Night Shift Production Lead: Safety, Quality & Growth

Kelly Services; Sedalia (MO); On-site; USD 47,000 - 52,000; Full time

Job summary

Kelly Services is seeking a Production Supervisor in Sedalia, MO to lead a manufacturing team on a 12-hour overnight schedule (6:00 p.m.–6:00 a.m.) with a 2-2-3 rotation. The role emphasizes safety, quality, and on-time delivery while developing staff and driving continuous improvement across operations.

The ideal candidate has a background in manufacturing leadership, strong problem-solving and root-cause analysis skills, and familiarity with SAP, Kronos, and MS Office.

Qualifications

• High school diploma or GED.
• Three years of experience leading or supervising.
• Must be at least 18 years of age.
• Bachelor’s degree in Business or Engineering.
• Leadership or supervisory experience in an industrial or manufacturing setting.
• Experience troubleshooting electrical, mechanical, electronic controls, and processes.
• Six Sigma Green Belt and continuous improvement experience.
• Strong mechanical aptitude.

Responsibilities

• Model safe work practices and uphold all safety responsibilities.
• Ensure employees complete required safety training.
• Lead monthly team safety activities, including near-miss reporting, safe work permits, safety meetings, pre-shift safety inspections, and departmental inspections.
• Participate in safety incident investigations and lead root cause analysis to help prevent recurrence.
• Monitor and enforce facility and corporate policies and procedures.
• Communicate customer expectations throughout the Operations Department and ensure products meet required standards.
• Support timely, accurate production to schedule to meet or exceed delivery commitments.
• Ensure operational procedures are followed and quality metrics meet customer requirements.
• Lead root cause analysis on quality issues, involving operators and relevant stakeholders.
• Train and coach operators in problem-solving skills.
• Engage team members in the success of the business and in improvements to safety, quality, cost, and productivity.
• Provide regular, candid feedback on expectations and performance, and take appropriate action to support improvement.
• Invest in employees’ growth and development.
• Document and implement corrective action when performance issues arise.
• Partner with stakeholders to ensure team members receive required training and maintain job certifications.
• Foster strong working relationships and communication built on respect, integrity, accountability, innovation, candor, and collaboration.
• Communicate critical plant performance metrics to the team each day.
• Work with operating departments to align on capacity specifications for quality, availability, and performance.
• Analyze and regularly communicate output data to the Leader.
• Identify potential problems early and take proactive action.
• Guide team members in monitoring key process variables and maintaining critical product and equipment information.
• Partner with stakeholders to resolve quality issues promptly.
• Use resources effectively to meet cost targets.
• Work with Maintenance to support efficient plant equipment operation.
• Verify time and attendance reports to help ensure production needs are met.
• Use standard work to reduce variation and waste.
• Lead focused improvement activities to improve process capability and efficiency, reduce costs, and eliminate waste.
• Partner with stakeholders to optimize processes and advance continuous improvement initiatives.
• Participate in and lead 6S events across plant work areas.
• Lead product qualification efforts with support from key stakeholders.

Skills

Team leadership

Root cause analysis

Problem solving

Communication skills

Attention to detail

Education

High school diploma or GED

Bachelor’s degree in Business or Engineering

Tools

SAP

Microsoft Office Suite

Kronos

Job description

Kelly Services is seeking a Production Supervisor in Sedalia, MO to lead a manufacturing team on a 12-hour overnight schedule (6:00 p.m.–6:00 a.m.) with a 2-2-3 rotation. The role emphasizes safety, quality, and on-time delivery while developing staff and driving continuous improvement across operations.

The ideal candidate has a background in manufacturing leadership, strong problem-solving and root-cause analysis skills, and familiarity with SAP, Kronos, and MS Office.