Night Production Supervisor
About The Position
Pretium Packaging is seeking a hands-on Night Production Supervisor for their manufacturing facility in St. Louis, Missouri. This role involves leading a large production team, fostering relationships, solving problems, and ensuring safety, quality, and production goals are met. The ideal candidate will possess strong critical thinking skills, understand production reporting, make sound decisions under pressure, and effectively lead employees in a demanding manufacturing setting. The position will initially train on the day shift before transitioning to a rotating night schedule, requiring flexibility for coverage.
Requirements
- 2+ years of production supervisory or leadership experience in a manufacturing environment.
- Strong leadership ability with experience coaching employees, building relationships, and holding teams accountable.
- Computer literacy and the ability to effectively use production systems and reporting tools.
- Experience reading, understanding, and using production reports to support operational decisions.
- Strong critical-thinking, problem-solving, and decision-making skills.
- Flexibility to cover other supervisors and shifts when needed.
Nice To Haves
- Plastics/blow molding experience preferred, particularly experience with Bekum equipment.
- PowerPoint experience is a plus.
- Military leadership, operations, or manufacturing experience is highly valued.
- Bilingual English/Spanish is a plus.
Responsibilities
- Lead and supervise 50+ employees across the assigned production shift.
- Build strong working relationships with employees, leadership, Maintenance, Quality, and other plant teams.
- Drive production performance across key KPIs and take ownership of improvement opportunities and results.
- Review, understand, and utilize production reporting to identify issues, track performance, and support operational decisions.
- Use critical thinking and sound judgment to solve production, staffing, quality, and operational challenges.
- Lead effectively in a high-demand, fast-paced manufacturing environment where priorities can change quickly.
- Identify and lead projects focused on reducing waste, increasing efficiency, and improving productivity.
- Ensure compliance with safety and environmental policies and promote strong housekeeping and 5S practices.
- Utilize the timekeeping system to monitor and approve employee work hours.
- Partner cross-functionally with Maintenance and Quality to ensure optimal production performance and that products meet specifications.
- Ensure employees have the proper training, tools, coaching, and support to perform their jobs safely and effectively.
- Actively lead and participate in plant Safety Committees, OEE workshops, 5S initiatives, Kaizen projects, and other continuous-improvement activities.
- Provide hands-on support on the production floor when needed.
- Provide coverage for other Production Supervisors as business and staffing needs require.
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What This Job Offers
Job Type
Full-time
Career Level
Mid Level
Education Level
No Education Listed
