Production Supervisor - 2nd Shift
Listed on 2026-11-04
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Manufacturing / Production
Production QC/QA, Quality Engineering, Production Manager, Operations Management
As a Production Supervisor, you will lead and coordinate a diverse team of operators and team leads to meet daily production and quality targets across multiple diagnostic product lines in the water quality industry. This is a 2nd shift role based at IDEXX's Scarborough, ME location. You will play a key role in driving operational success through direct leadership and collaboration with cross‑functional teams.
You will operate within Lean Manufacturing and continuous improvement principles while supporting regulatory compliance and ensuring efficient, high‑quality production. Your leadership will directly impact the delivery of reliable products to customers worldwide.
(This is a full‑time position with excellent day‑one benefits.)
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About IDEXX WaterIDEXX Water develops rapid, easy‑to‑use microbiological tests that help protect public health. The IDEXX Water portfolio goes well beyond drinking water. It includes tests for bottled water that detect coliforms and
E. coli, enterococci, and Pseudomonas aeruginosa, along with solutions for recreational water, on‑premise water, and quality control and proficiency testing. Water utilities, environmental labs, and beverage producers rely on these products to confirm that the water people drink, swim in, and use every day is safe.
The products you help make are used by labs and utilities around the world to give communities confidence in their water. By leading your team, optimizing processes, and collaborating across departments, you ensure operational excellence, consistent product quality, and strong customer satisfaction across a global supply network. Your work supports IDEXX’s commitment to delivering high‑quality products on time with no disruption to customers, and it contributes to safer water for people everywhere.
Inthis role:
- You will ensure that production goals are met through effective staffing assignments across multiple production lines.
- You will partner with cross‑functional teams including Supply Chain, Quality Control and Engineering Technical staff to ensure product quality and availability.
- You will maintain staff by recruiting, selecting, orienting, and training employees, developing personal growth opportunities.
- You will manage staff, assign work, monitor activities, evaluate performance and manage critical issues.
- You will work within SAP daily to close production orders in a timely manner, reconcile orders to account for labor and material usage variances, and review process control with employees to sustain consistent execution.
- You will work within Compliance Quest to own and close assigned quality records (such as nonconformances, CAPAs, and change controls) on time, and keep training assignments and audit readiness current for your team.
- You will ensure your team can navigate to, find, and correctly use current controlled documents within our systems, and you will verify this through regular coaching and floor‑level checks.
- You will coordinate, implement, and assist other production supervisors with ensuring goals are met.
- You will create procedures and documentation to support process changes, new products, and new equipment.
- You will identify and recommend measures to improve operator training and development, production methods, equipment performance, and product quality.
- You will create and present quality and production reports for management peers and superiors.
- You will lead functional teams to drive quality and productivity improvements.
- You possess a High School diploma and an equivalent combination of further education, training and leadership…
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