Second Shift Production Supervisor

Salary: $80,000 - 85,000

Lead and oversee all second-shift production activities to achieve safety, quality, delivery, and productivity expectations. Establish daily work priorities and assign employees and resources based on production requirements. Monitor hour-by-hour production performance and take timely action when output falls behind established expectations. Maintain an active presence on the production floor and provide real-time direction and support to employees. Ensure employees remain engaged in assigned work, follow break and attendance expectations, complete required documentation, and comply with established work standards.

Make timely decisions and adjust staffing, workflow, and production priorities as conditions change. Conduct shift meetings and ensure effective communication of safety concerns, quality issues, production priorities, and business updates. Provide clear shift handoffs regarding production status, equipment concerns, quality issues, and outstanding priorities.

Serve as the primary technical resource for machining operations during second shift and provide hands‑on support to operators as needed. Troubleshoot CNC machining, setup, tooling, work holding, and process issues that impact production. Demonstrate strong working knowledge of CNC machine operation, setups, tooling, offsets, feeds and speeds, and tool wear. Read and interpret engineering drawings, specifications, tolerances, and GD&T requirements. Understand CNC programs and G-code sufficiently to identify potential programming or process issues and make approved minor adjustments when appropriate.

Support operators with machine setups, changeovers, tooling selection, work offsets, and process verification. Identify machining conditions such as chatter, poor surface finish, dimensional variation, tool failure, or process instability and determine appropriate corrective action. Verify that operators are following established setup documentation, work instructions, inspection requirements, and manufacturing processes. Recognize when an issue requires escalation to Engineering, Maintenance, Quality, or other technical resources and communicate sufficient technical detail to support resolution.

Assist with machine operation or production activities when necessary to maintain workflow and meet customer requirements.

Ensure production is completed in accordance with drawings, specifications, inspection requirements, and customer quality standards. Support first-part and in-process inspection activities and ensure operators understand required measurement methods and inspection frequency. Demonstrate working knowledge of precision measurement equipment including calipers, micrometers, indicators, height gauges, bore gauges, and other applicable inspection tools. Stop or contain production when quality requirements are not being met and coordinate appropriate corrective action.

Partner with Quality and Engineering to investigate recurring defects, scrap, and process variation. Ensure required production, quality, scrap, and traceability documentation is completed accurately.

Supervise, coach, and develop hourly production employees. Set clear performance and behavioral expectations and hold employees accountable for meeting established standards. Provide timely feedback and coaching regarding productivity, quality, safety, attendance, and workplace conduct. Address employee relations and performance concerns in partnership with Operations leadership and Human Resources. Complete performance reviews…