Manufacturing Supervisor - Night Shift

Plant HW is seeking a Manufacturing Supervisor to lead our night shift operations in South Pittsburg, TN. This role is responsible for providing leadership and direction to production associates while ensuring a safe work environment, maintaining product quality, and achieving operational performance goals.

The ideal candidate is a strong communicator and people leader who can build trust with associates, drive accountability, and support continuous improvement initiatives across the operation.

The shift for this position is 4pm-2am.

Key Responsibilities

Leadership & Team Development

• Lead, coach, and develop production associates to achieve safety, quality, and productivity goals.
• Provide timely feedback, performance coaching, and corrective action when necessary.
• Support associate onboarding, training, and on-the-job development.
• Conduct shift meetings and communicate business priorities, department expectations, and plant updates.
• Promote associate engagement and a positive team culture.

Operations & Quality

• Ensure production schedules and operational objectives are achieved.
• Monitor and improve process performance, product quality, and efficiency.
• Coordinate with Quality, Maintenance, Scheduling, and other departments to support daily operations.
• Review production data and utilize process metrics to identify improvement opportunities.
• Ensure non-conforming material is properly identified and managed.

Safety & Continuous Improvement

• Champion Shaw's safety culture and ensure compliance with all safety policies and procedures.
• Lead safety discussions, participate in incident investigations, and support corrective actions.
• Identify and implement opportunities to improve safety, quality, productivity, and associate development.
• Support and lead plant continuous improvement initiatives.

Qualifications

Required

• High School Diploma or GED.
• Demonstrated leadership experience in a manufacturing or industrial environment.
• Strong communication, coaching, and interpersonal skills.
• Ability to analyze production data and make sound decisions.
• Basic computer proficiency.
• Ability to work nights, weekends, holidays, and overtime as required.

Preferred

• Associate's or Bachelor's degree.
• Experience in engineered wood products, manufacturing, or related industries.
• Experience with SPC, quality systems, or continuous improvement programs.
• Six Sigma, Lean, or related continuous improvement experience.

What Success Looks Like

• Builds a safe and engaged team culture.
• Consistently delivers quality and production objectives.
• Develops associates and strengthens technical capability within the department.
• Drives accountability while maintaining strong working relationships.
• Identifies and implements improvements that positively impact plant performance.