Production Supervisor

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Job Title: Production Supervisor Job Description

We are seeking a hands-on, people-focused Production Supervisor to lead our manufacturing operations during the second shift. This role involves overseeing daily production, ensuring adherence to safety and quality standards, and driving a culture of accountability, teamwork, and continuous improvement.

Responsibilities

• Lead, coach, motivate, and evaluate 2nd shift production employees.
• Create a positive, inclusive, high-performance culture.
• Address attendance, performance, and behavioral issues in partnership with HR.
• Promote effective cross-training and skill development.
• Ensure compliance with all OSHA, safety, and PPE requirements.
• Conduct daily safety checks, incident investigations, and corrective actions.
• Lead Daily Management talks and reinforce safe behaviors and practices.
• Execute and manage the production schedule to meet targets for throughput, efficiency, and downtime.
• Develop and monitor performance conditions to quickly identify and resolve issues.
• Ensure proper line changeovers, startups, and shutdowns following Standard Work.
• Enforce company quality standards and maintain quality manufacturing processes.
• Partner with QC to resolve issues and prevent recurrence.
• Maintain accurate production, scrap, and quality records.
• Participate in continuous improvement events and root-cause problem solving.
• Sustain and improve Lean systems across the shift.
• Provide clear, accurate shift handoffs to 1st shift supervisor.
• Collaborate with Quality, Maintenance, Warehouse, and Planning teams.
• Communicate staffing, equipment, and material needs proactively.

Essential Skills

• 3+ years of experience in a manufacturing or production environment.
• 1+ years of leadership or supervisory experience.
• Strong understanding of production processes, equipment, and workflow.
• Experience with Lean Manufacturing fundamentals, including 5S, Standard Work, and variation reduction.
• Strong communication, problem-solving, and team-building skills.
• Ability to work the full 2nd shift schedule and weekend overtime as needed.

Additional Skills & Qualifications

• Background in food, packaging, chemical, automotive, or related manufacturing industries.
• Experience with continuous improvement programs or methodologies.

Why Work Here?

Enjoy a competitive base salary along with comprehensive health, retirement, and wellness benefits. Benefit from opportunities for career advancement and professional development in a collaborative, innovative, and growth-focused work environment and culture.

Work Environment

This role involves working on the production floor, where you will engage with various manufacturing processes and operations. The position requires flexibility to work the full 2nd shift schedule and occasional weekend overtime.

Job Type & Location

This is a Contract to Hire position based out of Itasca, IL.

Pay And Benefits

The pay range for this position is $35.00 - $40.00/hr.

Requirements

Eligibility requirements apply to some benefits and may depend on your job classification and length of employment. Benefits are subject to change and may be subject to specific elections, plan, or program terms. If eligible, the benefits available for this temporary role may include the following:

• Medical, dental & vision
• Critical Illness, Accident, and Hospital
• 401(k) Retirement Plan – Pre-tax and Roth post-tax contributions available
• Life Insurance (Voluntary Life & AD&D for the employee and dependents)
• Short and long-term disability
• Health Spending Account (HSA)
• Transportation benefits
• Employee Assistance Program
• Time Off/Leave (PTO, Vacation or Sick Leave)

Workplace Type

This is a fully onsite position in Itasca,IL.

Application Deadline

This position is anticipated to close on Mar 20, 2026.

About Aerotek

We know that finding work is hard, and finding meaningful work is harder. Aerotek connects 180,000+ light industrial and skilled trades workers with 14,000+ employers each year, helping our workers navigate an evolving labor market and find jobs that meets their goals, skills and interests. Since 1983, we have provided a variety of career opportunities across North American industry – from short-term assignments at Fortune 500 companies where you can build your skills, to long-term opportunities where you can play a vital role solving for companies’ construction, manufacturing and maintenance challenges. Our 1,500+ experienced recruiters across 250+ offices work relentlessly to put our workforce in a position to thrive. Let us rise to meet your challenges and put our people-are everything spirit to the test as your career continues to grow.

Aerotek offers weekly pay, employee benefits including medical, dental & vision, life insurance, health advocacy and employee assistance programs, a 401(k) plan, and employee discounts.

The company is an equal opportunity employer and will consider all applications without regards to race, sex, age, color, religion, national origin, veteran status, disability, sexual orientation, gender identity, genetic information or any characteristic protected by law.

If you have questions about this posting, please contact [email protected]