Battery Manufacturing Operations Supervisor

About the role

At our advanced battery module manufacturing and battery pack assembly facility in Mason, Ohio, you will be the hands-on leader who keeps production moving safely, smoothly, and on target. In a fast-paced startup setting, you’ll set the tone for a high-performance culture built on safety, quality, accountability, and continuous improvement.

A day in the life

• Start with a floor walk to assess line readiness, material flow, and safety conditions.
• Align operators and manufacturing technicians around shift goals; coach, support, and remove roadblocks.
• Ensure standardized work and manufacturing procedures are followed to meet safety, quality, and production targets.
• Track output, efficiency, scrap, downtime, and other operational metrics; take action on trends.
• Escalate production, quality, or equipment issues quickly and coordinate resolutions.
• Collaborate constantly with maintenance, quality, warehouse/logistics, engineering, and production planning to keep lines running.
• Drive process improvements and lean initiatives; help define workflows, standards, and processes as volumes scale.
• Model operational discipline, teamwork, accountability, and clear communication across the floor.
• Support onboarding, training, and performance development for hourly production personnel.

What you'll own

• Day-to-day supervision of assigned production areas and/or shifts.
• Adherence to safety, quality, and throughput standards and standardized work.
• Material flow and line readiness to maintain production continuity.
• Implementation of process changes and continuous improvement activities.
• Contributing to the build-out of high-performance manufacturing culture and scalable operations.

What you bring

• 3–7 years of manufacturing leadership or supervisory experience leading hourly production teams.
• Strong grasp of manufacturing operations, safety procedures, and quality systems.
• Calm, decisive leadership in fast-paced production environments; strong coaching and problem-solving skills.
• Hands-on approach with a willingness to spend significant time on the floor.
• Experience with lean and continuous improvement preferred.
• Background in automotive, battery, electronics, advanced manufacturing, or other high-volume production preferred.
• Outstanding organizational skills, operational discipline, and cross-functional collaboration (engineering, operations, quality, logistics, maintenance).

You should be proficient in:

• Leadership / People Management
• Time Study Analysis
• Labor Management Systems Knowledge
• Continuous Improvement
• Manufacturing Instruction (MI)
• Standard Operating Procedures (SOPs)
• Supervisory Experience
• Kaizen
• Lean Manufacturing Principles
• ISO 9001 Certification Experience
• Operational Metrics & KPI Management
• Production Planning & Scheduling
• Non-standard practice ID
• Product optimization

Machines & technologies you'll use:

• ERP Software
• Programmable Logic Controller (PLC) (Fanuc, Allen Bradley)
• Vision System
• Conveyor Systems
• Industrial Robot (Fanuc)