What are the responsibilities and job description for the Night Shift Supervisor position at Hoffmaster?
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About The Role
The Shift Supervisor serves as the on-shift leader for manufacturing operations, providing hands-on supervision and direction to approximately 90 hourly employees. You’ll partner with Group Leads to ensure safe, efficient, and high-quality production while meeting customer, operational, and budget expectations. This role is ideal for leaders who enjoy being visible on the floor, engaging teams, and solving problems in real time.
What You’ll Do
Safety – Teamwork – Customer Focus – Ownership – Initiative – Creativity
This role demonstrates Safety through visible leadership and accountability on the floor, Ownership by driving shift performance, and Teamwork through close collaboration with Group Leads and cross-functional partners. Initiative supports continuous improvement, while Customer Focus ensures consistent quality and on-time delivery.
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At Hoffmaster, we believe every person deserves to feel successful. That’s why we provide a total rewards package designed to support our employee’s success –at work, at home, and in life. This includes: Medical, Dental, Vision, Life and Disability insurances, Tuition and Student Loan repayment assistance, Physical and Mental wellness programs, Paid vacation and holidays, Employee Assistance Program, and more. Learn more about our Benefits at HoffmasterBenefits.com!
The above information on this description has been designed to indicate the general nature and level of work performed by employees within this classification. It is not designed to contain or be interpreted as a comprehensive inventory of all duties, responsibilities, and qualifications required of employees assigned to this job.
Reasonable Accommodations Statement: To accomplish this job successfully, an individual must be able to perform, with or without reasonable accommodation, each essential function satisfactorily. Reasonable accommodations may be made to help enable qualified individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.
Equal Opportunity Employer, including Veterans and Individuals with Disabilities.
About The Role
The Shift Supervisor serves as the on-shift leader for manufacturing operations, providing hands-on supervision and direction to approximately 90 hourly employees. You’ll partner with Group Leads to ensure safe, efficient, and high-quality production while meeting customer, operational, and budget expectations. This role is ideal for leaders who enjoy being visible on the floor, engaging teams, and solving problems in real time.
What You’ll Do
- Lead day-to-day manufacturing, distribution, and maintenance operations during assigned shifts
- Ensure daily production goals, throughput targets, and customer requirements are met
- Own safety performance during the shift, reinforcing standard work and best practices
- Identify performance issues and partner with Shift Managers to implement corrective actions
- Escalate unresolved issues and communicate proactively with leadership and cross-functional teams
- Lead and participate in safety, operational, and cross-functional meetings
- Support implementation of new tools, equipment, and processes to improve safety, efficiency, and cost
- Monitor key performance metrics and address root causes of unplanned performance changes
- Ensure compliance with Safety Policies, GMPs, and HACCP guidelines
- Perform additional duties as needed to support business operations
- Strong safety-first mindset
- Proven leadership and communication skills (verbal, written, and presentation)
- Experience supervising teams in a manufacturing or distribution environment
- Ability to lead with autonomy while delivering operational results
- Proficiency with Microsoft Office and basic computer systems
- Experience working with union employees preferred
- Familiarity with ERP and time & attendance systems a plus
- Mechanical or technical aptitude preferred
- Experience driving change, managing KPIs, and leading improvement initiatives
- Knowledge of Lean, Kaizen, 5S, or other continuous improvement methods
Safety – Teamwork – Customer Focus – Ownership – Initiative – Creativity
This role demonstrates Safety through visible leadership and accountability on the floor, Ownership by driving shift performance, and Teamwork through close collaboration with Group Leads and cross-functional partners. Initiative supports continuous improvement, while Customer Focus ensures consistent quality and on-time delivery.
#HGISalary2920
Let’s connect!
At Hoffmaster, we believe every person deserves to feel successful. That’s why we provide a total rewards package designed to support our employee’s success –at work, at home, and in life. This includes: Medical, Dental, Vision, Life and Disability insurances, Tuition and Student Loan repayment assistance, Physical and Mental wellness programs, Paid vacation and holidays, Employee Assistance Program, and more. Learn more about our Benefits at HoffmasterBenefits.com!
The above information on this description has been designed to indicate the general nature and level of work performed by employees within this classification. It is not designed to contain or be interpreted as a comprehensive inventory of all duties, responsibilities, and qualifications required of employees assigned to this job.
Reasonable Accommodations Statement: To accomplish this job successfully, an individual must be able to perform, with or without reasonable accommodation, each essential function satisfactorily. Reasonable accommodations may be made to help enable qualified individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.
Equal Opportunity Employer, including Veterans and Individuals with Disabilities.