Production Supervisor

International Paper; Tucker (GA); On-site; USD 65,000 - 90,000; Full time

Job summary

International Paper is seeking a Production Supervisor to support 12-hour rotating shifts at the Tucker, GA facility. You will supervise daily production, train staff, plan and assign work, and maintain safety, quality and efficiency across the line.

The role emphasizes leading by example, communicating across all levels, and enforcing safety policies while meeting productivity goals. Strong organizational and interpersonal skills are essential for success.

Qualifications

• 2+ years of supervisory and training experience.
• Strong leadership, organizational and communication skills.
• Packaging or printing industry experience preferred.

Responsibilities

• Support and foster a safety culture and safety first mindset.
• Assess facility goals and performance standards; develop corrective action plans.
• Manage leading indicators including safe work observations, 5S, hazard recognition and controls.
• Hold employees accountable for safety policy compliance; address incidents as needed.
• Supervise daily production, including hands-on training, planning, assigning, and directing work.
• Evaluate employee performance; reward, discipline and promote safety, quality production and teamwork.

Skills

Leadership

Organizational skills

Communication skills

Supervisory experience

Training experience

Education

High school diploma or equivalent

Job description

Position Title
JOB DESCRIPTION
Production Supervisor

Category/Shift
Salaried Full-Time

• Rotating 12 hour shifts
  
  

Physical Location:
Tucker Preprint

5099 North Royal Atlanta Drive

Tucker, GA 30084

The Job You Will Perform

• Responsible for supporting and fostering the safety culture, safety first mindset.
• Assess facility goals and expectations against performance standards and develop corrective action plans to close gaps.
• Manage leading indicator efforts including safe work observation process, 5S, hazard recognition and controls.
• Hold employees accountable prior to incident, and if an incident occurs for failure to follow safety policies.
• Supervise employees in the daily production, to include hands-on training, planning, assigning, and directing work.
• Evaluate employee performance; reward and discipline employees; promote safety, quality production and teamwork; and resolve conflicts.
• Lead and motivate employees by setting an example of superior behavior, attitude and performance to work efficiently and effectively.
• Effectively communicate operational information in both oral and written format at all levels: hourly employees, other supervisors, plant management, office personnel, and outside customers and vendors.
• Actively promote and ensure compliance with safety, quality and other programs and initiatives utilized within the organization.
• Work with minimum supervision, delegate, and evaluate challenges to seek out support when needed.
• Maintain necessary documentation, reports, and time approvals for direct reports.
• Perform random inspections of all quality and safety policies and procedures.
• Identify the gaps that need to be addressed to ensure our systems are effective.
• Ensure employees complete appropriate paperwork to include all downtime, runtime and setup times, documentation for production and quality purposes.
• Audit reporting systems to ensure the employees have correct data entered for any analysis that may be performed for production and waste accountability.
• Monitor raw materials to ensure the proper raw materials are being used per customer specs, if a substitution is required, complete approval documentation before converting specs.
• Physical requirements include continuously seeing, standing, walking, talking, hearing/listening, and frequently lifting up to 50lbs.
• Any other duties assigned by the leadership team.
  
  

The Skills You Will Bring

• High school diploma or equivalent.
• Packaging or printing industry experience preferred.
• 2+ years of supervisory and training experience.
• Strong leadership, organizational and communication skills.