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Manufacturing Supervisor

  • Latrobe, PA, United States

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What You’ll Do

Lead & Develop Your Team

  • Lead and support manufacturing employees by setting clear expectations, assigning work, monitoring performance, and addressing issues.
  • Train, coach, counsel, discipline, and evaluate employees while identifying and developing high-potential talent.
  • Ensure employees are properly trained and certified for their assigned responsibilities.
  • Maintain accurate employee time and attendance records.
  • Promote teamwork, accountability, and effective communication across the shift.

Drive Safety, Quality & Compliance

  • Lead by example and ensure compliance with company safety policies, PPE requirements, security procedures, and workplace standards.
  • Complete required STOP observations and proactively address safety concerns.
  • Maintain GMP and 5S standards to create safe, clean, organized, and efficient work cells.
  • Communicate and enforce company policies, procedures, and quality requirements.
  • Ensure proper execution of Certified Operator training, MRB, quarantine, and related quality processes.

Own Shift Production Performance

  • Take ownership of shift production, quality, and operational targets.
  • Monitor and report key manufacturing metrics, including yield, efficiency, utilization, OEE, inventory, cycle counts, and IQ reconciliation.
  • Identify performance gaps and take action to keep production on track.
  • Manage company resources effectively while supporting departmental and organizational goals.
  • Ensure accurate production and inventory information is maintained in IQMS, including production entries, scrap, dispositions, cycles, cavitation, and error corrections.

Solve Problems & Improve Processes

  • Troubleshoot production and quality issues and implement effective solutions.
  • Use root-cause analysis and data-driven problem solving to prevent recurring issues.
  • Analyze manufacturing data to identify opportunities for improved safety, quality, efficiency, and productivity.
  • Support Lean Manufacturing and continuous improvement initiatives.
  • Understand BOMs and their impact on production yield and overall performance.

Keep Operations Running Smoothly

  • Ensure effective shift-to-shift communication and handoffs.
  • Conduct manufacturing-area walkthroughs and review housekeeping, work-cell performance, and operational priorities.
  • Maintain accurate inventory through FIFO, location accuracy, scanning, and periodic inventory requirements.
  • Partner with team members and other departments to resolve issues and maintain a smooth production flow.

What You Bring

  • Manufacturing leadership or supervisory experience preferred.
  • Strong communication, coaching, conflict-resolution, and team leadership skills.
  • Strong troubleshooting and problem-solving abilities.
  • Working knowledge of Lean Manufacturing, 5S, GMP, quality systems, and manufacturing performance metrics.
  • Ability to analyze production data and turn findings into meaningful improvements.
  • Experience with IQMS or a similar manufacturing ERP system preferred.
  • Strong understanding of inventory management, BOMs, production yield, and cycle counts.
  • Ability to prioritize effectively and make sound decisions in a fast-paced manufacturing environment.
  • A commitment to achieving safety, quality, productivity, and production goals.

Schedule

  • 12-hour 2/2/3 Daylight (7a-7p)

Benefits

  • Medical, dental, vision insurance (after 30 days)
  • 401(k) with company match
  • Paid time off (PTO), sick time, and birthday holiday
  • Holiday pay
  • Climate-controlled manufacturing facility
  • Employer-paid life insurance
  • Career growth in the manufacturing industry

Why This Role Matters

As a Manufacturing Shift Supervisor, you’ll have a direct impact on the people and processes that keep our operation running. You’ll have the opportunity to develop employees, improve manufacturing performance, solve meaningful operational challenges, and help build a culture of safety, quality, accountability, and continuous improvement.

Ready to lead a team and make every shift better than the last? Apply today.

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Skills

  • Evaluate employees
  • Teamwork
  • Communication skills
  • Regulatory compliance
  • Good manufacturing practices
  • Improve business processes
  • Troubleshoot
  • Root cause analysis
  • Problem solving
  • Lean manufacturing
  • Process improvement
  • Housekeeping
  • Leadership
  • Coaching
  • Conflict resolution
  • Team leadership
  • Troubleshooting
  • Quality control systems
  • ERP
  • Inventory management

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