Production Supervisor

Company Overview Why Choose Us?

Novolex is a leading manufacturer of food, beverage, and specialty packaging that supports multiple industries including food service, restaurant delivery and carryout, food processing, grocery and retail, and industrial sectors. Novolex manufacturing and sourcing expertise spans a diverse range of substrates including resin, paper, molded fiber, aluminum and more. We provide customers a broad array of stock and customized solutions with 120 product categories, 250 brands and over 39,000 SKUs.

The Novolex sustainability vision is built upon three pillars: our products, our operations and our people. Each is critically important to our growth and future as a business. These pillars form the foundation of our company-wide commitment to sustainability, helping us achieve our ambitious goals through our wide-ranging initiatives.

Meriden, CT

The Production Supervisor serves as a key member of the plant leadership team and is responsible for creating a culture of accountability, engagement, teamwork, operational excellence, and compliance. The Production Supervisor is responsible for leading, directing, and coordinating manufacturing operations on an assigned shift to ensure the safe, efficient, and compliant production of quality products. This position is accountable for employee supervision, production performance, safety, quality, food safety, staffing, employee development, and continuous improvement initiatives while supporting overall plant objectives.

• 2:00 pm - 10:30pm
• Monday - Friday

A reasonable estimate of the current range is $70,000 - $85,000 + bonus + benefits . Additional overtime wages of $20/hour are paid for all hours worked beyond 42.5 hours per week.

The range displayed on each job posting reflects the minimum and maximum target salaries for the position across all US locations. Within the range, individual pay is determined by job-related skills, experience, and relevant education or training. At Novolex, it is not typical for an individual to be hired at the top of the range for their role, and compensation decisions are dependent on the facts and circumstances of each case.

The benefits for this role include a 401(k) plan with company match, comprehensive medical, dental, and vision insurance, flexible spending and health savings accounts, paid vacation and sick days, paid parental leave, paid holidays, and a wellness program.

• Leads, assists, motivates, and evaluates shift employees in daily operations and problem resolution, and promotes a culture of continuous improvement
• Promotes and trains on consistent and proactive safety, including compliance audits, incident reports, and investigations
• Ensure quality specifications are met and procedures are followed
• Trains team in executing proper company procedures, focusing on safety, quality, and meeting production goals
• Cross-functional teamwork with HR for payroll processing, personnel or labor issues, and staffing. Collaborate with peers to inform them about essential topics during shift changeovers
• Manage shifts to attain production and scrap goals
• Troubleshoots and resolves processes, equipment, and material issues with support
• Interprets work orders and specifications to shift employees, as necessary
• Leads or supports efforts to determine root cause and develop corrective actions
• Studies and understands production schedule and deploys available labor and other resources, as required
• Routinely audits product quality and ensures specifications are met and quality procedures followed
• Actively engaged with and recommended measures to improve safety, production methods, equipment performance, product quality, and waste reduction
• Initiates or suggests plans to motivate employees to achieve work goals
• Ensure accuracy and finalize production paperwork, including production reports, work order documentation, safety and sanitation documents, quality records, finished goods tickets, etc.
• Monitor and maintain shift production staffing levels
• Analyze production losses and determine…