Production Supervisor Job - Armstrong Ceilings

Primary location: Pensacola, Florida 
Relocation offered: Yes 
Employment status: Full-Time 
Travel: <10% 
Non-compete: No 

The estimated base salary range for this role is “$70,000 to $87,000” per year.  
Individual pay is based upon location, skills and expertise, experience and other relevant factors

What does it mean to work at Armstrong?

It means being immersed in a supportive culture that recognizes you as a key player in Armstrong's future. We are a large company with a local feel, where you will get to know and collaborate with leadership and your colleagues across the company.

 By joining us, you'll have the opportunity to make the most of your potential. Alongside a competitive remuneration package, you will receive:

A benefits package includin medical, dental, prescription drug, life insurance, 401k match, long-term disability coverage, vacation and sick time, and many more. 
Personal development to grow your career with us based on your strengths and interests.
A working culture that balances individual achievement with teamwork and collaboration. We draw on each other's strengths and allow for different work styles to build engagement and satisfaction to deliver results. 
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Job Summary         

This position reports to the Manufacturing Team Manager and is responsible for effectively motivating and managing a team of people producing board for ceiling tile. The work involves coaching and developing your team, providing leadership, interdepartmental coordination, and continuous improvement of all aspects of the manufacturing process includin cost targets, schedule adherence, quality processes, manufacturing process capability, manpower, maintenance integration, product development initiatives. 

What’s in it for You!

• Ability to network across the company and learn from different departments.
• Dedicated training and development to help you grow in your role.
• Collaboration and an open friendly team environment.

What you’ll do

• Leading, managing, and training a production crew of ~15 employees
• Promoting and ensuring a safe working environment, including training the crew and adhering to all company and governmental policies and regulations
• Ensuring production goals are met or exceeded including quality, waste, and rate
• Meeting objectives for plant reliability measures (% uptime, % line rate, and % scrap)
• Ensuring effective manpower utilization
• Effective use of problem solving tools and methodologies to improve operational results
• Coordinate activities around major shutdowns and holiday periods
• Coordinate daily maintenance activities in the operation to minimize process disruption
• Integrate maintenance work and production work around downdays including prioritizing the work and scheduling production activities
• Integrate operations with production planning; raw material flow, inventory, packaging, quality of material, GIP management
• Identify and plan for manpower requirements, overtime, maintenance required to complete standard and critical work
• Coordinate new product development (NPD) activities in the operation
• Working with maintenance and engineering to optimize the equipment performance and reliability

What will make you successful

• High school diploma or equivalent.
• Recent work experience in a fast-paced manufacturing environment.
• Bachelor’s degree in business, technical, or related field or supervisory experience in a manufacturing environment.
• Basic computer proficiency with Outlook, Excel, Word, PowerPoint and SAP
• Highly effective communication skills (both written and verbal)
• Demonstrated ability to organize, prioritize, and successfully execute tasks in accordance with business objectives
• Proven ability to implement change in manufacturing or maintenance systems
• Basic knowledge of key OSHA regulations (i.e. Confined Spaces, Electrical Safety, Energy Isolation, and Machine Safeguarding)
• Proven incident investigation skills and familiarity with structured tools (such as RCFA, 5-Why, 8SPS)
• Ability and willingness to work rotating shift schedule
• Practical working knowledge of process improvement methods

What will make you stand out

• Bachelor’s degree in business, technical, or related field.
• 3+ years of experience in production supervision in a manufacturing environment
• Experience working with a unionized workforce

Physical Demands

The physical demands described here are representative of those that must be met by an employee to successfully perform the essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.

• This position requires a lot of walking over 8-12 hour days

Work Environment The work environment characteristics described here are representative of those an employee encounters while performing the essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.

• Factory floor is not climate controlled: Hot in the summer months; cold in the winter months. 
• Moving equipment, conveyors, presses
• Fork trucks moving around the factory floor

Platforms, stairs and ladders on and around equipment

Why should you join Armstrong World Industries?

Armstrong World Industries (AWI) is a leader in the design and manufacture of innovative commercial and residential ceiling, wall and suspension system solutions in the Americas. With approximately $1B in revenue, AWI has about 2,800 employees and a manufacturing network of fifteen facilities in North America.

At home, at work, in healthcare facilities, classrooms, stores, or restaurants, we offer interior solutions that help to enhance comfort, save time, improve building efficiency and overall performance, and create beautiful spaces.

For more than 150 years, we have built our business on trust and integrity. It set us apart then, and it sets us apart now, along with our ability to collaborate with and innovate for the people we're here to serve - our customers, our shareholders, our communities and our employees.

We are committed to developing new and sustainable ceiling solutions, with design and performance possibilities that make a positive difference in spaces where we live, work, learn, heal and play. It's an exciting, rewarding business to be in, and we're committed to continue to grow and prosper for the benefit of all of our stakeholders. We hope you join us.

Our Sustainability Ambition

"Bringing our Purpose to Life" - lead a transformation in the design and building of spaces fit for today and tomorrow.
We are committed to:

• Engaging a diverse, purpose-driven workforce;
• Transforming buildings from structures that shelter into structures that serve and preserve the health and well-being of people and planet;
• Pursuing sustainable, innovative solutions for spaces where we live, work, learn heal and play;
• Being a catalyst for change with all of our stakeholders; and
• Making a positive difference in the environments and communities we impact.

About the location (Pensacola FL)

Our Pensacola Plant, one of twelve Armstrong plants in North America, employs 200+ people working on rotating shifts, 24/7, in the manufacture and shipment of acoustical ceiling tile to Armstrong's customers worldwide. The Pensacola Plant was originally built in 1929 to produce insulating building material.  

Pensacola is the westernmost city in the Florida Panhandle. Pensacola is a seaport on Pensacola Bay, which is protected by 52 miles of sugar white barrier islands on the emerald waters of the Gulf of Mexico. A large United States Naval Air Station, the first in the United States, is located southwest of the city and is the home of the Blue Angels flight demonstration team and the National Naval Aviation Museum.

Pensacola is nicknamed "The City of Five Flags", due to the five governments that have ruled it during its history. Other nicknames include "World's Whitest Beaches" (due to the white sand of Florida panhandle beaches), "Cradle of Naval Aviation", "Western Gate to the Sunshine State", "America's First Settlement", "Emerald Coast" and "Red Snapper Capital of the World".

Armstrong World Industries was named #5 in the 2019 top 20 Most Generous Workplaces by the United Way of West Florida.

Armstrong is committed to engaging a diverse, purpose-driven workforce.  As part of our dedication to diversity, AWI is committed to Equal Employment Opportunity and all qualified applicants receive consideration for employment without regard for race, sex, color, national origin, ethnicity, gender, protected veteran status, disability, sexual orientation, gender identity, or religion. We are also committed to providing reasonable accommodations for qualified individuals with disabilities and disabled veterans in our job application procedures. If you need assistance or an accommodation due to a disability, you may contact us at by email at  and let us know the nature of your request and your contact information. Requests for accommodation will be evaluated on a case-by-case basis. Please note that only inquiries concerning a request for reasonable accommodation will be responded to from this email address.

Come and build your future with us and apply today!