About the Role
The Shift Supervisor at Amphenol Industrial is responsible for overseeing day-to-day production activities during their assigned shift, ensuring safe, efficient, and high-quality operations. This role coordinates with the Production Supervisor to provide direct, hands-on leadership to hourly production employees, support production goals, and help maintain a smooth workflow on the production floor.
Responsibilities
- Supervise and support a team of hourly production employees during assigned shifts to ensure safe and efficient operations.
- Train, coach, and support team members to enhance performance, skills, attendance, and engagement.
- Maintain accurate shift records, including production data, attendance, and incident reports.
- Review and approve employee timesheets, attendance records, and time-off requests in accordance with company policies.
- Communicate and coordinate with management, maintenance, and supply chain teams to address production needs and resolve issues.
- Enforce safety policies and conduct routine safety checks to maintain a safe work environment.
- Ensure adherence to quality standards and promptly address defects or production issues.
- Monitor daily production activities to meet output, quality, and schedule requirements.
- Assist with shift start-ups, changeovers, and shutdown procedures to minimize downtime.
- Respond quickly to production issues, escalating more complex problems to management when needed.
- Track and report production metrics such as output, scrap, downtime, and labor efficiency.
- Identify and communicate opportunities for process improvements and support continuous improvement efforts.
Requirements
- High school diploma or equivalent required (associate or technical degree preferred).
- 2–5 years of experience in a manufacturing or production environment.
- Previous experience in a lead or supervisory role preferred.
- Strong communication and interpersonal skills.
- Ability to lead and motivate a team in a fast-paced environment.
- Working knowledge of manufacturing processes and shop floor operations.
- Understanding of safety practices and OSHA guidelines.
- Basic knowledge of quality standards and inspection processes.
- Familiarity with lean principles and continuous improvement (hands-on application preferred).
- Ability to troubleshoot issues and make quick, sound decisions during a shift.
- Proficiency in basic computer systems (timekeeping, production reporting, Microsoft Office).
- Ability to stand, walk, and be active on the production floor for extended periods.
- Must be able to sit and/or stand for long periods of time.
- Ability to work in labs, at customer sites, and with hands-on equipment.
- Occasional lifting of samples/equipment (up to 50 lbs).
Skills
- Communication skills
- Interpersonal skills
- Leadership skills
- Team motivation
- Manufacturing processes
- Shop floor operations
- Safety practices
- OSHA guidelines
- Quality standards
- Inspection processes
- Lean principles
- Continuous improvement
- Troubleshooting
- Decision making
- Basic computer systems
- Timekeeping systems
- Production reporting
- Microsoft Office
Location
- Endicott, NY
Work Type
- Full-time
- In person
Experience Level
- 2-5 years
- Lead or supervisory experience preferred
Education Level
- High school diploma or equivalent
- Associate or technical degree preferred
Salary/Compensations
- $27-$28/ hr plus shift premium
About the Company
- At Amphenol, our greatest asset is our hard-working, dedicated and entrepreneurial employees across the globe.
- Since our founding in 1932, our employees’ commitment to success has allowed Amphenol to grow to be one of the largest manufacturers of interconnect products in the world.
- We honor this commitment by making the right choices for our business to deliver the best and safest working conditions for our employees.
- Amphenol Industrial Operations, headquartered in Endicott, New York, with global manufacturing, design, sales, and marketing locations, specializes in delivering a comprehensive range of high-reliability power and signal connectors along with interconnection systems designed specifically for harsh environments and high performance.
- Our solutions cater to diverse, high-growth industrial sectors such as alternative energy, energy storage, hyperscale datacom, telecom, rail and mass transit, electric and hybrid vehicles, transportation, factory automation, robotics, and heavy equipment.
- Our product portfolio addresses modern power and signal requirements and emerging system technology needs encompassing high-amperage power interconnects utilizing proprietary RADSOK® contact technology, ruggedized circular, rectangular interconnects and board level contacts (GT, AC, PT, Amphe-Lite, Radsert, PowerBlok, SurLok Plus, ePower, UPC, H4 Plus, and more), advanced power distribution including value-add box builds, custom-engineered cable assemblies and overmolded harnesses.
- With a dedicated team of over 2500 skilled staff operating across a growing international footprint—including eight key manufacturing sites in North America, Asia-Pacific, Europe, and the Middle East providing localization for our customer base.
- Amphenol Industrial Operations consistently meets the highest global standards of quality, product performance, design capabilities, and regionalized technical and sales support.
- Amphenol Industrial Operations proudly operates as a business unit of Amphenol Corporation (NYSE: APH), a global leader in the electronics revolution, headquartered in Wallingford, Connecticut.
Equal Opportunity
- At Amphenol, we aim to create an inclusive working environment where all employees are respected and treated equally regardless of their gender, race, sexual orientation, disability, religion or age.
- Our business spans the globe and our facilities reflect the diversity of our geographic footprint.
- We hire local talent to run our facilities because we believe they have the deepest understanding of their respective countries, cultures and employees.
- This diversity of our workforce and local knowhow is a key pillar of our continued success.
- Even though our sales and manufacturing capabilities are global, we do not impose a standardized global approach upon our businesses.
- Rather, Amphenol embraces a common global culture that encourages multiculturalism, agility, local empowerment and execution.
- We embrace diverse perspectives as we believe they lead to better long-term outcomes for our employees and business.
- At Amphenol, we work to create an inclusive working environment where all employees are respected and treated equally regardless of their gender, race, sexual orientation, disability, religion or age.
- This message is emphasized from the top of our organization down to each of our employees.
- Of our total employees worldwide, we are proud that more than half are women.
- Given the importance of diversity as part of our business strategy, improving the gender diversity of our management is a key objective for Amphenol.
