Production Supervisor

Doherty | The Employment Experts; Maple Lake (MN); On-site; USD 55,000 - 65,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

401(k)

Vision insurance

Medical insurance

Student loan assistance

Tuition assistance

Disability insurance

Job summary

A leading recruitment agency is seeking a 2nd Shift Production Supervisor in Maple Lake, MN. This role is ideal for a strong leader with manufacturing experience looking to support and develop a team. Responsibilities include providing daily direction, conducting training, and ensuring productivity and quality. Required qualifications include 3+ years in manufacturing and supervisory experience. Competitive pay ranges from $55,000–65,000 plus a sign-on bonus. Benefits include medical and tuition assistance.

Qualifications

• 3+ years of manufacturing experience, ideally in plastics.
• Past supervisory or team lead experience preferred.
• Ability to read and interpret operating manuals.

Responsibilities

• Provide leadership to the manufacturing team to maximize operations.
• Identify quarterly goals and a path to achieve them.
• Facilitate production staff training each quarter.

Skills

Leadership

Manufacturing experience

Communication skills

Mechanical aptitude

Attention to detail

Education

Coursework in Manufacturing Processes

Supervisor Training

Lean Manufacturing

Job description

Executive Recruiter | Doherty Employment Experts | Impacting Teams | Developing Careers

Production Supervisor – 2nd Shift

Are you a strong leader with manufacturing experience? Do you have a servant leadership style and a desire to truly support your team? Wonderful. Doherty Career Solutions is partnering with a local Maple Lake, MN company as they look to add a 2nd Shift Production Supervisor to the thriving team. This role is a hands‑on supervisor and will work alongside the team. The 2nd Shift Production Supervisor will provide the team with daily direction, training and development to ensure quality products are produced, minimize or eliminate defects, and maximize efficiencies (people, machines, and materials). They will be responsible for ensuring the team achieves the company’s on‑time delivery goals and meeting or exceeding our customer expectations. This role will offer a M–T schedule with some OT on Fridays and PayScale will range between $55,000–65,000 plus a $5,000 sign‑on bonus!

DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES

• Provide strong, positive leadership to the manufacturing team that maximizes the company’s operations, efficiencies and safety objectives.
• Understand/achieve specific company targets. Identify quarterly goals and a path to achieve them.
• Direct and oversee operations for SQCD‑P – Safety, Quality, Cost, Delivery, People.
• Lead by example and work with the team to better understand their role and exhibit our “I can” core value. Will provide coverage for Deck Leads (when needed) to run the day‑to‑day business operations.
• Hiring, Performance Evaluation & Development.
• Facilitate production staff training each quarter to ensure ongoing development in cycle time maximization, minimize defects and rework, meet on‑time delivery goals, and meet customer expectations.
• Identify continuous improvement projects that align with company goals.

EDUCATION AND SKILLS

• Coursework in Manufacturing Processes, Supervisor Training, or Lean Manufacturing strongly preferred.
• 3+ years of manufacturing experience, ideally in plastics.
• Past supervisory or team lead experience (i.e., Deck Lead or previous Supervisor), preferred.
• Effective interpersonal, verbal, and written communication skills.
• Must have mechanical aptitude, good attention to detail, ability to perform basic math computations and computer data entry.
• Ability to read and interpret operating manuals and engineering standards.
• Able to multi‑task, establish priorities, and follow through.

Benefits

• 401(k)
• Vision insurance
• Medical insurance
• Student loan assistance
• Tuition assistance
• Disability insurance

Doherty Staffing Solutions offers our valued contract employees health coverage through Benefits in a Card (preventative benefit and minimum value plans), along with weekly paychecks via a prepaid card from CHANGE. Learn more and find helpful links to additional resources at https://www.doherty.com/job-seekers/employee-benefits.

Join a great team in a great environment…apply today! Click APPLY NOW to complete our mobile‑friendly, online application. For questions or additional information about the 2nd Shift Production Supervisor position, please contact our Recruitment Team directly at 952‑715‑5043.

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