Heartland Spinning Supervisor (Days)

Air Products; St. Louis (MO); On-site; USD 70,000 - 95,000; Full time

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Job summary

Air Products is seeking a Heartland Spinning Supervisor to lead day‑shift operations in the St. Louis Membrane Solutions facility. The role focuses on translating schedules into shift execution, maintaining discipline on the floor, and building team capability in a fast‑growing manufacturing setting.

The ideal candidate demonstrates strong leadership, mechanical aptitude, and effective communication within a cross‑functional environment, with a track record of coaching frontline teams.

Qualifications

• Excellent leadership abilities coupled with a mechanical aptitude.
• Excellent organizational, planning, interpersonal, communication and decision‑making skills.

Responsibilities

• Translate production schedules into shift‑level execution.
• Maintain process discipline on the shop floor.
• Develop team capability in a high‑growth manufacturing environment.
• Coordinate with Engineering, Quality, Maintenance, Tooling and CI teams to resolve issues.
• Act as the frontline supervisor responsible for escalation and performance management.

Skills

Leadership

Mechanical aptitude

Planning

Communication

Interpersonal skills

Decision making

Job description

At Air Products, we reimagine what's possible. By tapping into the motivation of our people and our collective experience, we create the ideas and innovations that drive us forward. When we come together - where every voice is heard and everyone knows they belong and matter - we create solutions that launch people into space, support lifesaving care in hospitals, and enable the construction of groundbreaking, world scale production facilities.

Reimagine What's Possible

The Heartland Spinning Supervisor has broad responsibility for all aspects of day-shift operations within an assigned spinning production area at the St. Louis Membrane Solutions manufacturing facility.

Our ideal candidate has excellent leadership abilities coupled with a mechanical aptitude, excellent organizational, planning, interpersonal, communication, and decision-making skills.

You will be the front-line leader responsible for translating production schedules into shift-level execution, maintaining process discipline on the shop floor, and developing team capability in a high-growth manufacturing environment.

The Membrane Solutions facility produces hollow-fiber membrane on fiber spinning lines, which is the foundational material input for all downstream membrane module assembly. Operations covered include material handling, chemical handling, autonomous maintenance, process sampling and data collection, and mechanical operations related to spinning line operation.

What's In It for You:

At Air Products we foster a culture of inclusion where every voice is heard, and everyone feels they belong and matter. Additionally, we offer competitive pay and great benefits for our employees. Check out some of our benefits below!

• Affordable Medical, Dental and Vision Insurance (day 1 of employment)
• 401k with 100% vested company core and match
• Paid Vacation, holidays + sick time
• Paid Parental leave (Up to 4 weeks for both parents)
• Backup Child and Adult Care benefit
• Adoption assistance
• Flexible spending accounts (medical, dependent daycare)
• Life Insurance (AD&D- Paid for by Air Products)
• Supplemental AD&D
• Legal Plan & Identity theft coverage
• EAP (Employee Assistance Program)
• Many more supplemental benefits available

NATURE AND SCOPE

Front-line execution ownership.

The Heartland Spinning Supervisor is the closest leadership layer to the production floor within the assigned area, and the first dedicated supervisory role in the chain. Working team leads report to the supervisor but carry production responsibilities alongside their teams. The supervisor carries the full weight of supervisory decision-making, performance management, and escalation within the area while relying on team leads for on-the-floor coordination, work direction, and real-time communication with technicians. The incumbent must maintain real-time awareness of spinning line performance, respond to process deviations and equipment issues as they occur, and ensure production technicians execute-to work instructions and quality standards. This role is focused on shift-level execution and immediate problem resolution within a single defined area.

Area-specific process knowledge.

The St. Louis spinning operation is organized into distinct production areas, each with a different number of spinning lines and physical footprint. Area assignments range from 4 to 6 spinning lines, which drives team size variation (~16-24 per area). The supervisor must develop deep familiarity with the process parameters, equipment configurations, fiber types, and polymer chemistries specific to their assigned area, and they must manage production complexity that scales with line count and product mix.

Team development in a scaling environment.

The St. Louis site has grown approximately 67% in workforce over the past two years. many production technicians are relatively new, and the supervisor must balance production execution with active coaching, skills development, and culture-building. The incumbent is responsible for developing working team leads into effective frontline leaders who can balance their production duties with team coordination, and for building a pipeline of capable technologies who. It essential…

Shift coordination and handoff discipline.

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Cross-functional interface at the floor level.

The role requires active coordination with Engineering, Quality, Maintenance, Tooling, and Continuous Improvement teams to resolve production issues, support root cause investigations, and implement corrective actions. The supervisor serves as the primary point of contact between the production floor and support fun