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Pittsburgh Glass Works
Production Supervisor (Night Shift)
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What they do
A Production Shift Supervisor oversees employees working on multiple production lines. Assigns tasks and adjusts workloads to meet production goals, schedules and monitors training and assess progress of the employees, monitors production quality and uses leadership skills to solve problems with employees.
$69,370 / year median in Pennsylvania
+1% projected growth
Job Description
Production Supervisor (Night Shift) Pittsburgh Glass Works United States, Pennsylvania, Tipton Aug 12, 2026 This position is responsible for supervising all shift associates and for training and developing them in production methods and plant procedures to achieve plant and company goals for safety, quality, efficiency, and cost-effectiveness. The incumbent supports the plant focus on continuous improvement to meet the requirements of both internal and external customers. This position is also responsible for all peripheral areas of the plant, including Maintenance and Shipping, in the absence of departmental supervisors. In the event of an emergency, this position will take the lead to ensure the safety of all employees and that all proper communications are made to facility management Supervise and coach all shift associates, dealing with areas of conflict and resolving problems to reduce conflict and ensure an environment of teamwork, respect and courtesy; maintain appropriate staffing levels, and participate in recruiting and selection activities. Monitor schedule and ensure manpower is in place for next shift, as required.
Direct the work activities of all associates and assign tasks to ensure that the area or department achieves targeted production goals and costs and meets customer requirements.
Provide a safe work environment by ensuring safety training and communication take place; Respond to and address safety concerns raised by employees and ensure that safe work practices are followed so that company and plant targeted safety goals are met; this includes enforcement of PPE, LOTO, hearing conservation, hazard communication and housekeeping procedures. Ensure incidents investigation are completed and documented in Impact. Respond to any event or emergency and take the lead to ensure the safety of all associates and the facility and communicate with facility management.
Evaluate associates and identify areas requiring additional training and provide for that training to ensure continued growth and development of the workforce to meet company goals; follow company disciplinary procedures for behavioral issues that training and coaching fail to improve
Monitor and report production and downtime metrics at daily meeting; provide corrective action as needed in areas of shrinkage loss, line downtime, pattern change duration, cost controls, rework, new part startup cost, sample metrics and customer PPM requirements to ensure problems are identified and corrected as needed.
Participate on improvement teams as needed for safety rep teams, Breakthrough Teams, BAPP Steering Team/data collector teams to demonstrate commitment to area improvement and growth and encourage employee engagement.
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