Frankie Benjaminsen

In the manufacturing plant it’s usually pretty clear who your rock star operators are. You hear them asking the right questions, helping their peers and see their passion to learn how things are made. These employees often fly through the ranks and jump at any opportunity that’s given to them. Then comes the next question that not all companies are prepared for, “What’s next?”

MassMEP’s Frontline Supervisor Apprenticeship is the answer to that question. By introducing their students to lean principles, the value of continuous improvement and how to manage change effectively MassMEP creates a culture of problem solving with your teams. We see this at Markforged by our shift leads communicating losses in uptime and then leading the discussion with engineering to implement countermeasures. Each apprenticeship cohort teams up with leaders of the HR and Safety fields to make sure that candidates develop into people-managing roles that have the tools to uphold their companies policies.