
2nd shift supervisor
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The 2nd Shift Supervisor serves as the first point of contact for second-shift employees and leads workers operating machines to manufacture parts and products. Reporting to the day-shift manager, the supervisor executes production schedules, monitors KPIs, addresses concerns, and supports safe, efficient operations. The role also oversees production employees, quality checks, performance reviews, and improvements to production methods and equipment.
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Summary: The 2nd Shift Supervisor is the first point of contact for employees on 2nd shift. The 2nd shift supervisor will have the opportunity to lead and motivate a diverse group of talented employees engaged in operating a variety of machines to manufacture parts and/or products. This position reports to the day-shift manager. Essential Duties and Responsibilities 1. Manages based on our values of Trust, Teamwork and Excellence. 2. Sets the highest ethical standards for self and others. 3. Ensures safe working conditions are maintained and enforced. 4. Executes the schedule as determined and provided by day shift manager. 5. Ensures daily KPIs are achieved. Identifies root cause for misses and develops countermeasures to ensure targets can be achieved. 6. Analyzes and resolves concerns or assists workers in identifying solutions to concerns. 7. Communicates orally and/or written with stakeholders in the organization to ensure customer needs are met. 8. Inspects and measures parts and products to verify conformance to specifications. 9. Directs workers in adjusting machines and equipment to repair products which fail to meet standards. 10. Develops, recommends, and implements measures to improve production methods, equipment performance, and quality of product. 11. Suggests changes in working conditions and use of equipment to increase engagement and efficiency. Interprets specifications, blueprints, and job orders, and assigns duties to workforce. 12. Maintains and validates time sheets and approving time off requests and production records. 13. Conducts annual employee performance reviews. 14. Other duties as assigned. Education/Training/ Experience: 1. Minimum of five years of experience in heavy manufacturing environment. 2. Demonstrated ability to lead and motivate diverse groups of individuals. 3. Ability to read and interpret documents such as safety rules, operating and maintenance instructions, and procedure manuals. Skills: Demonstrate math proficiency as it relates to this job. Supervisory Responsibilities: Directly supervises up to 30 production employees. Carries out supervisory responsibilities in accordance with the organization's policies and applicable laws. Responsibilities include interviewing, hiring, and training employees; planning, assigning, and directing work; performance reviews; recognition, providing on-going constructive feedback; addressing complaints and problem resolution. Work Environment: The work environment characteristics described here are representative of those an employee encounters while performing the essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions. While performing the duties of this Job, the employee is regularly exposed to moving mechanical parts; toxic or caustic chemicals and vibration. The employee is frequently exposed to fumes or airborne particles. The employee is occasionally exposed to extreme heat (non-weather). The noise level in the work environment is usually loud. Physical Demands: The physical demands described here are representative of those that must be met by an employee to successfully perform the essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions. The employee must regularly lift and /or move up to 50 pounds. Specific vision abilities required by this job include Close vision, Distance vision, Peripheral vision, Depth perception and Ability to adjust focus. While performing the duties of this job, the employee is frequently required to stand; walk; sit and talk or hear. The employee is occasionally required to use hands to finger, handle, or feel and reach with hands and arms. NOTE: The above statement reflects the general details considered necessary to describe th principal functions of the job identified and shall not be construed as a detailed description of all the work requirements that may be inherent in the job.
How this job compares
Set against the 1,176 open Manufacturing Supervisor jobs on Olive Jobs, counted November 5, 2026.
- Pay
- This postingNot listed
- Pennsylvania median$73–98K/yr36 salary ranges
- US median$28–34/hr84 hourly ranges
- Openings
- Olive Jobs lists 69 open Manufacturing Supervisor jobs in Pennsylvania and 1,176 across the US. Under 1% of them nationwide are listed as remote or flexible.
- Hiring the most in Pennsylvania
- Lockheed Martin4 open
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- Experience
- This posting asks for at least 5 years of experience; Manufacturing Supervisor postings that state a minimum ask for 3 years at the median (865 postings).
- Education
- 66 of the 1,176 open Manufacturing Supervisor jobs (6%) ask for a bachelor's degree or higher.
Counted across the open, public US postings on Olive Jobs on November 5, 2026. Pay medians are the middle values of the low ends and of the high ends of postings that list both ends of a range in the same cadence (a yearly salary or an hourly rate); a range's midpoint is halfway between its ends. Pay and experience figures resting on fewer than 20 postings are left out.
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