2-Shift Plant Supervisor: Lead, Coach & Improve

ATACO Steel Corporation; Cedarburg, Northern (WI, KY); Hybrid; USD 70,000 - 95,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Health

Dental

Vision

HSA

Life & AD&D

Short- and Long-Term Disability

401(k) with company match

Vacation

Holidays

Education assistance

Gainsharing

Job summary

ATACO Steel Products Corp. in Cedarburg, WI, is seeking a hands-on Plant Supervisor to lead our production team in a union manufacturing environment.

This role emphasizes people leadership, coaching, and daily accountability on the plant floor, with a focus on safety, quality, and productivity across shifts.

The position is salaried, approx. 45 hours per week, with schedule aligned to production needs and leadership continuity on both shifts.

Qualifications

• Previous supervisory, leadership, or lead experience in a manufacturing environment.
• Strong people leadership skills with the ability to coach, develop, motivate, and hold employees accountable.
• Clear and professional communication skills.
• Ability to build effective working relationships with employees at all levels of the organization.
• Experience handling employee performance and workplace concerns.
• Ability to manage competing priorities and make sound decisions in a fast-paced manufacturing environment.
• General understanding of manufacturing operations, safety, quality, and production processes.
• Experience in metal stamping, fabrication, welding, machining, or a similar manufacturing environment is preferred.
• Experience working in a union manufacturing environment is preferred.
• Basic computer skills; experience working with ERP or manufacturing systems is a plus.

Responsibilities

• Provide hands-on leadership, coaching, and direction to production employees across both shifts.
• Maintain a consistent presence on the production floor and serve as a leadership connection between shifts.
• Establish clear expectations and hold employees accountable for safety, quality, productivity, attendance, and workplace conduct.
• Prioritize, assign, and direct daily work based on production requirements and changing business needs.
• Communicate production priorities, staffing concerns, and other important information between shifts and departments.
• Monitor production performance, including productivity, labor efficiency, scrap, downtime, quality, and schedule attainment.
• Identify and address production, staffing, quality, and safety concerns in a timely manner.
• Coordinate the effective use of employees, equipment, materials, and other resources.
• Identify opportunities to improve workflow, processes, productivity, and overall efficiency.
• Ensure employees follow company safety requirements, quality standards, policies, procedures, work rules, and applicable collective bargaining agreement requirements.
• Partner closely with the Plant Manager, Human Resources, Quality, Production Control, Engineering, and Maintenance to resolve employee and operational issues.
• Participate in interviewing, onboarding, training, performance evaluations, coaching, corrective action, and employee development.
• Identify employee training and development needs and ensure employees have the tools and resources necessary to perform successfully.
• Recognize strong performance while addressing performance, attendance, and conduct concerns consistently and promptly.
• Support and reinforce ATACO's Amazing Fundamentals.

Skills

Supervisory experience

People leadership

Communication

Relationship building

Decision making

Manufacturing operations

Union environment experience

Prioritization

Safety adherence

Operational coaching

Job description

ATACO Steel Products Corp. in Cedarburg, WI, is seeking a hands-on Plant Supervisor to lead our production team in a union manufacturing environment.

This role emphasizes people leadership, coaching, and daily accountability on the plant floor, with a focus on safety, quality, and productivity across shifts.

The position is salaried, approx. 45 hours per week, with schedule aligned to production needs and leadership continuity on both shifts.