Shift supervisor, Manufacturing ​/ Production

Mendota PM Shift Supervisor What You Will Do

• The Shift Supervisor oversees all operations for the shift: injection molding and assembly, technical support, warehousing, and plant operations. The supervisor is expected to be out in the plant throughout the shift, guiding staff for efficient operations and following a continuous improvement philosophy.

• Lead shift personnel, assign duties, coordinate all activities on shift: job changes, rework, maintenance, and technical activities.
• Assure staff is trained properly in safety, quality, and operations.
• Communicate shift status and issues to other shifts and upper management.
• Understand and follow company policy and apply disciplinary actions if necessary.
• Understand and follow quality standards for start-up and production of all jobs.
• Participate, support, and lead PSH continuous improvement objectives.
• Execute quality decisions when manufacturing processes are not running efficiently and seek resolutions.
• Maintain record keeping for attendance, production paperwork, shift notes.
• Participate in various meetings off shift.
• Provide training for new employees.
• Provide a safe work environment and investigate/resolve any safety incidents.
• Supervise multiple activities in plant (molding, technical, warehouse, quality).
• Evaluate staff performance toward company goals.

• Experience with SAP, MRP, Simply Works, Exponent HR, ADP, Mattec.
• Previous supervisory experience required.
• Experience with Lean manufacturing a plus.
• MS Office, Outlook, Excel, Word (used daily in status reports, attendance logs, CI reports, mold data).
• Knowledge of regulatory requirements, labor laws, OSHA desired.
• Excellent verbal and written communication skills.
• Strong leadership, decision making, and problem‑solving skills.
• Ability to maintain confidentiality.
• Background in injection molding or plastics preferred.

• Local monthly travel to Illinois facilities.