Production Supervisor, Exhibits, Mid-Atlantic
Production Supervisor, Exhibits, Mid-Atlantic
| Salary: | $70K-$90K |
| Location: | Mid-Atlantic |
| Type: | Full-Time On-Site |
| Position: | Production Supervisor |
Emerge XP is supporting an established organization in the exhibit, event, retail, and commercial interiors space in hiring a Production Supervisor. This is an on-site production role for someone who knows how work moves through a shop: what needs to be staged, what needs to be packed, what needs to be tracked, what can slow a job down, and what has to be handled before it becomes a problem.
This role is built around presence, follow through, and sound production judgment. The work calls for someone who can stay close to the floor, understand the schedule, communicate clearly across teams, and help keep people, materials, inventory, quality, and deadlines moving in sync.
A successful candidate could come from a lead role, production coordination, shop floor planning, hands on supervision, fabrication, warehouse operations, exhibit production, or another environment where timing, organization, and accountability matter every day.
Why This Role
This is a smart next move for someone ready to take on more ownership without being pulled away from the work itself. You’ll have a visible role in how projects move from kickoff to completion, with exposure to scheduling, labor planning, job costing, inventory, rental components, staging, returns, and cross functional coordination.
It is a role for someone who likes solving the practical issues that happen between the plan and the finished job. The value here is in bringing order to moving parts, helping the team work cleaner, and making sure production has what it needs before deadlines start closing in.
Responsibilities
- Support and oversee daily production activity across project execution, staging, preview, packing, inventory, equipment, and facility flow
- Help maintain strong standards for quality, organization, efficiency, and safety
- Coordinate production schedules around project needs, deadlines, available labor, materials, and department priorities
- Work with production leadership to plan labor and material needs for active and upcoming projects
- Serve as a communication point between planning teams and the production floor to help make sure ensure seamless execution
- Participate in internal project kickoff meetings and help turn project scope into clear production action
- Monitor project progress and help identify issues that could impact timing, quality, cost, or completion
- Assist with overtime planning, while staying mindful of project budgets and labor impact
- Review job costing, production information, and internal reporting to better understand department performance
- Support margin goals through thoughtful use of labor, materials, time, and resources
- Help maintain accurate inventory counts for rental components, including order fulfillment, returns, restocking, and organization
- Identify opportunities to reduce waste, improve workflow, and make daily processes easier to follow
- Keep the production area clean, organized, safe, and ready to support current and upcoming project work
- Support department staff through clear communication, direction, training, and follow through
- Participate in team meetings as needed to review priorities, share updates, and address production needs
- Follow company policies and help support a professional, respectful, and accountable work environment
- Step in where needed to address production gaps, problem solve, and help the team keep work moving
Requirements
- Supervisory, lead, coordination, or hands on production experience preferred
- Trade show, exhibit, event, branded environments, retail, interiors, fabrication, manufacturing, warehouse, or production environment experience preferred
- Strong understanding of production workflow, scheduling, materials, inventory, staging, packing, and quality control
- Comfortable working on-site in a hands on production environment
- Ability to communicate clearly with production teams, project management, operations, and leadership
- Comfortable reviewing schedules, production reports, job information, and project tracking details
- Working knowledge of Microsoft Excel and Word
- Familiarity with project tracking, production, inventory, or operational software
- Problem solving skills with the ability to make sound decisions in real time
- Strong attention to safety, organization, and follow-through
- Ability to balance timing, quality, labor, materials, and client expectations
- Organized, accountable, & comfortable taking ownership of department needs
- Willingness to work beyond a standard 40-hour week when project timelines require it
