Production Supervisor (Night shift)

IPL Schoeller; Shelbyville (KY); On-site; USD 65,000 - 86,000; Full time

Job summary

IPL Schoeller in Shelbyville, KY, is seeking a Night Production Supervisor to oversee a crew across multiple cells and machines, ensuring safety, quality, and production targets are met. The role requires coaching staff, coordinating changeovers, and maintaining clear two-way communication with management.

The candidate will lead start-ups, drive daily meetings, and ensure accurate production reporting while adhering to Job Safety requirements and housekeeping standards.

Qualifications

• Experience supervising production staff.
• Knowledge of safety procedures and compliance.
• Ability to operate in a fast-paced manufacturing environment.

Responsibilities

• Train and coach production line employees.
• Oversee start-ups, shutdowns and changeovers.
• Conduct daily shift meetings.
• Meet shift production goals and quality targets.
• Maintain safe housekeeping and report daily results to the oncoming supervisor.

Skills

Leadership

Shift scheduling

Production supervision

Quality control

Communication

Job description

Who We Are

On July 1, 2025, IPL-Plastics merged with Schoeller Allibert to form IPL Schoeller (the ‘company’). The Company’s operations are split across North America (11 manufacturing plants) and Europe (16 manufacturing plants).

The company is headquartered in Dublin, Ireland. IPL Schoeller is a leading manufacturer of sustainable rigid packaging solutions across a range of end-market segments, including returnable transit packaging, consumer and industrial packaging, environmental containers, and agricultural packaging. The company employs c.4,100 employees across North America (1,600 employees) and Europe (2,500 employees)

Read more about our story at: www.iplschoeller.com

The role

In Shelbyville, KY, at IPLS, the Night Production Supervisor provides direct and indirect supervision of shift operators and a group of cells or machines to meet daily safety, quality, and production targets.

The shift is a 2/2/3, 7 PM to 7:30 AM every other weekend.

As a Night Production Supervisor At IPLS, You Will

• Train and coach production line employees.
• Ensures solid two-way communication amongst the team and with other management.
• Oversee production start-ups, shutdowns, and changeovers.
• Conduct daily shift meetings.
• Responsible for meeting shift production goals.
• Responsible for quality control and adjusting as necessary during shifts to ensure high-quality product.
• Operate within defined procedures and Job Safety requirements.
• Safe housekeeping standards are always maintained to ensure a clean and safe working area.
• Responsible for providing a daily report to the oncoming supervisor.
• Ensures that all production reports, purchase requisitions, and accident/incident reports are prepared on the correct forms and are properly completed.
• Other duties as assigned.

What You Will Bring To The Role

• Train and coach production line employees.
• Responsible for employee shift schedule to include workstation assignments/rotations, training, vacations, breaks, overtime assignment, back-up for absences, and shift rotations.
• Lead in the clean-up of manufacturing areas.
• Ensures that direct report(s) are adequately trained, equipped, and motivated so that the department responsibilities and goals can be accomplished in a safe, timely, and cost-effective manner.
• Communicates regularly with all direct report(s), both individually and as a team (if applicable), to ensure good two-way communication concerning progress and other issues.
• Complies with the Company’s Human Resources policies and procedures and promotes the awareness of and compliance with these policies.
• Ability to exhibit sound judgment and response in a fast-paced manufacturing environment.
• Clearly conveys information; ensures that others understand instructions and other information communicated.
• Strong ability to problem-solve and evaluate priorities.
• Safety and Quality Standard
• Supervisory/Leadership Skills