Production Supervisor

Silgan Containers•Evansville, IN

15d•Onsite

About The Position

Silgan Closures is seeking a Production Supervisor to support daily operations at its Evansville, Indiana manufacturing facility. The role leads union employees and helps ensure the safe, efficient, and high-quality production of metal closures. It offers a six-month hands-on training program and an opportunity to develop a career with a packaging manufacturer. Silgan Closures describes itself as committed to innovation, safety, quality, teamwork, operational efficiency, and continuous improvement. The job description notes that its duties are not exhaustive and that employees may be assigned other job-related duties by their supervisor.

Requirements

High school diploma or equivalent.
Prior experience as a production supervisor, manufacturing supervisor, shift supervisor, or operations supervisor.

Nice To Haves

An associate’s or bachelor’s degree in manufacturing, operations, engineering, or a related field.
Experience supervising employees in a union manufacturing or industrial manufacturing environment.

Responsibilities

Supervise union employees in a production manufacturing operation.
Ensure compliance with safety programs, food safety regulations, and quality management standards.
Apply standard operating procedures (SOPs), statistical process control (SPC), lean manufacturing, and continuous improvement principles.
Manage production flow, equipment performance, and staffing to meet manufacturing targets.
Track productivity, efficiency, waste reduction, and manufacturing KPIs.
Maintain labor agreement compliance while assigning work and managing attendance.
Communicate across shifts with maintenance, quality, engineering, and manufacturing operations teams.