Second-Shift Production Supervisor - Automotive Paint

Sun Recruiting, Inc.; Grand Rapids (MI); On-site; USD 60,000 - 65,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

401(k) with match

Vacation 3 weeks

Paid holidays

Benefits start day one

Career progression

Job summary

Sun Recruiting, Inc. is hiring a Production Supervisor for an automotive client in Grand Rapids, Michigan. This second-shift role leads the paint operations team with a focus on safety, quality, and on-time production in a high-volume facility.

You will coach one Team Leader and about 25 unionized employees across loading, unloading, line support, inventory, material handling, and quality functions, driving continuous improvement and ensuring effective handovers between shifts.

Qualifications

• High school diploma or equivalent; associate degree/technical training beneficial.

Responsibilities

• Provide hands-on leadership for second-shift paint operations and ensure safe, efficient execution of the production schedule.
• Lead one Team Leader and ~25 production employees across loading, unloading, line support, inventory, material handling, and quality functions.
• Allocate labor and resources to meet daily production needs and maintain shift continuity.
• Monitor paint-line performance, quality, scrap, downtime, and material usage; take corrective action as needed.
• Promote safety culture and ensure compliance with PPE, chemical-handling, and environmental rules.
• Collaborate with Quality, Engineering, Maintenance and Production to resolve defects and variation.
• Support troubleshooting of automated paint line, robotics, conveyors, sensors, and controls.
• Ensure proper staging and tracking of materials for uninterrupted operations.
• Conduct start-up meetings and handovers to the next shift and plant leadership.
• Train and develop employees; reinforce standardized work; apply workplace policies in a unionized environment.
• Complete production reports and drive Lean, 5S and root-cause improvements.

Job description

Sun Recruiting, Inc. is hiring a Production Supervisor for an automotive client in Grand Rapids, Michigan. This second-shift role leads the paint operations team with a focus on safety, quality, and on-time production in a high-volume facility.

You will coach one Team Leader and about 25 unionized employees across loading, unloading, line support, inventory, material handling, and quality functions, driving continuous improvement and ensuring effective handovers between shifts.