Location: Liberty, North Carolina and surrounding customer locations
Employment Type: Full-Time
Pay Rate: $20.27 per hour
Travel: Regular local and regional travel to assigned operations
Position Summary
The Traveling Project Supervisor provides hands-on leadership and operational support for assigned projects at the Liberty, North Carolina customers plant and other nearby customer locations. This position coordinates daily project activities, directs assigned team members, monitors quality and productivity, and helps ensure customer requirements are completed accurately, safely, and on schedule.
The Traveling Project Supervisor must be comfortable working at multiple locations, responding to changing operational needs, and communicating professionally with employees, customers, and internal leadership.
Essential Duties and Responsibilities
- Lead daily project activities at the primary plant and other assigned customer locations.
- Coordinate staffing, work assignments, schedules, and project priorities based on operational needs.
- Provide clear work instructions and verify that team members understand project and customer requirements.
- Monitor employee attendance, productivity, work quality, and compliance with established procedures.
- Support employee onboarding, training, coaching, and day-to-day performance expectations.
- Verify that inspection, sorting, containment, rework, or other assigned quality activities are completed according to project instructions.
- Review project documentation for accuracy and ensure required records are completed on time.
- Communicate project status, staffing needs, quality concerns, and operational risks to the appropriate internal contacts.
- Maintain professional communication with customer representatives at assigned locations.
- Respond to project changes, staffing issues, and customer concerns in a timely manner.
- Promote compliance with company policies, customer procedures, safety requirements, and required personal protective equipment practices.
- Report safety incidents, quality concerns, workplace issues, and operational disruptions through the appropriate channels.
- Support project launches, temporary assignments, and changing customer requirements as directed.
- Travel between assigned facilities in and around the Liberty, North Carolina service area.
- Help maintain an organized, respectful, and accountable work environment.
- Perform other duties consistent with the general nature and level of the position.
Supervisory Responsibilities
- Provide daily direction to employees assigned to designated projects.
- Communicate work expectations and project requirements.
- Monitor attendance, conduct, productivity, and quality performance.
- Coach team members and escalate significant employee or operational concerns through the appropriate management process.
- Help coordinate staffing coverage when project requirements change.
- Fill in where needed until you get support to meet the demands of the customer
Minimum Qualifications
- High school diploma or equivalent.
- Previous experience in a supervisory, team-lead, manufacturing, quality, warehouse, logistics, or operational environment.
- Ability to organize daily work and manage changing priorities.
- Ability to communicate clearly and professionally with employees, customers, and internal partners.
- Ability to follow written work instructions and maintain accurate project records.
- Ability to use email and basic computer applications for communication and documentation.
- Availability to travel between the primary plant and assigned customer locations.
- Availability to work a schedule based on project and customer needs.
Preferred Qualifications
- Previous experience supervising employees in a manufacturing or customer-site environment.
- Experience with quality inspection, sorting, containment, rework, or related quality services.
- Experience supporting multiple projects or work locations.
- Experience training or coaching employees.
- Familiarity with production, safety, quality, and attendance reporting.
Knowledge, Skills, and Abilities
- Leadership and team-coordination skills
- Customer-service and relationship-building skills
- Sound judgment and practical problem-solving
- Conflict-resolution and escalation skills
- Attention to quality, accuracy, and documentation
- Time-management and organizational skills
- Ability to adapt to changing schedules and operational priorities
- Ability to maintain professionalism in fast-paced customer environments
Work Location and Travel
This is a traveling, field-based position supporting the Liberty, North Carolina plant and other assigned operations located outside and near the plant. Local or regional travel is required based on customer and project needs.
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