Assembly Line Supervisor
Jabil
- Location
- San Jose, CA
- Employment
- Full Time
- Work model
- On-Site
- Level
- Mid
- H-1B history
- 20 approvals (FY2023)
- Posted
- Sep 21, 2026
About this role
At Jabil (NYSE: JBL), we are proud to be a trusted partner for the world's top brands, offering comprehensive engineering, supply chain, and manufacturing solutions. With 60 years of experience across industries and a vast network of over 100 sites worldwide, Jabil combines global reach with local expertise to deliver both scalable and customized solutions. Our commitment extends beyond business success as we strive to build sustainable processes that minimize environmental impact and foster vibrant and diverse communities around the globe.
JOB SUMMARY
Responsible for managing a specific production area over entire scheduled shifts in order to meet delivery, quality, and cost objectives. ESSENTIAL DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES LEADERSHIP AND MANAGEMENT RESPONSIBILITIES Recruitment and Retention: · Recruit, interview and hire manufacturing employees. · Communicate criteria to recruiters for candidates. · Coach department staff in the interviewing/hiring process. · Monitor team member turnover; identify key factors that can be improved; make improvements. Employee and Team Development: · Identify individual and team strengths and development needs on an ongoing basis. · Create and/or validate training curriculum in area of responsibility. · Coach and mentor tooling department staff to deliver excellence to every internal and external customer. · Create and manage succession plans for employees. Performance Management: · Establish clear measurable goals and objectives by which to determine individual and team results (i.e. operational metrics, results against project timelines, training documentation, attendance records, knowledge of operational roles and responsibilities, personal development goals). · Solicit ongoing feedback from Manufacturing Manager, peers and team members’ contribution to the workcell. · Provide ongoing coaching and counseling to team member based on feedback. · Express pride in staff and encourage them to feel good about their accomplishments. · Perform team member evaluations professionally and on time. · Drive individuals and the team to continuously improve in key operational metrics and the achievement of the organizational goals. · Coordinate activities of large teams and keep them focused in times of crises. · Ensure recognition and rewards are managed fairly and consistently in area of responsibility. Communication: · Provide communication forum for the exchange of ideas and information with the department. · Organize verbal and written ideas clearly and use an appropriate business style. · Ask questions; encourage input from team members. · Assess communication style of individual team members and adapt own communication style accordingly. TECHNICAL MANAGEMENT RESPONSIBILITIES · Actively participate in daily Corrective Action Committee (CAC) and On Time Delivery meetings per current Jabil structure. · Utilize the MES system to recognize and immediately correct repetitive quality and production problems. Retrieve and compile MES production data as needed. · Review other production, quality, and maintenance system reports to identify and correct production, quality, or operation problems. · Confer with operations management to establish production and quality control standards. · Establish production priorities to plan and direct production activities to meet OTD while mitigating costs. · Coordinate production activities with quality control, test, purchasing, and maintenance activities to obtain optimum efficiency, and sufficient utilization of human resources,