Manufacturing Supervisor

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Job Type: Full-time.

Mittera is currently seeking a Manufacturing Supervisor to join our growing team. The Press Supervisor is responsible for providing leadership and direction with press operations, ensuring press teams maintain efficiency and quality standards based on customer specifications. This role trains and develops press crews, coordinates production with prepress and postpress departments, and maintains compliance while consistently enforcing all company, safety, and environmental policies and standards.

The position rotates every ten weeks from days to nights, working 12‑hour shifts on a 2‑2‑3 schedule.

• Recruits, interviews, hires, and trains new staff in the department
• Oversees the daily workflow of the department
• Provides constructive and timely performance evaluations
• Handles discipline and termination of employees in accordance with company policy

• Observe press operations and examine printed material to verify conformance with press run specifications, meeting and exceeding customer expectations, internally and externally
• Authorize quality of product once proofs are checked for ink coverage, density, alignment, and registration
• Communicate effectively with all internal and external customers to ensure production requirements, schedules, quality, and final deliveries meet expectations
• Coordinate staffing efforts to meet all quality and production requirements without over‑staffing
• Maintain and monitor completion of all necessary records such as daily production and throughput, plate make‑over requests, maintenance requests, accident reports, counseling records, press production information sheets, and roll performance records
• Monitor press speeds, waste and labor
• Communicate excess downtime to Scheduling department
• Assist operators in coordinating Preventative Maintenance for presses
• Perform other duties as assigned

• High School Diploma or equivalent
• 3–5+ years of press operator experience
• 1–3+ years of previous supervisory experience preferred
• Thorough knowledge of press operations and functions
• Mechanical ability preferred
• Must be organized, able to plan, prioritize and follow through on projects with minimal supervision
• Must communicate effectively with all levels in the organization, interpreting instructions in written, oral, diagram, or schedule form
• Basic math skills and critical thinking to solve practical problems
• Able to work effectively in stressful situations and meet stringent deadlines
• Basic computer skills, including Microsoft programs and production‑related software
• Self‑motivated, reliable, quality and safety oriented

• Requires use of proper body mechanics with pushing, pulling, reaching, lifting, squatting, kneeling and bending
• Capable of pushing/pulling and lifting up to 50 lbs
• Requires fine‑motor hand and arm movement, manual dexterity and coordination
• Requires near visual acuity
• Requires working around and operating departmental equipment
• Must navigate all departments in the facility
• Must function professionally under stressful circumstances

This position requires some work in an office environment and some work in a production environment. The office has a low noise level, controlled heating and air conditioning, and PPE is not required. The production environment is loud, may require hearing protection, has warmer temperatures in summer and colder in winter, and may expose workers to vapors, chemicals, dust, and odors.

Additional PPE may be required for specific tasks.

• Medical
• Dental
• Vision
• Life and AD&D Policies
• Short‑ and Long‑Term Disability
• 401(k) with Company Match
• Paid Time Off
• Paid Volunteer Time Off

Mittera is proud to be an equal opportunity workplace. We are committed to equal employment opportunity regardless of race, color, ancestry, religion, sex, national origin, sexual orientation, age, citizenship, marital status, disability, gender identity or Veteran status. We also consider qualified applicants regardless of criminal histories, consistent with legal requirements. All applicants must be 18 years of age or older.

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