Senior Production Supervisor

Ilocatum; Newton (IA); On-site; USD 70,000 - 100,000; Full time

Job summary

Ilocatum is seeking a Senior Production Supervisor to lead a large-scale operation east of Des Moines, IA. This hands-on role focuses on safety, quality, and on-time production by guiding frontline teams and eliminating obstacles.

The ideal candidate has manufacturing leadership experience in welding, fabrication, assembly, or heavy fabrication, and a Bachelor’s degree is preferred. Expect multi-shift work and occasional overtime in a demanding environment.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree preferred; manufacturing leadership matters more.
• Experience in welding, fabrication, assembly, heavy manufacturing or similar operations.
• Proven ability to lead through people and drive results in a high-volume setting.
• Willingness to work across multiple shifts and weekends as needed.

Responsibilities

• Lead people and production in a large-scale manufacturing environment.
• Ensure safety, quality, schedule, and productivity across the operation.
• Collaborate with frontline leaders to remove obstacles and keep production moving.
• Provide hands-on leadership on the shop floor and develop the team.

Skills

Leadership

Safety

Quality

Team leadership

Problem solving

Welding

Fabrication

Assembly

Production planning

Education

Bachelor's degree

Job description

Senior Production Supervisor | East of Des Moines IA

Ready for more visibility, more responsibility and a bigger manufacturing environment?

Our client is a major manufacturer of large, highly engineered products with a strong backlog and long-term production demand.

Its central Iowa operation is one of two major manufacturing facilities supporting this division. That creates an opportunity for an experienced production leader to take on a highly visible role in an operation that matters.

This is hands-on manufacturing leadership.

You’ll lead people and production in a large-scale environment involving welding, fabrication, assembly and industrial finishing, with responsibility for safety, quality, schedule, productivity and developing the people around you.

You’ll spend time where manufacturing happens—working with frontline leaders and employees, solving problems, removing obstacles and keeping production moving safely and effectively.

We’re looking for someone who has progressively taken on greater responsibility in manufacturing and understands how to get results through people, not simply manage a schedule.

Experience in welding, fabrication, assembly, heavy manufacturing or similarly complex operations would translate particularly well.

A bachelor’s degree is preferred, but demonstrated manufacturing leadership matters more.

The operation runs multiple shifts, and opportunities exist for leaders who are comfortable working in a demanding, high-volume manufacturing environment where occasional overtime and weekend coverage are part of the reality.

For the right person, the attraction is straightforward:

A substantial operation. Strong demand. Excellent visibility. And room to grow.

If you’ve built a solid foundation as a Production Supervisor, Manufacturing Supervisor, Weld/Fabrication Supervisor or similar frontline leader and are ready for something bigger, we’d like to talk.