Operations Packaging Supervisor

NextGenEnergyJobs; Nevada (IA); On-site; USD 65,000 - 90,000; Full time

Job summary

Redwood Materials in Nevada is seeking an Operations Packaging Supervisor to lead finished-product packaging on the production floor, ensuring safety, quality, and on-time shipment. The role focuses on coaching a diverse team of packaging operators to meet production targets while maintaining strict adherence to work instructions and traceability.

You will monitor KPIs, drive waste reduction, manage schedules, and collaborate with Quality, Maintenance, and Logistics to optimize uptime and

Qualifications

• 5+ years in packaging or production operations.
• Experience supervising frontline packaging staff.
• Experience with packaging processes and equipment.
• Strong hazard recognition and safety leadership.
• Ability to drive continuous improvement and coaching.

Responsibilities

• Lead daily packaging operations with safety and quality at the forefront.
• Coach and develop a diverse team of packaging operators on the floor.
• Set daily expectations, assign work, and monitor performance.
• Coordinate packaging schedules based on material availability and orders.
• Ensure labeling, traceability, and shipment readiness meet specs.
• Partner with Quality, Maintenance, and Engineering to improve uptime.

Skills

Leadership

Safety culture

Coaching

Communication

Problem-solving

Team development

Quality focus

Cross-functional collaboration

Operational discipline

Tools

Conveyors

Filling systems

Weighing equipment

Sealing equipment

Labeling equipment

Palletizing equipment

Scales

Job description

The Operations Packaging Supervisor is a frontline leadership role responsible for safely and efficiently leading finished-product packaging operations at Redwood Materials’ McCarran facilities.

Key Responsibilities

• Lead daily finished-product packaging operations with an uncompromising commitment to safety, environmental compliance, product quality, customer requirements, and operational discipline.
• Supervise, coach, train, and develop a diverse team of packaging operators to deliver safe, reliable, and cost-effective production.
• Maintain a strong and consistent presence on the production floor and model the safety, quality, accountability, and operational behaviors expected from the team.
• Set clear daily performance expectations, assign work, provide timely feedback, and hold team members accountable for results and behaviors.
• Coordinate packaging schedules, staffing, and production priorities based on finished-product availability, customer orders, packaging-material availability, equipment readiness, and shipment requirements.
• Oversee packaging activities that may include filling, weighing, sealing, wrapping, labeling, container preparation, palletizing, sampling, material staging, and finished-product handling.
• Ensure finished battery materials and energy-storage products are packaged according to approved product specifications, customer requirements, and established work instructions.
• Verify the accuracy of product identification, labels, weights, quantities, lot information, containers, seals, documentation, and other traceability requirements.
• Ensure packaged products meet established standards for container integrity, cleanliness, protection, presentation, and shipment readiness.
• Maintain product identity and lot traceability throughout the packaging and staging process.
• Prevent product contamination, material mixing, incorrect labeling, packaging damage, and other conditions that could affect finished-product quality or customer acceptance.
• Monitor production performance and key performance indicators related to safety, quality, packaging accuracy, throughput, labor efficiency, equipment uptime, waste, rework, schedule attainment, and cost.
• Ensure operators consistently follow standardized work instructions, packaging specifications, quality controls, material-handling procedures, and escalation requirements.
• Confirm that packaging materials, containers, labels, pallets, liners, seals, and other supplies are available and appropriate for scheduled production.
• Coordinate with Production teams to manage the transfer of completed materials and products into the packaging process.
• Partner with Warehouse and Logistics teams to ensure finished products are properly identified, staged, stored, and released for customer shipment.
• Partner with Quality to address packaging defects, labeling errors, weight discrepancies, damaged containers, traceability issues, contamination concerns, and other nonconforming conditions.
• Ensure nonconforming or potentially affected products are promptly identified, contained, documented, and escalated.
• Partner with Maintenance and Engineering teams to improve packaging-equipment reliability, reduce downtime, and support preventive and corrective maintenance activities.
• Identify and resolve production bottlenecks, equipment interruptions, labor constraints, packaging-material shortages, and workflow issues affecting customer-ready output.
• Support equipment startups, shutdowns, changeovers, production trials, and the introduction of new packaging equipment, materials, products, or processes.
• Participate in safety and quality incident investigations, root-cause analysis, and the implementation of corrective and preventive actions.
• Review production records, downtime information, quality results, customer requirements, and operator feedback to identify opportunities for continuous improvement.
• Lead shift meetings, communicate safety topics and production priorities, and ensure effective operational handoffs between shifts.
• Maintain accurate production, quality, traceability, training, inventory, downtime, and shift documentation.
• Support the development, implementation, and continuous improvement of standard operating procedures, packaging specifications, and operator training materials.
• Reinforce housekeeping, workplace organization, tool control, inventory accuracy, and material-control standards throughout the packaging area.
• Support employee hiring, onboarding, qualification, cross-training, attendance management, performance management, and professional development.
• Drive a culture of safety, ownership, teamwork, accountability, problem-solving, customer focus, and continuous improvement.

Requirements

• Five or more years of experience in packaging, manufacturing, production operations, industrial processing, battery materials, chemical materials, warehousing, material handling, or a similar operational environment.
• Previous experience in a supervisor, team lead, trainer, or other frontline leadership role strongly preferred.
• Demonstrated success coaching employees, improving performance, building engagement, and developing operator capability.
• Experience leading packaging, finished-goods, production, warehouse, or material-handling operations in an industrial environment.
• Experience packaging manufactured materials or products to defined quality specifications and customer requirements.
• Working knowledge of packaging processes such as filling, weighing, sealing, labeling, wrapping, palletizing, container preparation, lot identification, and finished-product staging.
• Experience working with industrial packaging and material-handling equipment such as conveyors, filling systems, scales, sealers, labelers, wrappers, pallet-handling equipment, and forklifts.
• Experience managing product identification, lot traceability, labeling accuracy, packaging documentation, or finished-product quality controls.
• Strong hazard-recognition skills with the ability to teach and reinforce safe work practices.
• Solid understanding of manufacturing operations, process discipline, standardized work, quality controls, and operational procedures.
• Experience monitoring production KPIs and using data to improve safety, quality, throughput, labor efficiency, equipment uptime, waste, schedule attainment, or cost.
• Ability to identify operational abnormalities, perform initial troubleshooting, and coordinate effectively with Maintenance, Engineering, and Quality teams.
• Experience participating in incident investigations, root-cause analysis, and corrective-action processes.
• Familiarity with computerized manufacturing, inventory, warehouse, quality, or production-control systems preferred.
• Strong written and verbal communication skills with the ability to convey expectations, production priorities, customer requirements, and operational issues clearly and effectively.
• Self-motivated, accountable, and capable of driving issues to resolution using available resources.
• Ability to work effectively across Production, Quality, Maintenance, Engineering, Warehouse, Logistics, and site leadership teams.
• Passion for sustainability, environmental responsibility, operational excellence, customer satisfaction, and continuous improvement.
• Work schedule may vary depending on site operational needs, and flexibility is required.
• Must be willing and able to work the assigned shift, including nights, weekends, holidays, overtime, or rotating schedules when required.
• Ability to work in challenging working conditions which may include exposure to noise, dust, chemicals, and temperature extremes, while protected by PPE, for extended periods of time.
• Ability to stand and walk for extended periods and regularly work on the production floor.
• Must be able to lift and carry up to 50 lbs. as needed.