Shift Supervisor-Salt Operations

Compass Minerals; Ogden (UT); On-site; USD 70,000 - 95,000; Full time

Job summary

Compass Minerals in Ogden, Utah is seeking an experienced production supervisor to lead a manufacturing team and ensure safety, quality, and efficiency.

You will direct daily operations, monitor KPIs, and manage production entries and inventory while maintaining compliance with safety standards and RAM processes. Strong leadership and communication are essential to coordinate operators and sustain continuous improvement.

Qualifications

• Must have 3+ years’ experience leading a team in an industrial environment.
• Must have verifiable experience demonstrating effective team building and leadership abilities.
• Prefer an undergraduate degree and/or specialized equipment certification.

Responsibilities

• Orient new or transferred employees on safety standards and procedures.
• Manage areas of responsibility and monitor KPIs for direct reports.
• Direct application of process technology to planning and production.
• Track production entries and inventory accurately.
• Prepare safety, production, time, and performance documentation.
• Plan and coordinate operators’ activities to ensure: Safety and production schedules are met.

Skills

Team leadership

People management

Safety compliance

Education

Undergraduate degree preferred

Job description

Essential Job Functions:

Include but are not limited to the following:

(Management reserves the right to add or modify the duties and responsibilities at any time.)

• Provides orientation for all new or transferred employees to ensure their understanding of safety standards, working expectations, and procedures. Structures a learning environment conducive to the attainment of required operator skills.
• Effectively manages assigned areas of responsibility. Remains well-informed on all KPIs and functions performed by direct reports. Serves as the single point of contact for requests for information from dual line supervisors.
• Directs the application of appropriate process technology principles to planning and production.
• Accountable for accurately tracking and managing production entries and inventory.
• Completes all required documents including, but not limited to, safety reports, production reports, time cards, and performance documentation in a timely and accurate manner.
• Plans, organizes, coordinates, and monitors operators’ activities to ensure:
  • Optimal SAFETY of plant personnel is attained.
  • Production schedules and quality standards are achieved.
  • Operating costs are contained through efficient use of personnel, machinery, materials and standard work instructions.
  • Performance standards are met.
• Addresses questions, concerns, and requests in a timely manner.
• Routinely inspects plant equipment for operational integrity. Initiates work, or work orders, required to retain equipment in proper operating condition following the RAM process.
• Conducts meaningful performance reviews with subordinates. Ensures operators meet established safety/performance standards.
• Perform other related duties as required.

Minimum Required Qualifications

To perform this job successfully, an individual must be able to perform each essential duty satisfactorily. The requirements listed below are representative of the knowledge, skill, and/or ability required.

Education and/or Experience

• Must have 3+ years’ experience leading a team in an industrial environment.
• Must have verifiable experience demonstrating effective team building and leadership abilities.
• Prefer an undergraduate degree and/or specialized equipment certification.

Physical Requirements:

The physical demands described here are representative of those that must be met by an employee to successfully perform the essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.

• While performing the duties of this job, the employee is regularly required to sit; use hands to finger, handle, or feel; and talk or hear. The employee is occasionally required to stand, walk, reach with hands and arms, and stoop, kneel, crouch, or crawl. The employee must frequently lift and/or move up to 10 pounds and occasionally lift and/or move up to 50 pounds.

Compass Minerals is an equal opportunity and affirmative action employer. We are firmly committed to making all employment-related decisions without regard to race, ancestry, ethnicity, color, religious creed or belief, national origin, sex (including sexual orientation, gender identity, and pregnancy and breastfeeding), age, military or veteran status, status as a qualified individual with a disability, genetic information, and any other characteristic protected by law. Learn more about equal employment opportunity laws atdol.gov. July 2025