What You'll Do
Lead & Develop Your Team
- Lead and support manufacturing employees by setting clear expectations, assigning work, monitoring performance, and addressing issues.
- Train, coach, counsel, discipline, and evaluate employees while identifying and developing high-potential talent.
- Ensure employees are properly trained and certified for their assigned responsibilities.
- Maintain accurate employee time and attendance records.
- Promote teamwork, accountability, and effective communication across the shift.
Drive Safety, Quality & Compliance
- Lead by example and ensure compliance with company safety policies, PPE requirements, security procedures, and workplace standards.
- Complete required STOP observations and proactively address safety concerns.
- Maintain GMP and 5S standards to create safe, clean, organized, and efficient work cells.
- Communicate and enforce company policies, procedures, and quality requirements.
- Ensure proper execution of Certified Operator training, MRB, quarantine, and related quality processes.
Own Shift Production Performance
- Take ownership of shift production, quality, and operational targets.
- Monitor and report key manufacturing metrics, including yield, efficiency, utilization, OEE, inventory, cycle counts, and IQ reconciliation.
- Identify performance gaps and take action to keep production on track.
- Manage company resources effectively while supporting departmental and organizational goals.
- Ensure accurate production and inventory information is maintained in IQMS, including production entries, scrap, dispositions, cycles, cavitation, and error corrections.
Solve Problems & Improve Processes
- Troubleshoot production and quality issues and implement effective solutions.
- Use root-cause analysis and data-driven problem solving to prevent recurring issues.
- Analyze manufacturing data to identify opportunities for improved safety, quality, efficiency, and productivity.
- Support Lean Manufacturing and continuous improvement initiatives.
- Understand BOMs and their impact on production yield and overall performance.
Keep Operations Running Smoothly
- Ensure effective shift-to-shift communication and handoffs.
- Conduct manufacturing-area walkthroughs and review housekeeping, work-cell performance, and operational priorities.
- Maintain accurate inventory through FIFO, location accuracy, scanning, and periodic inventory requirements.
- Partner with team members and other departments to resolve issues and maintain a smooth production flow.
What You Bring
- Manufacturing leadership or supervisory experience preferred.
- Strong communication, coaching, conflict-resolution, and team leadership skills.
- Strong troubleshooting and problem-solving abilities.
- Working knowledge of Lean Manufacturing, 5S, GMP, quality systems, and manufacturing performance metrics.
- Ability to analyze production data and turn findings into meaningful improvements.
- Experience with IQMS or a similar manufacturing ERP system preferred.
- Strong understanding of inventory management, BOMs, production yield, and cycle counts.
- Ability to prioritize effectively and make sound decisions in a fast-paced manufacturing environment.
- A commitment to achieving safety, quality, productivity, and production goals.
Benefits
- Medical, dental, vision insurance (after 30 days)
- 401(k) with company match
- Paid time off (PTO), sick time, and birthday holiday
- Holiday pay
- Climate-controlled manufacturing facility
- Employer-paid life insurance
- Career growth in the manufacturing industry
Why This Role Matters
As a Manufacturing Shift Supervisor, you'll have a direct impact on the people and processes that keep our operation running. You'll have the opportunity to develop employees, improve manufacturing performance, solve meaningful operational challenges, and help build a culture of safety, quality, accountability, and continuous improvement.
Ready to lead a team and make every shift better than the last? Apply today.