Job Description

Production Supervisor

• Plastic Injection Molding Manufacturer
• Crystal Lake, IL
• 3rd Shift
• $25.00 – $35.00/hr

We are working with an established plastics manufacturing company based in the Northwest Chicago suburbs. They are recruiting a Production Supervisor to join their team on 3rd shift in return for an hourly rate in the region of $25.00 – $35.00 per hour along with excellent employment benefits.

Key Responsibilities include:

• Lead and supervise a team of 4–5 production employees across 5 injection molding machines
• Ensure production schedules are achieved while maintaining quality and safety standards
• Drive employee engagement, accountability and performance on shift
• Coordinate daily production activities and communicate priorities to the team
• Support production operations and troubleshoot day-to-day manufacturing issues
• Monitor production performance and identify opportunities for improvement
• Maintain a safe working environment and enforce company policies and procedures
• Work closely with Production Management to achieve production targets
• Assist with employee coaching, training and development
• Ensure accurate production reporting and shift communication

Qualifications & Experience required:

• Previous Production Supervisor, Team Lead or Manufacturing Supervisor experience
• Plastic injection molding manufacturing experience
• Strong people management and leadership skills
• Experience working within a fast-paced manufacturing environment
• Ability to motivate, coach and develop production employees
• Strong communication and problem-solving skills
• Understanding of production KPIs, efficiency and quality metrics

Preferred Experience:

• Injection molding manufacturing experience
• ERP system experience
• Experience working with automated manufacturing equipment
• CNC manufacturing exposure
• Bilingual Spanish skills

Schedule:

• 3rd Shift
• Monday – Friday
• Approximately 48 hours per week
• Weekend work may be required

How To Apply

• Contact: Sean Mooney
• 215-999-6430 or [email protected]
• Job reference number: 2757
• If you would like to find out more, simply click apply.

This position is commutable from: Wauconda, McHenry, Crystal Lake, Round Lake, Mundelein, Lake Zurich, Grayslake, Libertyville, Gurnee, Elgin.

Relevant Job Title: Production Supervisor, Manufacturing Supervisor, Production Team Lead, Shift Supervisor, Injection Molding Supervisor, Plastics Production Supervisor, Manufacturing Team Leader.

All applicants must live in the USA and be eligible to work and live in the USA. Please note, our client is unable to offer Sponsorship or Visa support for this role.

Due to the sheer volume of applications, we will only contact successful applications. Therefore, if you have not heard from us within 10 working days, please deem your application as unsuccessful.

Axion Recruitment is working as a recruitment agency in relation to this vacancy.

You should be proficient in:

• Injection Molding Experience