Production Supervisor - 2nd Shift

Georgia-Pacific; Kansas City (MO); On-site; USD 60,000 - 80,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading company in the corrugated packaging industry is seeking a Production Supervisor for their Kansas City facility. This role involves leading a team to ensure safety and production excellence, coaching employees, and driving operational improvements. The ideal candidate will have supervisory experience and a commitment to quality and safety.

Benefits

Medical, dental, and vision insurance

Flexible spending and health savings accounts

Life insurance and disability coverage

Retirement plan

Paid time off

Educational assistance

Qualifications

• At least 1 year of supervising employees in manufacturing or production.
• Experience coaching and developing a team.

Responsibilities

• Lead an operating team in safety, health, environmental, and quality compliance.
• Coach, train, and develop operations personnel in safety, quality, and production.
• Plan, assign, and direct work for all hourly production employees.

Skills

Leadership

Communication

Interpersonal Skills

Technical Skills

Job description

Georgia-Pacific is now hiring a Production Supervisor at our Kansas City, MO facility. The Supervisor will utilize leadership, operations experience, and communication to identify and convert change improvement opportunities related to people, process, and systems. The ideal candidate will demonstrate safety as a value and lead a crew of employees to exceed production expectations for the shift. The candidate must be self-driven and demonstrate a commitment to safety, manufacturing excellence, and quality. They will also possess strong interpersonal communication and technical skills, as well as the capability to lead transformation initiatives.

This position is for 2nd shift and operates Monday – Friday, 3:00 pm - 11:00 pm, with flexibility for overtime, weekends, and holidays as needed.

Our Team

The team at Kansas City specializes in corrugator/converting for box making, supporting employee self-actualization. Opportunities for promotion exist both in Kansas City and across Georgia-Pacific and Koch facilities nationwide. Join our team! To learn more about this facility and our Packaging division, please visit:

What You Will Do

1. Lead an operating team in safety, health, environmental, and quality compliance.
2. Foster a culture based on our Principle Based Management (PBM) Philosophy.
3. Drive safety excellence by promoting employee involvement, ownership, and accountability; investigate incidents and participate in resolution of causes.
4. Coach, train, and develop operations personnel in safety, quality, and production.
5. Ensure best practices are followed to minimize waste at machine centers.
6. Address key issues and concerns; interact with employees from other departments to ensure quality and on-time production.
7. Plan, assign, and direct work for all hourly production employees; appraise performance; resolve complaints; hold employees accountable; communicate daily issues and results.

Who You Are (Basic Qualifications)

1. At least one (1) year of supervising employees in a manufacturing, production, industrial, or military environment.
2. Experience coaching and developing a team.

What Will Put You Ahead

1. Experience in the corrugated packaging or containerboard industry, particularly on a corrugator or in a converting operation.
2. Experience working with KIWI application.

THIS ROLE IS NOT OPEN TO VISA SPONSORSHIP.

We aim to support each employee and their family in living fulfilling, healthy lives. Our benefits include medical, dental, vision, flexible spending and health savings accounts, life insurance, ADD, disability, retirement, paid time off, educational assistance, and possibly infertility, parental leave, and adoption support. Benefits vary by region; please consult your recruiter for details.

We recognize individual work and personal needs and strive to provide an environment that fosters collaboration and productivity.