Production Supervisor

5 months, could go longerSwing Shift Approx 2pm-10:30pmMenlo Park, CAWe are looking for a Production Supervisor for a very important client.Supervise engineers/technicians, to support Quality Systems. Identify, plan and conduct medium-size assigned projects requiring a combination of conventional and custom risk-managed execution plans and investigations; manages multiple often concurrent projects.• Independently, or lead a project team to, identify, plan and conduct medium-size assigned projects requiring a combination of conventional and custom risk-managed execution plans and investigations. manages multiple often concurrent projects.• Assist in the development of direct reports by securing appropriate training, assigning progressively challenging tasks, applying progressive disciplinary action as appropriate and conducting formal written and verbal performance reviews.• Lead complex technical projects with multiple inter-coordinating elements where problem resolution may involve the applicationof new methods and/or approaches and may require consideration of impact with other system components and/or users.• Lead and/or participate on cross-functional teams to support organizational goals.• Responsible for completing documentation in a timely manner and in accordance with business standards.• Serve as a subject matter expert (SME) or independent technical expert (ITE) on a subset or select subsets of a project'stechnical matters. may interface with external firms or agencies.• Responsible for implementing the effectiveness and maintaining compliance of the Quality System. (e.g. compliance with internalprocedures and FDA, BSI, EEO regulations etc.).• Monitors daily work operations and provides direction and guidance to, exempt employees, or nonexempt staff to achieve unit orproject goals.• Interacts with internal and external customers, by meeting regularly, responding to requests and explaining procedures.• Interprets and executes policies that affect work processes and personnel within the assigned organizational unit.• Contributes to the development of operational policies and procedures that affect personnel within the assigned organizational unit.• Assists with evaluating project costs.• Identifies, develops and implements processes to improve department performance.• Directs Quality personnel to support quality system initiatives based on coordination with management, project leaders, & design engineers.• Implements improvements to Quality Systems and tools by directing personnel to gather data on existing quality tools, identify weaknesses, and research/select new tools based on findings.• Ensures sustaining support of Quality System and regulatory compliance by individually working quality system issues and by delegating project work for maintaining quality system capability. The ideal candidate will possess the following:Bachelors Degree RequiredMinimum 5 years quality experience to develop the competence to meet the skills and responsibilities of the position.Some demonstrated initiative and problem-solving skills; critical-thinking skills.Some demonstrated competency with financial systems and in fiscal controls.Substantial strong technical knowledge and application of concepts, practices and procedures; - abilityor aptitude to work on problems that are complex in scope where analysis of situations ordata involves multiple competing factors