Production Supervisor

Huhtamaki; Waterville (CT); On-site; USD 65,000 - 85,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Medical insurance

Dental insurance

Vision insurance

Life insurance

Disability insurance

401K

Pension

Tuition reimbursement

Employee referral bonus

Wellness program

Onsite medical staff

Plate store benefits

Mentorship programs

Paid Time Off

Job summary

Huhtamaki is seeking a Production Supervisor at our Waterville, ME facility. The role focuses on leading all shift activities, coordinating equipment use, and ensuring safety, quality, and production targets are met.

You will supervise personnel, troubleshoot issues, and coordinate with maintenance for timely issue resolution. The position requires hands-on leadership, ability to work 12-hour rotating shifts, and adherence to strict GMP and safety standards.

Qualifications

• Experience supervising a production shift in a manufacturing setting.
• Ability to read and interpret production documentation and SOPs.
• Strong safety and quality compliance mindset.

Responsibilities

• Supervise all personnel and operations on the shift.
• Maintain knowledge of all processes and equipment.
• Train and evaluate operators; organize work for smooth operations.
• Ensure policies, rules, and procedures are followed.
• Meet production quality and quantity standards on the shift.

Skills

Shift supervision

Industrial equipment knowledge

Safety procedures

PPE compliance

Tools

Forklifts

Scales

Temperature recorders

Job description

Enjoy a career, packaged with care, whilst helping protect food, people and the planet

We are a key global provider of sustainable packaging solutions. We’re on a mission to make all packaging recyclable, reusable, or compostable. Every day, we ensure the hygiene and safety of food and drink for people around the world. We are Huhtamaki.

You could be part of our vision. Because it’s our talented people that make it happen. Our people on the shop floor producing innovative, sustainable products. Our people in our offices delivering excellence for our customers every day. It’s every one of us working together.

We offer a place where you can feel safe, be supported, and make an impact so we can all focus on the future together.

Your opportunity

We’re currently looking for a Production Supervisor at our Facility in Waterville, ME.

What you’ll be doing:

ESSENTIAL FUNCTIONS:

• Supervises all personnel and operations on the shift.
• Maintains thorough knowledge of all processes and equipment.
• Reports any process and equipment problems.
• Calls the Maintenance Supervisor on evenings and weekends for assistance with problems.
• Verifies that discharges from the plant are within limits.
• Trains, upgrades, evaluates, and reviews chemical operators.
• Organizes work for smooth operations.
• Ensures that established policies, rules and regulations, and procedures are followed.
• Verifies correct identification, weights, and warehousing of products.
• Distributes plant status reports to the next-shift Foreman and General Foreman.
• Supervises loading and unloading of trucks and verifies that paperwork is correctly signed.
• Responsible for all processes, equipment, employees, safety, and housekeeping of the area and meeting production quality and quantity standards on the shift.
• Completes run sheets.
• Troubleshoots problems.

What you’ll bring to the role

• KNOWLEDGE, SKILLS, AND ABILITIES:
• Requires overall knowledge of reactors, instruments, dryers, centrifuges, filters, pumps, forklifts, steam baths, temperature recorders, scales, banding machines, standard test equipment, and plant processes.
• Values similar to ours: Care, Dare and Deliver

Physical Requirements:

• Ability to work in indoor and outdoor industrial environments, including exposure to all weather conditions, heights, and confined spaces.
• Ability to wear appropriate Personal Protective Equipment (PPE).
• Mu at be able to work 12- hours, rotating shift schedule (days/nights)
• Overtime, nights, holidays, and weekend work may be required based on plant needs and equipment demands.
• Visual acuity (corrected) to read directions and prints and to inspect machine parts, product to ensure parts meet specifications.
• Manual dexterity is sufficient to operate machinery for precision work.
• Physical ability to do work requiring frequent stooping, standing, squatting, bending, crawling, twisting, and lifting of 50 pounds.

What we offer in return

• Our products are only as good as the people we hire, so we make sure to hire the best and treat them accordingly. Huhtamaki offers a comprehensive traditional benefits package including medical insurance as well as dental, vision, life insurance, disability insurance, 401K, and a pension. We also proudly offer a slate of more nontraditional perks – opportunities like online learning and development courses, tuition reimbursement, employee referral bonus program, wellness program, onsite medical staff, monthly employee plate store benefits, monthly onsite boot truck, and various mentorship programs – that encourage our associates to grow personally as they develop professionally. You’ll also enjoy Paid Time Off and holiday pay because we believe a work-life balance is more than just a buzzword – it’s part of our culture.
  
• Trace your own Path! Join us to shape the future together!