About the Voith Group

The Voith Group is a global technology company. With its broad portfolio of systems, products, services and digital applications, Voith sets standards in the markets of energy, paper, raw materials and transport & automotive. Founded in 1867, the company today has around 22,000 employees, sales of € 5,2 billion and locations in over 60 countries worldwide and is thus one of the larger family-owned companies in Europe.

Voith Paper is hiring for:

Supervisor of Production II 
Appleton, WI
 

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Reasons you’ll love working here: 

• Flexibility with Work/Life Balance 
• Competitive Compensation and Benefits Package 
• 401K with generous company match 
• Climate-Neutral Footprint Worldwide 
• Tuition reimbursement 

Summary

The Supervisor of Production II provides frontline leadership and coordination for the Mechanical Services Shop. This role ensures the safe, efficient, and timely flow of work through the shop while fostering a positive, collaborative culture aligned with Voith values.

Responsibilities

- Demonstrate and promote Voith Values, modeling teamwork, positivity, inclusion, and collaboration.

- Lead a strong shop culture focused on Safety, Quality, Efficiency, and continual improvement.

- Maintain a clean, safe, and orderly shop environment.

- Supervise and actively support hourly employees to ensure safe work practices, quality output, and operational efficiency.

- Inspect/sign-off completed work in each phase of process to ensure the highest quality standards are achieved.

- Maintain adequate inventories of shop supplies to support uninterrupted workflow.

- Coordinate closely with leadership and Engineering to schedule work and meet customer expectations.

- Monitor, manage, and improve job quality.

- Track and manage labor hours to drive efficiency.

- Train new employees and provide ongoing skill development.

- Support maintenance planning for shop equipment and facilities.

- Participate in hiring and employee selection.

- Administer consistent, fair discipline per company policy.

- Provide weekend shop management per rotating schedule.

- Travel occasionally to customer and supplier locations.

- Perform additional responsibilities as assigned.

Required Skills & Qualifications

- Proficiency with Microsoft Office products.

- Experience with ERP systems such as JDE or SAP preferred.

- Minimum of 2 years in a supervisory or lead role.

- Minimum of 2 years of machine shop or comparable industrial experience preferred.

- Knowledge of machine tools, metal cutting, and papermill roll service preferred.

- Excellent communication and interpersonal skills.

- Strong negotiation, conflict‑resolution, and problem‑solving abilities.

Physical Requirements

- Ability to talk and hear in both office (low noise) and shop (high noise) environments.

- Frequent standing/walking for 4–10 hours.

- Occasional reaching, lifting, stooping, and crouching.

- Note: This job description outlines general responsibilities and may evolve.

Don’t meet every single requirement but think you would be a good fit for our team? We encourage you to apply – your unique skills may be just what we need for this or other roles!

Voith US Inc. is an EEO/AA/VEVRAA compliant Federal Contractor and all qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, national origin, protected veteran status, or any other classification protected by federal, state, or local law. We welcome everyone to apply, especially those individuals who are underrepresented in the industry including people of color, LGBTQI+ community, women, individuals with disabilities (both seen and unseen), Veterans, people of any age or family status. We embrace the competitive advantage that diversity brings and we strive to create a working environment that is inclusive of thought and talent.