Production Supervisor (Site Leader) | Port Arthur, TX
Role Summary
The Production Supervisor will serve as the operational leader for Flowserve's Port Arthur Quick Response Center (QRC). This individual will lead daily operations supporting valve repair, valve assembly, field service activities, and customer turnaround projects while driving safety, quality, delivery, productivity, and employee engagement.
This position requires a hands-on leader capable of building team culture, developing employee accountability, and delivering exceptional customer responsiveness in a fast-paced industrial service environment. The successful candidate will balance operational excellence with strong people leadership to ensure customer commitments are met while continuously improving performance.
Key Responsibilities
- Lead all day-to-day operations of the Port Arthur QRC.
- Supervise machinists, welders, assemblers, and field service personnel.
- Drive a culture of safety, accountability, teamwork, and continuous improvement.
- Rebuild team engagement and establish a high-performance work environment.
- Manage production schedules, repair schedules, and turnaround project execution.
- Ensure customer commitments and on-time delivery objectives are achieved.
- Monitor and improve key performance indicators including safety, delivery, efficiency, utilization, cost, scrap, and rework.
- Support emergency customer requirements, shutdowns, outages, and critical turnaround work.
- Partner with sales, engineering, quality, planning, and customer-facing teams.
- Lead Lean Manufacturing initiatives and operational improvement efforts.
- Manage labor utilization and overtime while maintaining profitability objectives.
- Drive daily problem-solving and root cause analysis activities.
Required Qualifications
- 5+ years of manufacturing, repair, service, or industrial operations leadership experience.
- Experience supervising hourly skilled trades employees.
- Demonstrated leadership within machining, valve repair, industrial maintenance, rotating equipment, pumps, valves, or related industries.
- Strong knowledge of Lean Manufacturing principles.
- Experience managing operational KPIs.
- Strong communication, coaching, and team-building skills.
- Advanced Microsoft Excel skills.
- Strong problem-solving and decision-making abilities.
Highly Preferred
- Valve manufacturing or valve repair experience.
- Industrial service center or QRC experience.
- Experience supporting refinery, petrochemical, power generation, or industrial customers.
- Mechanical or Industrial Engineering degree.
- Knowledge of AWS or ASME standards.
- ISO 9001 experience.
- Field Service leadership experience.
Skills Required
- 5+ years of manufacturing, repair, service, or industrial operations leadership experience
- Experience supervising hourly skilled trades employees
- Leadership experience in machining, valve repair, industrial maintenance, rotating equipment, pumps, valves, or related industries
- Strong knowledge of Lean Manufacturing principles
- Experience managing operational KPIs
- Strong communication, coaching, and team-building skills
- Advanced Microsoft Excel skills
- Strong problem-solving and decision-making abilities
- Valve manufacturing or valve repair experience
- Industrial service center or Quick Response Center experience
- Experience supporting refinery, petrochemical, power generation, or industrial customers
- Mechanical or Industrial Engineering degree
- Knowledge of AWS or ASME standards
- ISO 9001 experience
- Field Service leadership experience
Flowserve Corporation Compensation & Benefits Highlights
The following summarizes recurring compensation and benefits themes identified from responses generated by popular LLMs to common candidate questions about Flowserve Corporation and has not been reviewed or approved by Flowserve Corporation.
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Retirement Support — Retirement programs are described as strengthened with an enhanced 401(k) match, added employer contributions, and a shorter vesting schedule following recent plan changes. Feedback suggests this compares well with large‑company norms and is a notable part of total rewards.
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Healthcare Strength — Core medical, dental, and vision coverage with HSA/FSA options is described as solid, complemented by life/disability insurance and an EAP. Feedback suggests overall health benefits are comprehensive for a large industrial employer.
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Equity Value & Accessibility — An employee stock purchase plan with a company match makes equity participation accessible and financially attractive. Feedback suggests this feature stands out versus typical offerings and adds meaningful value.
Flowserve Corporation Insights
What We Do
Flowserve is one of the world's largest manufacturers of pumps, valves and seals with over 19,000 employees in over 60 countries. Built on more than 50 world-renowned heritage brands, the equity and customer loyalty we have earned over the past 220 years is the foundation of our leadership position across the globe.
