Shift Supervisor, Printing Operations Leader

Greys Recruitment; South Africa; On-site; ZAR 260,000 - 360,000; Full time

Job summary

Greys Recruitment is seeking a Shift Supervisor for a fast-paced printing and manufacturing environment in eThekwini Central (Durban / Pinetown / Umlazi), South Africa. The role focuses on leading shift operations, managing production teams, and consistently achieving quality, output, and production targets.

Ideal candidates will have extensive supervisory experience within the Printing Industry, strong leadership, and the ability to manage materials, consumables and production planning.

Qualifications

• Five plus years of supervisory/management experience in the Printing Industry.
• Experience supervising production teams, materials, and consumables.
• Strong understanding of production planning, quality, OEE, and machine uptime.
• Computer literate with ability to work with production figures.
• Demonstrated leadership, communication and problem-solving skills.
• Printing Industry experience is essential.

Responsibilities

• Supervise and manage production teams during the shift.
• Ensure production targets, quality standards and schedules are achieved.
• Monitor machine performance, downtime and OEE.
• Manage materials, consumables and WIP.
• Ensure machinery maintenance and breakdowns are followed up.
• Maintain staff discipline, attendance and utilisation.
• Ensure health & safety and quality procedures are followed.
• Complete shift handovers and communicate production priorities.

Skills

Supervisory experience

Printing industry

Production planning

OEE knowledge

Quality management

Leadership

Communication

Problem solving

Computer literacy

Education

Grade 12

Job description

Greys Recruitment is seeking a Shift Supervisor for a fast-paced printing and manufacturing environment in eThekwini Central (Durban / Pinetown / Umlazi), South Africa. The role focuses on leading shift operations, managing production teams, and consistently achieving quality, output, and production targets.

Ideal candidates will have extensive supervisory experience within the Printing Industry, strong leadership, and the ability to manage materials, consumables and production planning.