Second-Shift Production Leader: Throughput & Safety

Gilder Search Group; Oswego (KS); On-site; USD 80,000 - 90,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Health insurance

Dental

Vision

401K with match

PTO

Holidays

Job summary

Gilder Search Group is seeking a Production Manager for the Southeast Kansas facility to run second-shift operations. This hands-on role owns daily output, safety, quality, and hourly team performance, coordinating with maintenance, quality, and procurement to keep momentum and on-time delivery.

The ideal candidate has an associate degree or two-year technical schooling and proven production supervision experience in manufacturing, plus the ability to lead hourly teams on a second shift.

Qualifications

• Associate degree or two-year technical school preferred; equivalent floor experience considered
• Prior production supervision or management experience in a manufacturing plant
• Comfortable leading hourly teams on an off-shift with limited overhead support
• Able to read specifications, blueprints, and job orders
• Track record improving safety, quality, throughput, or cost on a production floor
• Proficient in Word, Excel, PowerPoint, Outlook; comfortable with production/ERP reporting
• Willing and able to work second shift long-term

Responsibilities

• Own second-shift production output, hitting daily and weekly volume and on-time targets
• Lead, direct, and develop the hourly production team through the shift
• Enforce a safe, accident-free floor and drive safety accountability
• Hold quality standards and reduce nonconformance, scrap, and rework
• Set and adjust production priorities as equipment, materials, or orders shift; coordinate with maintenance, quality, and procurement to protect throughput
• Read production, quality, and maintenance reports and act on the root cause
• Drive continuous improvement in labor, equipment, and facility utilization

Job description

Gilder Search Group is seeking a Production Manager for the Southeast Kansas facility to run second-shift operations. This hands-on role owns daily output, safety, quality, and hourly team performance, coordinating with maintenance, quality, and procurement to keep momentum and on-time delivery.

The ideal candidate has an associate degree or two-year technical schooling and proven production supervision experience in manufacturing, plus the ability to lead hourly teams on a second shift.