Production Supervisor Nights

American Plastics; Tiffin (OH); Hybrid; USD 55,000 - 85,000; Full time

Job summary

American Plastics is seeking a Production Supervisor for the Tiffin, OH facility. The role reports to the Production Manager and focuses on leading the injection molding team, maintaining quality, safety, and productivity across shifts.

The ideal candidate has 3–5 years of experience in plastic injection molding and a bachelor’s degree in a related field, with a hybrid work expectation to manage both floor and administrative duties.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in a related field is preferred.
• Minimum 3–5 years of related experience in plastic injection molding.
• Hybrid candidate who can be on the floor and in the office.

Responsibilities

• Lead and develop the injection molding team to meet production targets.
• Troubleshoot and adjust molding parameters to maintain quality and output.
• Provide timely feedback on employee performance and manage attendance records.
• Drive process improvements to maximize productivity and reduce waste.
• Ensure safety and a clean, compliant work environment.
• Coordinate with maintenance and engineering on escalations and issues.
• Monitor KPIs and communicate results to staff and management.

Skills

Injection molding knowledge

Team leadership

Process improvement

Education

Bachelor's Degree in Operations Management, Engineering, Business Management, or related field

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