Plant Production Superintendent, Plastics Bag Making

Own the Output. Elevate the Team.

We’re seeking a Plant Production Superintendent to guide our plastics bag-making operation across Converting and Extrusion. You’ll orchestrate people, processes, and priorities so production runs safely, on time, on budget, and to spec—every time.

Our Mission

Operate a safe, clean, environmentally compliant facility while delivering exceptional quality and service. Your leadership will translate strategy into action on the shop floor and measurable results on the scorecard.

Your Focus

• Safety & Wellbeing: Advance initiatives that protect the safety, health, security, and welfare of all employees.
• Operational Discipline: Keep production areas clean, orderly, and compliant with environmental and company standards.
• Holistic Oversight: Provide inclusive oversight of all production and production support activities aligned with company policies, principles, procedures, values, and standards.
• Continuous Improvement: Perpetually assess systems, procedures, equipment, facilities, and team capabilities to optimize safety, flow, service, quality, and profitability.
• Quality Systems: Develop, implement, and maintain quality assurance protocols.
• Delivery & Cost: Ensure activities remain on schedule and within budget; review budgets and report cost plans to corporate leadership.
• Talent Pipeline: Track staffing needs and recruit as needed; lead, motivate, and support the production team, including career development and problem resolution.

What You’ll Drive Daily

• Daily GEMBA engagements on the floor.
• Daily audits for Standard Work, Housekeeping, and Roll Scanning.
• Shift scorecards posted twice monthly.
• Support for attendance and performance write-ups.
• Completion of SABA safety training across shifts.
• Overtime scheduling in line with demand.
• On-the-floor support to the shift supervisor to improve uptime.
• Data collection and metric updates to hit productivity targets, reduce cost per unit, eliminate errors, and deliver excellent customer service.
• Materials and inventory oversight.
• Other duties and tasks as assigned.

Qualifications

• High school diploma required; additional education and/or leadership training preferred.
• Thorough understanding of production processes with the ability to oversee the bag-making process.
• 5–10+ years in a production environment.
• Self-directed with demonstrated effectiveness across all organizational levels.
• Clear, confident communicator.
• Microsoft Office proficiency and aptitude for new systems.
• Willing and able to work overtime.
• Leadership/people management proficiency.

Where You’ll Make a Difference

Converting and Extrusion production teams rely on your structure, coaching, and follow-through to translate plans into predictable output and continuous improvement.