Manufacturing Shift Leader: Drive Safety, Quality & Output

creationtech; Town of Newark (WI); On-site; USD 70,000 - 95,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Performance-based bonuses

Benefits

Job summary

Creation Technologies is seeking a Manufacturing Supervisor in Wisconsin to lead a production team and drive safety, quality, delivery, and productivity. The role reports to the Manufacturing Manager or Director and directly supervises production employees, shaping performance and continuous improvement.

The position requires 2–3 years of manufacturing leadership, strong knowledge of KPIs and root-cause analysis, and cross-functional collaboration with engineering, quality, supply chain, and

Qualifications

• Education: Post-secondary diploma or degree in manufacturing, operations, or a related field, or equivalent experience.
• Experience: 2–3 years of manufacturing experience with prior leadership or supervisory responsibility.

Responsibilities

• Lead production teams to achieve safety, quality, delivery, and productivity cost targets.
• Ensure adherence to operational and quality standards to maintain compliant production.
• Manage staffing, output, on-time delivery, and standard compliance within the assigned area or shift.
• Resolve moderately complex production and personnel issues to maintain operational performance.
• Analyze root causes and implement corrective actions to meet operational targets.
• Collaborate cross-functionally with engineering, quality, supply chain, Program Management, and maintenance to resolve operational challenges.
• Communicate production performance, issues, and improvement plans to management and cross-functional teams.
• Directly manage production employees to ensure performance, coaching, and accountability.
• Manage labor utilization, overtime, scrap, and rework to control costs and improve efficiency.
• Promote and maintain a safe, healthy, secure, and environmentally responsible workplace by ensuring compliance with EHS&S policies, procedures, and regulatory requirements; demonstrate EHS&S leadership through identifying and mitigating risks, reporting incidents, encouraging worker participation, driving continuous improvement, and ensuring employees receive required training and are competent to work safely and responsibly.
• Other duties and responsibilities as assigned

Skills

Production workflows

KPIs

Labor planning

Root cause analysis

Manufacturing systems

KPI tracking

Data analysis

Problem solving

Communication

Education

Post-secondary diploma or degree in manufacturing, operations, or a related field

Job description

Creation Technologies is seeking a Manufacturing Supervisor in Wisconsin to lead a production team and drive safety, quality, delivery, and productivity. The role reports to the Manufacturing Manager or Director and directly supervises production employees, shaping performance and continuous improvement.

The position requires 2–3 years of manufacturing leadership, strong knowledge of KPIs and root-cause analysis, and cross-functional collaboration with engineering, quality, supply chain, and