Your Job

As a Manufacturing Supervisor at John Zink, you will lead and develop teams across the Coen Burners and Parts line, Weld, and Painting departments, fostering a culture of safety, quality, and operational excellence through Principle Based Management. You will oversee production processes, effectively allocate resources, and ensure on-time delivery while maintaining high-quality standards. By assessing skills and driving continuous improvement initiatives, you will empower your workforce to grow and optimize manufacturing operations. Strong communication and collaboration will be key to balancing priorities and achieving sustainable results.

What You Will Do

• Lead and develop manufacturing teams by applying Koch's framework and philosophy, fostering a culture of accountability, continuous learning, and principle-based decision making.
• Supervise production activities in a fast-paced, high-volume environment with a strong focus on safety, quality, productivity, and workplace organization.
• Utilize sound judgment, critical thinking, and economic analysis to make timely operational decisions that align with the company's risk philosophy and maximize value.
• Manage personnel allocation and shift resources efficiently, adjusting staffing levels as needed to meet production demands, including coordinating call-ins and shift maintenance.
• Maintain an in-depth understanding of manufacturing processes to support problem-solving, troubleshooting, and provide team members with the necessary operational guidance and information.
• Oversee skills qualification and knowledge assessments for operators, identifying skill gaps and supporting targeted development plans to build a capable, flexible workforce.
• Balance competing priorities in a flow-to-work environment, providing real-time coaching and actionable feedback to frontline staff and support personnel to sustain operational excellence.
• Employ strong communication, planning, and organizational skills to facilitate effective knowledge sharing, collaboration, and continuous improvement initiatives across teams.

Who You Are (Basic Qualifications)

• Supervisory experience in an industrial, manufacturing or military environment
• Experience managing production workflows, personnel allocation, and balancing competing priorities
• Experience using Microsoft Applications: Word (typing documents), Excel (pulling reports & entering data), PowerPoint (giving presentations) & Outlook (sending emails)

What Will Put You Ahead

• Knowledge or certifications in welding, painting, or burner assembly processes
• Experience with Lean Manufacturing, Six Sigma, or other continuous improvement methodologies

At Koch companies, we are entrepreneurs. This means we openly challenge the status quo, find new ways to create value and get rewarded for our individual contributions. Any compensation range provided for a role is an estimate determined by available market data. The actual amount may be higher or lower than the range provided considering each candidate's knowledge, skills, abilities, and geographic location. If you have questions, please speak to your recruiter about the flexibility and detail of our compensation philosophy.

Hiring Philosophy

All Koch companies value diversity of thought, perspectives, aptitudes, experiences, and backgrounds. We are Military Ready and Second Chance employers. Learn more about our hiring philosophy here .

Who We Are

As a Koch Engineered Solutions company, John Zink (JZ) is a global leader in emissions control and a pioneer in modern Smart Combustion solutions. Our research and development facilities make up the largest testing complex of its kind. Additionally, our worldwide service organization is the largest, most technically advanced team of its kind. We provide solutions to capture emissions, destroy pollutants, manage waste and heat vital processes to help industries operate more cleanly and efficiently.

At Koch, employees are empowered to do what they do best to make life better. Learn how our business philosophy helps employees unleash their potential while creating value for themselves and the company.

Our Benefits

Our goal is for each employee, and their families, to live fulfilling and healthy lives. We provide essential resources and support to build and maintain physical, financial, and emotional strength - focusing on overall wellbeing so you can focus on what matters most. Our benefits plan includes - medical, dental, vision, flexible spending and health savings accounts, life insurance, ADD, disability, retirement, paid vacation/time off, educational assistance, and may also include infertility assistance, paid parental leave and adoption assistance. Specific eligibility criteria is set by the applicable Summary Plan Description, policy or guideline and benefits may vary by geographic region. If you have questions on what benefits apply to you, please speak to your recruiter.

Additionally, everyone has individual work and personal needs. We seek to enable the best work environment that helps you and the business work together to produce superior results.

Equal Opportunities

Equal Opportunity Employer, including disability and protected veteran status. Except where prohibited by state law, some offers of employment are conditioned upon successfully passing a drug test. This employer uses E-Verify. Please click here for additional information.