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Production Supervisor

Pittsfield Plastics Engineering LLC
Pittsfield, MA Full Time
POSTED ON 8/13/2025
AVAILABLE BEFORE 10/8/2025

Supervisor

General Description: A Supervisor shall monitor work flow, manage staff, assign work and support Quality, Processors and Maintenance by acting as a conduit for lines of communication when issues arise. The Supervisor documents and maintains effective communication within his or her shift onto the next shift.

Organizational Relationship:

Department:

Production

This Position Reports to:

Plant Manager

Details:

Salary Type

Hourly

Type of Position:

Full Time

OT Eligible:

Yes

Shift: Flexibility to work all 3 shifts as needed

Hours Per Week:

45 plus

Responsibilities:

  • Ensure communication between shifts occurs and that the communication is relevant
  • Review work orders to ensure that work orders follow the schedule
  • Coordinate and direct proper personnel to areas where issues arise in order to bring resolution
  • Assist operators by Providing instruction, Coaching and assigning additional training as needed
  • Conduct employee evaluations of staff reporting to this position
  • Prepare maintenance request forms in the event of equipment breakdowns
  • Summarize critical resource needs, personnel issues, and production problems to the Plant Manager.
  • Verify payroll book reflects hours worked for personnel for the shift

Job Duties:

  • Schedule operators for work load and breaks throughout the shift
  • Manage the work flow of manufacturing processes necessary to meet the schedule.
  • Monitor downtime and scrap rates and provide direction to proper personnel to reduce scrap or downtime
  • Monitor employees to ensure all policies, procedures and work instructions are being followed.
  • Preform additional task as occasionally requested by supervision or management.

Performance:

  • The supervisor: is expected to:
  • Instruct operator on operator instruction forms
  • Read and understand a work order
  • Operate a press
  • Monitor Operators
  • Document appropriate paperwork
  • The supervisor is required to communicate professionally at all times with all departments.

Requirements and

Qualifications:

Education:

High school diploma or GED

Work Experience:

Supervision, prior plastic experience, coaching

Certification:

Pass pre placement drug test. Forklift truck certification

Qualifications:

Speaking, Reading and writing in English.

Hard Skills:

Proficient in simple Math

Soft Skills:

Communication, Leadership, Motivating, Problem solving team building, team player, time management.

Benefit Conditions:

  • Waiting period may apply
  • Only full-time employees eligible

This Company Describes Its Culture as:

  • Team-oriented -- cooperative and collaborative

This Job Is:

  • A job for which military experienced candidates are encouraged to apply
  • Open to applicants who do not have a high school diploma/GED
  • A “Fair Chance” job (you or the employer follow Fair Chance hiring practices when performing background checks)
  • Open to applicants who do not have a college diploma

Work Remotely

  • No

Job Type: Full-time

Pay: $24.00 - $30.00 per hour

Benefits:

  • 401(k)
  • 401(k) matching
  • Dental insurance
  • Health insurance
  • Life insurance
  • Paid time off
  • Vision insurance

Work Location: In person

Salary : $24 - $30

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