Production Floor Superintendent

Your Mission

Drive safe, high-quality, on-time production by leading a crew on the manufacturing floor. Keep workflow steady, elevate standards, and turn data into action.

What You Will Do

• Own shift execution: monitor departmental flow, enforce safety and standardized work, and remove roadblocks fast.
• Meet ship dates: identify delays, investigate causes, and correct course to protect customer commitments.
• Optimize labor: align staffing to plan and management strategy.
• Run the numbers: complete reports, enter data into the manufacturing system, and analyze production records for trends.
• Lead people: set expectations, coach, mentor, evaluate performance, and handle discipline/termination per policy.
• Keep equipment ready: coordinate maintenance and repairs to minimize downtime.
• Improve continuously: collaborate with Operations, Process Engineering, Equipment & Controls, and Project Management to industrialize new tools, processes, documentation, and training.
• Partner across shifts: communicate status and support other teams.
• Champion quality: uphold standards, run root-cause investigations, and track corrective actions.
• Support the business: assist with budget development and maintain electronic records.
• Care for the workplace: sustain 5S-level cleanliness and follow environmental, health, and safety procedures.
• Model CelLink culture: integrity, teamwork, self-discipline, professional competence.

Schedule, Location, and Environment

• Weekend night shifts (5:45 PM to 6:00 AM) on a 4/3 AWS Shift Schedule.
• Desk/office located on the manufacturing floor.
• Business needs may require AWS, extended shifts, weekends, and extra hours; travel to CelLink sites, vendors, or customers may occur.
• Exposure to high noise, moving mechanical parts, nuisance dust, and common industrial chemicals; PPE provided and required where applicable.
• Physical demands: frequent floor presence; prolonged standing/walking; bending and varied positions; lift up to 35 lbs solo or 50 lbs with assistance; visual abilities to read, operate equipment safely, and inspect materials.
• PPE: safety glasses, safety shoes, bump caps, gloves, hair nets, masks, clean-room frocks; ear plugs recommended in high-noise areas per OSHA.

What You Bring

• High school diploma or GED (associate or bachelor’s preferred).
• Experience in manufacturing with 3+ years supervising production teams in high-volume operations.
• Clear communicator; strong written/oral skills and excellent organization.
• Detail-oriented, results-focused problem solver; able to balance strategic, business, and competing priorities.
• Proven change leadership.
• Microsoft Excel and Word proficiency.
• Professional judgment, tact, and diplomacy with internal and external customers; self-motivated and flexible.
• Background in selecting and developing team members; support for process development and equipment maintenance.
• Plus: familiarity with 5S, Lean, and Six Sigma.
• Proficiencies: supervisory experience, GMP, machine setups for production runs, and time in a manufacturing environment.
• Tools and tech: Manufacturing Execution Systems (MES).

Leadership Scope

Direct reports: Yes.

Legal Notices

Full-time, Exempt Position.

The requirements listed below are representative of the knowledge, skill, and/or ability required. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.