Production Supervisor

A Production Supervisor in the automotive industry oversees daily shop-floor manufacturing, managing assembly lines, coordinating workers, and ensuring vehicles or components are built safely, on time, and to quality standards.

Core Responsibilities

Shop-Floor Management

Supervise daily operations across assembly, machining, welding, or painting lines.

Manpower & Shift Planning: Allocate operators, manage shift schedules (including rotating or night shifts), and conduct shift-start huddles to communicate targets.

Quality Control: Monitor production output, inspect parts against specifications, and support root-cause analysis (such as 8D or 7QC tools) for defects.

Safety & Compliance

Enforce standard operating procedures (SOPs), workplace safety protocols, and 5S housekeeping standards.

Efficiency & Continuous Improvement: Track Overall Equipment Effectiveness (OEE), minimize downtime, and drive Lean, Kaizen, or Six Sigma improvements.

Cross-Functional Coordination

Partner with Quality Assurance, Maintenance, Materials/PPC, and Logistics teams to clear bottlenecks.

Key Qualifications & Requirements

Education: Diploma or Bachelor’s degree in Mechanical, Production, Mechatronics, or Automobile Engineering (preferred by most OEMs and Tier-1 suppliers).

Experience

Typically 2 to 5+ years of shop-floor supervisory experience in automotive manufacturing or component assembly.

Technical Knowledge: Understanding of automotive processes (stamping, welding, injection moldings, or line assembly) and quality frameworks like IATF 16949.

Core Skills

People leadership, problem-solving, basic data/computer literacy (MS Office, or ERP/SAP systems), and time management.

Typical Compensation & Work Conditions

Work Environment

In-person factory/plant setting, frequently operating in rotational or day/night shifts.

Salary Range (India): Generally ranges from ₹20,000 to ₹35,000+ per month for standard supervisory roles, scaling higher for senior or specialized tier-1 positions.

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Is this for an OEM (vehicle assembly) or a Tier-1/Tier-2 component supplier?

What specific shop-floor process (e.g., welding, injection molding, general assembly) does the role focus on?

Pay

₹18,000.00 - ₹63,000.00 per month

Benefits

Food provided

Work Location

In person