Production Supervisor Nights

American Plastics, LLC; Adams Township (OH); Hybrid; USD 60,000 - 75,000; Full time

Job summary

American Plastics, LLC in Tiffin, OH is seeking a Production Supervisor to lead the injection molding team, ensuring safety, quality, and productivity on the shop floor. The role reports to the Production Manager and requires hands-on floor presence and collaboration with maintenance and engineering to meet schedules.

The ideal candidate has a Bachelor’s degree and 3–5 years of plastics injection experience, with a proven ability to drive process improvements and manage KPI performance.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree preferred in Operations Management, Engineering, Business Management, or related field.
• Minimum 3–5 years related experience in plastic injection molding.
• Hybrid candidate willing to be on the floor as well as in the office.

Responsibilities

• Lead injection molding team and apply knowledge of plastics processing.
• Troubleshoot and adjust molding parameters to maintain quality and output.
• Respond to problems with corrective technical or mechanical solutions.
• Maintain a safe and clean work environment.
• Monitor KPIs and communicate them to production staff.
• Evaluate performance, develop the team, and maintain records.
• Make timely production decisions and provide direction.
• Suggest process improvements to maximize productivity and reduce costs.
• Coordinate with maintenance and engineering during escalations.
• Understand schedules and priorities and interact with all levels.

Skills

Injection molding knowledge

Leadership on floor

Problem solving

Education

Bachelor’s Degree

Job description

American Plastics, headquartered in St. Louis, Missouri, is a leading designer and manufacturer of innovative plastic injection molded products for the household & garage storage and commercial cleaning end-markets. We are searching for a Production Supervisor at the Tiffin, OH facility. This position will report to the Production Manager.

Job Responsibilities

Injection Molding

• Utilize prior experience leading injection molding team, as well as working knowledge of processing plastics.
• Troubleshoot and adjust molding parameters to maintain quality and maximum product output.
• Respond to problems by performing corrective technical or mechanical solutions.

General

• Maintains safe and clean work environment.
• Knowledge of production KPIs and communicate the KPIs to production staff.
• Evaluate and provide timely feedback on employee performance; motivate and develop a cohesive production team; maintain production and attendance records.
• Make timely decisions to maintain production output and quickly analyze situations and provide direction to production staff.
• Recommend and implement process improvements to maximize productivity, reduce waste, improve quality, reduce costs, and provide a safe work environment.
• Monitor processes to ensure productivity and quality standards are being achieved.
• Analyze and resolve processing issues.
• Understand escalation process for when issues move from maintenance to engineering.
• Understand schedules and priorities.
• Interact well with all levels of the organization.

Safety

• Report incident reports
• Understand how to preform root cause investigation and corrective actions.
• Waste Management and monitoring what is happening on the floor.
• Effectively communicate with Process / Maintenance when an issue needs to be, so it does not become a safety issue, or give direction due to production demand.

Requirements

• Education – Bachelor’s Degree in Operations Management, Engineering, Business Management, or related field preferred
• Minimum 3-5 years related experience, Plastic Injection knowledge is a MUST.
• Hybrid Candidate – Willing to roll up sleeves and be on the floor as well as office management