane is part of Smiths Group. For over 170 years, Smiths has been pioneering progress by engineering for a better future. We serve millions of people every year, helping to create a safer, more efficient, productive, and better-connected world across four global markets: energy, security & defence, space & aerospace, and general industrial. Listed on the London Stock Exchange, Smiths employs approximately 16,000 colleagues in over 50 countries.
Job Description
The Machine Shop Supervisor is responsible for leading employees in a manner to meet or exceed Company established KPI’s and targets for production, maximum quality, minimum scrap and the administration and enforcement of Company rules, policies and procedures.
SPECI FIC DUTIES, ACTIVITIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO:
- Monitor production and materials on a daily basis.
- Maintain employee records for attendance, performance, skill level and training documentation.
- Coach, teach, train, motivate and oversee operators in order to ensure safe and proper operation of all equipment.
- Collect and analyze production data.
- Ensure that all operators report any equipment problems; follow-up in order to ensure that effective maintenance support is maintained.
- Maintain communication with alternate shift supervisors, specifically on passing on any pertinent information to the shift that follows or to other operations management.
- Maintain communication with other departments.
- Able to work with automated production planning and capacity tools.
- Communicate, administer and enforce company rules, policies and procedures consistently and equitably.
- Build cooperation and team spirit among team members.
- Ability to coordinate staffing requirements.
- Drive continuous improvement cycle.
- Ensure proper production area controls.
- Interprets and administers company policies and procedures to employees including the Union Collective Agreement and health and safety regulations.
- Assesses human resource situations by hiring, orientation, training, wage reviews, promotions, discipline, and termination while adhering to the Union Collective Agreement.
- Complies with all ISO and EH&S requirements.
- Other duties as assigned.
Qualifications
Education/Training:
- Experience: At least 5 years of experience as a Production Supervisor in a machining environment.
- Prior experience in lean manufacturing and visual management preferred.
Knowledge/Skills:
- Knowledge of CNC Machines
- Strong ability to use Micrometers, Calipers and other measurement tools
- Must be able to work well with all levels of personnel whether individually or in a team environment.
- Must have good written and oral communication skills.
- Must be able to organize and plan work.
- Ability to handle stress of deadlines and constantly changing priorities.
- Knowledge of facility production capability, material availability, and production costs.
- Ability to work in a fast-paced manufacturing environment.
- Must understand mechanical equipment.
- Ability to evaluate situation and make decisions with little or no guidance.
Additional Information
With colleagues stretching across the globe, we are proud of our diversity. To foster inclusivity, we run employee resource groups (ERGs) to provide a safe space for employees to connect and support each other. Our cross-business ERGs include Veterans, Pride Network, Black Employee Network, Women@Work Network, and Neurodiversity.
Across our company, we recognize excellence, culminating in the Smiths Excellence Awards, our annual celebration of the most extraordinary activities, people, and projects that best showcase our strengths and help drive our business forward. We announce these on our annual Smiths Day, a global celebration of Smiths around our network.
Join us for a great career with competitive compensation and benefits, while helping engineer a better future.
We believe that different perspectives and backgrounds are what make a company flourish. All qualified applicants will receive equal consideration for employment regardless of color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, economic status, disability, age, or any other legally protected characteristics. We are proud to be an inclusive company with values grounded in equality and ethics, where we celebrate, support, and embrace diversity.
At no time during the hiring process will Smiths Group, nor any of our recruitment partners ever request payment to enable participation – including, but not limited to, interviews or testing. Avoid fraudulent requests by applying jobs directly through our career’s website (Careers - Smiths Group plc)
About Smiths Group
Having evolved substantially since its foundation in 1851, Smiths today employs over 23,000 people in more than 50 countries throughout its five divisions - John Crane, Smiths Medical, Smiths Detection, Smiths Interconnect and Flex-Tek.
These divisions serve a diverse range of global customers including governments and their agencies, petrochemical companies, hospitals, telecommunications companies and equipment manufacturers in a variety of sectors around the world. They are focused on the threat and contraband detection, medical devices, energy, communications and engineered components markets worldwide.
Top Benefits
About the role
Company Description
John Crane, a business of Smiths Group, is a global leader in mission-critical flow control solutions for energy and process industries that enable efficient and sustainable operations. Our products include mechanical seals and systems, couplings, bearings, filtration systems, and predictive digital monitoring technologies.
We have a global network of more than 200 sites in over 50 countries and employ more than 6,000 people worldwide. We partner with our customers to help them keep their operations safe, reduce downtime, improve efficiency, and meet the latest environmental standards.
John Crane is part of Smiths Group. For over 170 years, Smiths has been pioneering progress by engineering for a better future. We serve millions of people every year, helping to create a safer, more efficient, productive, and better-connected world across four global markets: energy, security & defence, space & aerospace, and general industrial. Listed on the London Stock Exchange, Smiths employs approximately 16,000 colleagues in over 50 countries.
Job Description
The Machine Shop Supervisor is responsible for leading employees in a manner to meet or exceed Company established KPI’s and targets for production, maximum quality, minimum scrap and the administration and enforcement of Company rules, policies and procedures.
SPECI FIC DUTIES, ACTIVITIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO:
- Monitor production and materials on a daily basis.
- Maintain employee records for attendance, performance, skill level and training documentation.
- Coach, teach, train, motivate and oversee operators in order to ensure safe and proper operation of all equipment.
- Collect and analyze production data.
- Ensure that all operators report any equipment problems; follow-up in order to ensure that effective maintenance support is maintained.
- Maintain communication with alternate shift supervisors, specifically on passing on any pertinent information to the shift that follows or to other operations management.
- Maintain communication with other departments.
- Able to work with automated production planning and capacity tools.
- Communicate, administer and enforce company rules, policies and procedures consistently and equitably.
- Build cooperation and team spirit among team members.
- Ability to coordinate staffing requirements.
- Drive continuous improvement cycle.
- Ensure proper production area controls.
- Interprets and administers company policies and procedures to employees including the Union Collective Agreement and health and safety regulations.
- Assesses human resource situations by hiring, orientation, training, wage reviews, promotions, discipline, and termination while adhering to the Union Collective Agreement.
- Complies with all ISO and EH&S requirements.
- Other duties as assigned.
Qualifications
Education/Training:
- Experience: At least 5 years of experience as a Production Supervisor in a machining environment.
- Prior experience in lean manufacturing and visual management preferred.
Knowledge/Skills:
- Knowledge of CNC Machines
- Strong ability to use Micrometers, Calipers and other measurement tools
- Must be able to work well with all levels of personnel whether individually or in a team environment.
- Must have good written and oral communication skills.
- Must be able to organize and plan work.
- Ability to handle stress of deadlines and constantly changing priorities.
- Knowledge of facility production capability, material availability, and production costs.
- Ability to work in a fast-paced manufacturing environment.
- Must understand mechanical equipment.
- Ability to evaluate situation and make decisions with little or no guidance.
Additional Information
With colleagues stretching across the globe, we are proud of our diversity. To foster inclusivity, we run employee resource groups (ERGs) to provide a safe space for employees to connect and support each other. Our cross-business ERGs include Veterans, Pride Network, Black Employee Network, Women@Work Network, and Neurodiversity.
Across our company, we recognize excellence, culminating in the Smiths Excellence Awards, our annual celebration of the most extraordinary activities, people, and projects that best showcase our strengths and help drive our business forward. We announce these on our annual Smiths Day, a global celebration of Smiths around our network.
Join us for a great career with competitive compensation and benefits, while helping engineer a better future.
We believe that different perspectives and backgrounds are what make a company flourish. All qualified applicants will receive equal consideration for employment regardless of color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, economic status, disability, age, or any other legally protected characteristics. We are proud to be an inclusive company with values grounded in equality and ethics, where we celebrate, support, and embrace diversity.
At no time during the hiring process will Smiths Group, nor any of our recruitment partners ever request payment to enable participation – including, but not limited to, interviews or testing. Avoid fraudulent requests by applying jobs directly through our career’s website (Careers - Smiths Group plc)
About Smiths Group
Having evolved substantially since its foundation in 1851, Smiths today employs over 23,000 people in more than 50 countries throughout its five divisions - John Crane, Smiths Medical, Smiths Detection, Smiths Interconnect and Flex-Tek.
These divisions serve a diverse range of global customers including governments and their agencies, petrochemical companies, hospitals, telecommunications companies and equipment manufacturers in a variety of sectors around the world. They are focused on the threat and contraband detection, medical devices, energy, communications and engineered components markets worldwide.