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- Employment type
- Full-time
- Experience level
- Mid-level · 2+ years
- Minimum education
- High school
- Posting language
- English
- Working hours
- 40 hours per week
Job summary
The Production Supervisor manages plant employees and daily operations to ensure production schedules, quality standards, and safety regulations are met. They are responsible for driving continuous improvement, optimizing labor and equipment usage, and fostering a safety-conscious work environment.
Job details
DESCRIPTION & REQUIREMENTS Smurfit Westrock (NYSE:SW) is the go-to leader and partner of choice in sustainable packaging. We are dedicated to creating efficient and scalable paper and packaging solutions to help solve complex packaging challenges. Guided by our values of safety, loyalty, integrity and respect, we are committed to delivering meaningful value for shareholders, customers, employees and the communities where we operate. Production Supervisor The Opportunity: This role is accountable for managing plant employees to meet manufacturing and production schedules. The successful incumbent will ensure that all company standards and customer commitments (safety, quality, production, cost, on-time delivery) are met. Other accountabilities include coordinating production operations and maintaining effective quality procedures and safety regulations for the facility. This is a growth position that could lead to various upper management positions. Job Responsibilities: • Enforce plant safety regulations and encourage employees to become safety conscious. • Manage manufacturing employees to include performance reviews and disciplinary actions. • Make recommendations to improve the safety, environment, and health of the entire facility. • Manage the day-to-day operations of the shift with constant emphasis on safety, quality, delivery, and cost. • Monitor production activities to eliminate waste and ensure adherence to production and shipping schedules. • Work with other team members to control and improve efficiencies, minimize labor overtime, downtime, and repair expenses. • Control load factors and workflow to ensure maximum use of available capacity and effective use of labor, tools, and equipment. How You Will Impact WestRock: • Encourage plant safety regulations and encourage employees to become safety conscious. • Build relationships with internal departments to gather information and data in support of continuous improvement projects. • Working with the various teams to ensure a thorough understanding of each area in manufacturing. • Support the plant in identifying and reaching KPIs. What you Need to Succeed: • High School diploma or G.E.D. equivalent with 3 to 4 years of related experience • Proven experience in operations, manufacturing, or supply chain • Excellent communication and listening skills. • Proven track record of effective problem-solving • Ability to embrace continuous improvement. • Strong collaboration and teaming skills with stakeholders across functions • Ability to coach and train employees • Ability to be an on-shift resource for troubleshooting problems in the process as well as maintenance issues. • Ability to make independent, effective decisions. • Possess the ability to be a self-directed team player. • Flexibility to work multiple shifts. • Proven leadership skills and an ability to communicate effectively with employees at all levels. • Ability to organize and prioritize workload. What We Offer: • Corporate culture is based on integrity, respect, accountability, and excellence. • Comprehensive training with numerous learning and development opportunities. • A career with a global packaging company where Sustainability, Safety, and Inclusion are business drivers and foundational elements of the daily work. Candidates are required to undergo a drug screening after receiving a conditional job offer, but before starting employment. Qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, national origin, disability, protected veteran status or other characteristics protected by state or federal law. GENERAL INFORMATION Job ID ATR68351 Posting Job Title Supv, Mfg Ops Locations AB Calgary Employment Type Full Time Date Posted 07-Oct-2026 Relocation Support No
What you’ll do
The Production Supervisor manages plant employees and daily operations to ensure production schedules, quality standards, and safety regulations are met. They are responsible for driving continuous improvement, optimizing labor and equipment usage, and fostering a safety-conscious work environment.
Requirements
Candidates must have a High School diploma or G.E.D. along with 3 to 4 years of related experience in operations, manufacturing, or supply chain. Strong leadership, communication, and problem-solving skills are required, along with the flexibility to work multiple shifts.
Benefits
- Training and development opportunities
- Career growth opportunities
Listed skills
- Production Scheduling · Preferred
- Team Leadership · Preferred
- Continuous Improvement · Preferred
- Problem solving · Preferred
- Communication · Preferred
- Coaching · Preferred
- Troubleshooting · Preferred
- Supply Chain · Preferred
- Data analysis · Preferred
- Collaboration · Preferred
- Decision Making · Preferred
Other relevant skills
Identified from the job description. Confirm important requirements above.
- Manufacturing operations
- Production scheduling
- Safety regulations
- Team leadership
- Performance management
- Continuous improvement
- Problem-solving
- Communication
- Coaching
- Troubleshooting
- Workflow management
- Supply chain
- Data analysis
- Collaboration
- Decision making
- Sustainable Packaging
- Supply Chain
- Accountability
- Workflow Management
- Self-Discipline
- Information Gathering
- Plant Safety
- Management
- Continuous Improvement Process
- Packaging And Labeling
- Leadership
- Scalability
- Problem Solving
- Key Performance Indicators (KPIs)
- Listening Skills
- Operations
- Performance Review
- Cost-Of-Production Theory Of Value
- Troubleshooting (Problem Solving)
- Coordinating
- Prioritization
Job areas
- Manufacturing
- Management & Leadership
- Logistics
- Engineering
- Lead Manufacturing Specialist
- Production Plant Foreman
- Manufacturing Supervisors
- First-Line Supervisors of Production and Operating Workers
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