Production Supervisor - 3rd Shift
About The Position
At Thermo Fisher Scientific, you'll discover meaningful work that makes a positive impact on a global scale. Our teams enable our customers to make the world healthier, cleaner, and safer by delivering innovative technologies, products, and services that support life-changing scientific discoveries and improve patient outcomes. At our Meriden, CT manufacturing site, you'll join a team committed to safety, quality, operational excellence, and employee development. We invest in our people by providing opportunities to learn, grow, and build rewarding careers while making a meaningful impact every day. We are seeking an experienced and motivated 3rd Shift Production Supervisor to lead manufacturing operations on our overnight shift. In this role, you'll provide hands-on leadership to a team of production employees, driving a culture centered on safety, quality, continuous improvement, and employee engagement. 3rd Shift Hours: Sunday – Friday: 11:00 PM – 7:00 AM, including rotating weekend on-call coverage.
Requirements
- High School Diploma or GED.
- Three (3) or more years of manufacturing experience.
- One (1) or more years of supervisory, team lead, or other manufacturing leadership experience.
- Strong communication, organizational, and problem-solving skills.
- Ability to lead by example and motivate teams in a fast-paced manufacturing environment.
Nice To Haves
- Higher level education or certifications.
- Experience supervising employees in a union manufacturing environment.
- Experience interpreting and administering a collective bargaining agreement.
- Experience in medical device, pharmaceutical, food, life sciences, or other regulated manufacturing environments.
- Knowledge of GMP, FDA, and ISO quality systems.
- Experience with Lean Manufacturing, Six Sigma, Kaizen, or Practical Process Improvement (PPI).
- Experience using ERP systems and Microsoft Office applications.
- Demonstrated ability to analyze data, drive process improvements, and lead organizational change.
Responsibilities
- Lead daily manufacturing operations to safely meet production schedules, quality standards, and customer commitments.
- Foster a culture where safety is the top priority by modeling safe behaviors, conducting safety meetings, leading audits, and ensuring compliance with all safety procedures.
- Supervise, coach, mentor, and develop a team of hourly production employees while building engagement, accountability, and strong team performance.
- Manage daily workforce activities including staffing, attendance, overtime, vacation scheduling, timekeeping, and shift communications.
- Provide ongoing coaching, performance feedback, recognition, and employee development to help team members succeed.
- Coordinate production priorities, assign resources, and adjust workflows to maximize productivity while maintaining product quality.
- Partner with Quality, Engineering, Planning, Maintenance, and other departments to quickly resolve production challenges and improve operational performance.
- Drive continuous improvement initiatives using Lean Manufacturing, Practical Process Improvement (PPI), Six Sigma, and structured problem-solving tools.
- Monitor production metrics and analyze operational data to identify opportunities to improve safety, quality, delivery, productivity, and cost.
- Ensure compliance with GMP, ISO, FDA, company quality systems, and standard operating procedures.
- Support process improvements that reduce waste, improve efficiency, and enhance overall manufacturing performance.
- Build positive working relationships within a union manufacturing environment by consistently administering the collective bargaining agreement and promoting respectful employee relations.
Benefits
- Choice of national medical and dental plans, and a national vision plan, including health incentive programs
- Employee assistance and family support programs, including commuter benefits and tuition reimbursement
- At least 120 hours paid time off (PTO), 10 paid holidays annually, paid parental leave (3 weeks for bonding and 8 weeks for caregiver leave), accident and life insurance, and short- and long-term disability in accordance with company policy
- Retirement and savings programs, such as our competitive 401(k) U.S. retirement savings plan
- Employees’ Stock Purchase Plan (ESPP) offers eligible colleagues the opportunity to purchase company stock at a discount
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What This Job Offers
Job Type
Full-time
Career Level
Manager
Education Level
High school or GED
