Manufacturing Supervisor - Machining

Waters Machining Operations is looking for a Manufacturing Supervisor to join our organization. In this roll, the individual will join our team here in our Milford MA Headquarters. Specifically, the role is responsible for direct management of a team in our fast paced, innovative manufacturing environment. Fields in our manufacturing space include CNC Machining, grinding, micro level processing, fabrication and assembly, EDM machining, complex tube fabrication and Laser welding and Chemical processing.

This is a fantastic opportunity for an energetic individual who has demonstrated success managing a team of skilled manufacturing employees. The candidate will have an opportunity to work directly with a collaborative peer group of Management and Engineering professionals who are dedicated to continually improving our processes and products, developing their teams, and creating a workplace that is both safe and engaging.

Maintains day to day responsibilities of work scheduling, quality, and collaborating with other team member to drive/lead plans and actions to assure daily production targets and KPI's are achieved.
• Accept accountability for the safety of team members and lead safety awareness activities and training to improve upon current safety focused culture.
• Oversight and support of all department personnel: approx. 20 employees on a first shift operation as well as set the direction for off shift activities to be carried by the team.
• Training and technical development of employees including performance evaluations, frequent feedback and setting goals and objectives.
• Identifies and directs implementation of improvement opportunities by securing relevant information, asking effective questions, and developing solutions.
• Resolves problems relating to materials, operations, quality or other factors that may result in production delays.
• Interacts with applicable engineering staff on piece part design, process development and improvement.
• Interacts with the various planning teams in developing efficient planning and production execution systems through a regular consensus review.

• Bachelors or Associates degree in a technical/operations related subject area preferred but will acknowledge experience in manufacturing/production environment in lieu of formal educational background.
• Minimum five years experience as a supervisor/manager in a fast paced machining/manufacturing environment
• Demonstrated ability to hold departmental team accountable for achieving targets and adhering to company policies, procedures and other identified subject areas.
• Previous Lean Manufacturing experience and demonstrated ability in transforming a production environment to improve Safety, Quality, Delivery and Productivity is highly desired
• Demonstrated ability to lead an organization toward their objectives, KPI's and deliveries
• Demonstrated ability to lead or work within multi-functional teams in a collaborative manner.
• Excellent computer skills and knowledge of Information Systems. SAP preferred.

Waters Corporation (NYSE: WAT), the world's leading specialty measurement company, has pioneered chromatography, mass spectrometry and thermal analysis innovations serving the life, materials, and food sciences for over 60 years. With approximately 8,000 employees worldwide, Waters operates directly in 35 countries, including 15 manufacturing facilities, with products available in more than 100 countries. Our team focuses on creating business advantages for laboratory-dependent organizations to enable significant advancement in healthcare delivery, environmental management, food safety, and water quality.

Working at Waters enables our employees to unlock the potential of their careers. Our global team is driven by purpose. We strive to be better, learn and improve every day in everything we do. We're the problem solvers and innovators that aren't afraid to take risks to transform the world of human health and well-being. We're all in it together delivering benefit as one to provide the insights needed today in order to solve the challenges of tomorrow.

Diversity and inclusion are fundamental to our core values at Waters Corporation. It is our responsibility to actively implement programs and practices to drive inclusive behavior and increase diversity across the organization. We are united by diversity and thrive on it for the benefit of our employees, our products, our customers and our community. Waters is proud to be an equal opportunity workplace and is an affirmative action employer. We are committed to equal employment opportunity regardless of race, color, religion, sex, national origin, sexual orientation, age, marital status, disability, gender identity or protected Veteran status.