Production Supervisor

Strategic Materials; Town of Delavan (WI); On-site; USD 55,000 - 75,000; Full time

Job summary

Sibelco is seeking a Production Supervisor in Delavan, Wisconsin. The role focuses on supervising production activities, ensuring safety and health standards, and coordinating with the production team to meet schedules and budgets.

Ideally, you will lead the team, manage subcontractors, and drive continuous improvement while adhering to regulatory permits and waste-management requirements.

Qualifications

• Oversee safety and health as highest priority in production activities.
• Lead and motivate both own employees and subcontractors.
• Encourage reporting of unsafe or unhealthy behaviours or issues.
• Develop yearly work plans aligned with permits and local authority approvals.
• Ensure activities stay within predefined budget and flag issues to sales in a timely manner.

Responsibilities

• Supervise production activities on site.
• Ensure safety and health are prioritized.
• Motivate staff to report unsafe behaviours.
• Develop and execute annual work plans under permits.
• Coordinate with production scheduler and manager to meet the production schedule.
• Maintain quality, quantity, efficiency, and cost balance.
• Ensure waste regulations compliance and stock management.

Skills

Safety

Team leadership

Budget management

Continuous improvement

Production scheduling

Job description

Production Supervisor Location: Delavan

At Sibelco, we advance life through materials. For over 150 years, we’ve been a trusted leader in sourcing, transforming, and distributing specialty industrial minerals. Our work powers progress across industries as diverse as glass, ceramics, construction, coatings, polymers, and water purification. Beyond our materials, we’re proud of our commitment to sustainability, innovation, and empowering people from all walks of life to thrive and make a meaningful impact.

Are We the Perfect Match? At Sibelco, we believe building a successful career is a two-way journey. We’re looking for individuals who share our values and vision, just as much as you’re seeking a company that aligns with your aspirations. Together, we can shape the future.

Job Description:

Responsibilities

PRODUCTION ACTIVITIES:

• Supervise the production activities in the site and ensure the activities are performed in a safe and healthy way.
• Ensure the production team, both own employees and subcontractors, perform their activities considering safety and healthy as the highest priority.
• Motivate people to report unsafe/unhealthy behaviour/issues.
• Ensure exploitation according to the rules as set in the permits and develop a yearly workplan to be approved by the local authorities.
• Control the activities are performed within the predefined budget and alert the sales team on time when problems arise.

OPERATIONAL EXCELLENCE PRINCIPLES:

• Supervise the Production activities in the Site according to the Operational Excellence principles.
• Motivate people to strive to continuous improvement.

PRODUCTION SCHEDULE:

• Ensure activities are performed according to the production schedule.
• Collaborate with the production scheduler.
• Align with production scheduler and if needed with production manager/operations manager when problems arise and/or the production schedule cannot be met.

QUALITY AND QUANTITY:

• Strive to the optimal balance between customer demands and specifications in relation to quality, quantity, efficiency and cost.

PEOPLE MANAGEMENT.

• Motivate and evaluate the team members to enhance team collaboration and support their individual development and growth.

WASTES REGULATIONS:

• Compliance with waste management regulations, including the management of digital FIRs, as well as ensuring that stock management aligns with the existing authorization.

Employee Type: Permanent

Why Join Us?

Sibelco is more than a workplace—it’s a community that encourages growth, innovation, and collaboration.

• Meet Our People: Careers
• Learn About Our Recruitment Process: Learn More
• Discover Our Sustainability Goals: Sibelco priorities

We also welcome applications from all backgrounds and are committed to providing reasonable adjustments to support you through the selection process.