Production Supervisor 3rd Shift

Confidential Careers; Lincoln (NE); On-site; USD 55,000 - 75,000; Full time

Job summary

Confidential Careers is seeking a Production Supervisor to oversee manufacturing staff in a dynamic plant environment. The role involves planning, assigning, and supervising production tasks while enforcing policies, procedures, and safety standards.

You will lead continuous improvement efforts and provide coaching to ensure high performance across quality, productivity, and cost targets. The successful candidate will monitor operations, report progress to management, and develop staff growth

Qualifications

• Supervisory or managerial experience in a manufacturing setting.
• Ability to coach and develop staff.
• Strong focus on safety and productivity.

Responsibilities

• Plan, assign, and supervise production work.
• Monitor performance and provide coaching and feedback.
• Enforce policies and procedures and promote continuous improvement.
• Maintain staffing by recruiting, orienting, and training.
• Track production data and report to management.
• Lead safety initiatives and ensure equipment reliability.

Skills

Leadership

People management

Process improvements

Safety compliance

Job description

The production supervisor will supervise production employees in a manufacturing environment, plan and assign work, enforce policies and procedures, and recommend improvements in production methods, equipment, operating procedures, and working conditions. The supervisor has a hands‑on leadership approach in the company and the company’s product‑making activities.

Position Highlights:

• Balances quality, productivity, cost, safety, and morale to achieve results in all areas
• Works to continuously improve in all areas
• Provides regular progress reports to the manager
• Ensures effective employee relations.
• Provides employee coaching and development
• Resolves employee issues through problem resolution
• Tracks absenteeism and timekeeping
• Accomplish manufacturing staff results by planning, monitoring, communicating job expectations, and appraising job results; counseling, disciplining, and coaching employees; coordinating, initiating, and enforcing systems, procedures, and policies
• Maintain staff by recruiting, orienting, selecting, and training employees; and developing personal growth opportunities for them
• Maintain workflow by setting process variables, monitoring steps of the process; observing equipment and control points; monitoring resources and personnel; developing reporting systems and procedures, studying methods; facilitating corrections to malfunctions, implementing cost reductions; initiating and developing a spirit of cooperation between and within departments
• Ensure the operation of equipment by evaluating new equipment and calling for repairs of old equipment
• Provide manufacturing information by sorting, initiating, compiling, and analyzing production performance data and records
• Educate and direct employees on the use of equipment, all control points, and resource
• Handle additional duties as assigned by Plant General Manager
• Leads all safety initiatives in the area