Production Supervisor
Company: Orion Talent
Job Ref: # 1995026
Date Posted: 10/29/2026 12:00:00 AM
City, State: Harrisonburg, VA
Salary: $85,000 - $95,000
Description
Go to end ⇓- High school diploma or GED
- Relevant manufacturing, production, fabricating, packaging, or closely related industrial experience
- Previous production, fabricating, or frontline supervisory or leadership experience
- Strong understanding of manufacturing operations, production flow, quality standards, and safety procedures
- Working knowledge of production machinery, manufacturing methods, and operational procedures
- Ability to supervise and coordinate production activities in a fast-paced manufacturing environment
- Ability to manage specialty product projects from inception through delivery
- Ability to coordinate production schedules, project timelines, and customer requirements
- Ability to communicate effectively with sales, design, warehouse, production, fabricating, and shipping departments
- Ability to review customer specifications and ensure production meets quality and design requirements
- Ability to inspect materials, equipment, assembly processes, and finished products for quality
- Ability to identify production issues and implement effective corrective actions
- Strong organizational and time-management skills
- Ability to manage multiple projects, priorities, deadlines, and customer requests simultaneously
- Strong interpersonal, written, and verbal communication skills
- Demonstrated ability to lead, motivate, and communicate effectively with production employees and management
- Strong analytical skills and mechanical aptitude
- Ability to troubleshoot manufacturing and production-related challenges
- Ability to identify opportunities to improve productivity, efficiency, and operational performance
- Ability to develop and maintain project tracking tools and production documentation
- Ability to address escalated customer concerns related to product quality
- Ability to participate in production meetings and communicate project status, priorities, and schedules
- Strong commitment to workplace safety, quality, teamwork, and accountability
- Ability to work effectively under pressure in a deadline-driven manufacturing environment
- Authorized to work in the United States
- Ability to work full-time in a manufacturing facility
- Ability to work the assigned production shift once confirmed
- Ability to oversee production activities and maintain adherence to manufacturing schedules
- Ability to coordinate multiple departments to ensure accurate and timely order completion
- Ability to monitor production quality and ensure compliance with customer specifications
- Ability to support safe working practices and established manufacturing procedures
- Ability to manage competing priorities and respond to changing production requirements
- Ability to communicate effectively with production personnel, management, and other departments
- Ability to investigate and resolve production and customer quality issues
- Ability to maintain accurate project information, production updates, and related documentation
- Ability to support a culture of continuous improvement, teamwork, and accountability
- Direct corrugated manufacturing or packaging industry experience
- Experience with corrugated fabricating equipment and production processes
- Approximately 7 years of corrugated manufacturing experience preferred; equivalent directly relevant experience may be considered
- Approximately 3 years of production or fabricating supervisory experience preferred; demonstrated leadership ability may be considered in place of the full experience benchmark
- Experience supervising manufacturing employees in a corrugated, packaging, or related production environment
- Experience coordinating specialty packaging or custom-manufactured product projects
- Experience with manufacturing systems and shop-floor software
- Some college coursework, technical education, or manufacturing-related training
- Experience training and developing production employees
- Experience with team building, employee performance development, and conflict resolution
- Experience implementing continuous improvement initiatives
- Experience improving manufacturing productivity, production flow, and operational efficiency
- Experience supporting workplace safety programs and safety-process improvements
- Experience identifying cost-saving opportunities within manufacturing operations
- Experience coordinating production schedules across multiple departments
- Experience managing quality concerns and implementing corrective actions
- Military leadership experience combined with relevant manufacturing, maintenance, production, or industrial operations experience




















