Supervisor – Paint & Finish

The Paint & Finish Supervisor is responsible for the overall performance of the Paint & Finish area across all shifts. This role owns day-to-day operations, ensuring safe, efficient, and high-quality execution of all finishing processes while leading and developing the team.

The position carries full disciplinary responsibility for all employees within Paint & Finish and is accountable for maintaining standards, enforcing policies, and driving consistent performance.

Core Responsibilities

Leadership & Accountability

• Lead all personnel within Paint & Finish across all shifts.
• Maintain full disciplinary responsibility, including coaching, documentation, and corrective actions.
• Set clear expectations and hold team members and Team Leads accountable for performance and behavior.
• Ensure proper shift-to-shift communication and alignment.

Safety

• Enforce all safety standards, PPE requirements, and environmental regulations.
• Drive a proactive safety culture through presence, audits, and immediate correction of unsafe behaviors.
• Ensure safe handling of chemicals, coatings, and equipment.

Operations Execution

• Own daily operations of Paint & Finish, including offload, finishing processes, and packaging.
• Ensure production targets are met in terms of output, efficiency, and schedule adherence.
• Coordinate staffing and resources across shifts to maintain flow and avoid bottlenecks.
• Escalate and remove constraints impacting production.

Quality

• Ensure all products meet internal and customer quality standards.
• Drive containment and corrective actions for any quality deviations.
• Partner with Quality to maintain process control and compliance.

People & Productivity

• Ensure proper staffing, training, and skill coverage across all shifts.
• Drive productivity by eliminating idle time and ensuring effective use of labor.
• Support development of Team Leads and operators through coaching and training validation.
• Promote accountability and ownership at all levels.

Continuous Improvement

• Identify and eliminate waste in processes, layout, and workflows.
• Support and lead improvement initiatives related to efficiency, labor absorption, and throughput.
• Ensure TPM, 5S, and standard work are sustained.

Communication & Coordination

• Act as the primary point of contact for Paint & Finish operations.
• Coordinate with upstream and downstream areas to ensure smooth material flow.
• Communicate performance, issues, and priorities clearly to leadership and the team.

Key Expectations

• High level of ownership for area performance across all shifts.
• Strong leadership presence on the floor.
• Consistent enforcement of standards and policies.
• Ability to balance people leadership with operational execution.