Production Supervisor (Night shift)

IPL Schoeller; Shelbyville (KY); On-site; USD 65,000 - 85,000; Full time

Job summary

IPL Schoeller in Shelbyville, KY, is seeking a Night Production Supervisor to supervise shift operators and cells to meet daily safety, quality and production targets. The shift is a 2/2/3, 7 PM to 7:30 AM every other weekend.

You will train and coach production line employees, oversee start-ups and changeovers, conduct daily shift meetings, ensure production goals are met with a focus on safety and quality, maintain housekeeping standards, prepare reports for the oncoming supervisor, and

Qualifications

• Injection molding experience is required.
• Must train and coach production line employees.
• Strong communication and leadership skills.
• Ability to manage shift schedules and assignments.
• Commitment to safety and quality standards.

Responsibilities

• Supervise a team of cells or machines to meet daily safety, quality, and production targets.
• Oversee start-ups, shutdowns, and changeovers.
• Conduct daily shift meetings.
• Ensure production goals are met and maintain quality.
• Provide daily reports to the oncoming supervisor.
• Maintain housekeeping standards and proper forms.
• Coordinate with management and update reports and requisitions.
• Handle other duties as assigned.

Skills

Injection molding experience

Supervisory leadership

Shift planning & scheduling

Safety & quality focus

Training and coaching

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:

• YOU MUST HAVE INJECTION MOLDING EXPERIENCE FOR THIS POSITION
• 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

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