
Production Supervisor
Wheeling, ILJob$85–95K/yrSeen 2w agoSeen in employer's feed 6 days ago
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Job overview
The Production Supervisor directs department employees and daily activities to ensure timely availability of high-quality products. The role balances resources and equipment against production goals, supports safety and quality processes, and maintains compliance with ISO, GMP, FDA, and cGMP standards. It also includes employee coaching and performance management, inventory and budget oversight, and coordination with cross-functional teams to address production needs.
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Full job description
This job was posted by https://illinoisjoblink.illinois.gov : For more information, please see: https://illinoisjoblink.illinois.gov/jobs/13803184 Position Overview:\ The Supervisor, Production performs functions of department supervision and direct the daily activities of department employees to assure timely availability of high quality products. What you will do:\ \ Assure maximum utilization of resources to meet the scheduled due dates for product availability. Balance throughput by scheduling resources and equipment to ensure attainment of established production goals and objectives. - Responsible for continual improvement of safety, quality and production processes while ensuring compliance with ISO/GMP/FDA and quality standards. - Provide adequate training and close coaching for the department employees to establish product awareness and understanding, cGMP compliance and promote ISO 13485 quality standards. - Implement safety programs to include training and awareness to eliminate lost time accidents and reduce OSHA recordable injuries. - Serve as a communication link between management and the department to assure quality information flow. - Provide effective leadership and coaching to members of department, including goal setting, performance feedback and salary administration. - Alert management to any capacity constraints that have a potential to adversely affect the customer service levels. - Maintain the floor stock inventory to assure adequate components availability. - Assist in the development of annual operation budgets, provide updates and manage variances. - Obtain Engineering, Materials management and Q.A. support as necessary to achieve the department's throughput and budget objectives. - Maintain an environment of fairness, challenge and support to foster job effectiveness and a sense of direction and well-being in the department employees. Respond to all employee concerns in an efficient manner. - Maintain the department integrity in terms of cGMP compliance. - Follow all safety policies procedures, - Other responsibilities as assigned. Supervisory responsibilities Responsible for the management of all production employees in department. - Communicate openly and often with cross-functional management staff to evaluate production process needs, - resolve problems and obstacles, provide resources, reset direction, and maximize effective interactions and functioning. - Constructively challenge, and actively participate in, management decision-making processes related to strategic and tactical business issues. - Articulate vision/strategy to company leaders, peers and subordinates and gain commitment as well as influence behaviors to drive results. - Effectively drive teamwork up, across and down the organization to deliver results. \ Skills for Success:\ AA/AS with 4 years of experience or BA/BS with 2 years of direct line supervisory experience in an industrial environment - Knowledge of medical components - ISO/cGMP and FDA regulations Preferred Education and experience - Experience in the medical device industry Physical demands & Travel required - <5% Travel - Light Base Salary Range $85,000 - $95,000 (Exact compensation may vary based on skills, experience, location and budget. Benefits: Medical, dental, vision, life insurance and 401K + employer match.
How this job compares
Set against the 1,908 open Production Supervisor jobs on Olive Jobs, counted November 5, 2026.
- Pay
- This posting$85–95K/yr
- Illinois median$70–94K/yr50 salary ranges
- US median$73–100K/yr733 salary ranges
This range's midpoint, $90K, is 10% above the Illinois median midpoint ($82K) — in the top quarter of Production Supervisor salary ranges in Illinois.
- Openings
- Olive Jobs lists 71 open Production Supervisor jobs in Illinois and 1,908 across the US. Under 1% of them nationwide are listed as remote or flexible.
- Hiring the most in Illinois
- Mondelez International5 open
- ADM3 open
- Eaton Corporation3 open
- Experience
- This posting asks for at least 4 years of experience; Production Supervisor postings that state a minimum ask for 3 years at the median (1,299 postings).
- Education
- 152 of the 1,908 open Production Supervisor jobs (8%) 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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