
Manufacturing Supervisor* (7 days on 7 days off Rotating Shifts Days/Midnights) - Cottage Grove, MN
3M · Minnesota
- Level
- Supervisor
- Team
- Manufacturing
- Base pay
- $96k–$117k
- Travel
- 5%
- Degree
- Required
- Industry
- Industrial
- Posted
- 25 days ago
The role in 30 seconds
A supervisor manufacturing role at 3M (industrial) in Minnesota. Of this position may include direct and/or indirect physical or logical access to information, systems, technologies subjected to the regulations/compliance with U.S.
- They ask for
- degree required
- Tools it names
- Lean, Six Sigma
- Base pay
- $96k–$117k
- Day to day
- some off-shift / weekend coverage · about 5% travel · relocation help
- Openings
- 3 with this title at this site
Read from the posting. The full description is below.
From the plant jobs report · week of October 19, 2026
Production Supervisor roles in Minnesota: typical posted base $63k–$117k. This one lists $96k–$117k.
Median of the low and high ends of 12 live postings that list pay, out of 16 production supervisor openings in Minnesota, read from manufacturers' own careers sites.
Minnesota plant jobs report →Pay by team and state →What moves pay →
How this role compares
Against 17 other live manufacturing postings in Minnesota.
- Experience asked
- Not stated
Similar roles usually ask 3+ years.
Skills these teams ask for most
- ✓ Team leadership 56%
- CNC 39%
- Tooling 33%
- Value stream mapping 22%
- Machining 22%
✓ = this posting asks for it too. % = share of similar postings that mention it.
Stands out: this posting asks for Cost reduction, which few similar roles mention. If you have it, lead with it.
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Questions worth asking about this team:
- What does a normal week look like on your team?
- Is the work mostly new product launches or sustaining existing lines?
- How much time do you spend on the floor versus at a desk?
- How does off-shift and weekend coverage work?
- The posting says about 5% travel. Between which sites?
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Bring proof to the interview
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The Impact You’ll Make in this Role
As a Manufacturing Supervisor , you will have the opportunity to tap into your curiosity and collaborate with some of the most innovative and diverse people around the world. Here, you will make an impact by:
- ◆Promoting a safe and sustainable working environment through modeling safe behaviors as well as recognizing and resolving safety related problems. Actively lead incident investigations, including presenting incident resolutions to site leadership.
- ◆Cultivating and leading a team by encouraging and implementing cross training activities, cooperation, innovation, flexibility, and teamwork. Scheduling work priorities consistent with engineering directives, coordinating maintenance activities, allocating work assignments, communicating expectations and monitoring workflow. Providing coaching and feedback to employees and utilizing corrective action to resolve conflict and inappropriate behaviors.
- ◆Monitoring production rates, yields, and quality of products routinely, communicating results to employees and leveraging continuous improvement tools to improve scheduling, quality, and efficiency.
- ◆Leading, coaching and developing employees through direct supervisor, floor presence, monitoring and coaching of production employees, providing recognition, overseeing training completion, policy administration and participating in hiring processes.
- ◆Implementing advanced working knowledge and interpretation of corporate and site policies and procedures. Ensuring shift administrative activities such as time reporting, attendance control, vacation planning, overtime, etc. are properly implemented and documented.
- ◆Representing plant leadership team through supporting initiatives across the plant, including but not limited to supervision coverage for alternative shifts and supporting 24/7 production through flexible work schedules when required.
Your Skills and Expertise
To set you up for success in this role from day one, 3M requires (at a minimum) the following
qualifications
- ✓Bachelor’s degree or higher (completed and verified prior to start) from an accredited institution and a minimum of two (2) years of combined experience working in a manufacturing or production environment in a private, public, government or military setting.
OR
- ✓High School diploma/GED or higher (completed and verified prior to start) from an accredited institution and a minimum of four (4) years of combined experience working in a manufacturing or production environment in a private, public, government or military setting.
Additional
that could help you succeed even further in this role include
- ◆Bachelor’s degree in a technical discipline (completed and verified prior to start) from an accredited institution.
- ◆Previous supervisory experience.
- ◆Experience in one or more of the following: project leadership, team leadership, supervisory, and/or management.
- ◆Self-directed and detail oriented.
- ◆Good interpersonal, communication, prioritization, organizational skills, and computer skills.
- ◆Create, lead and work in a team atmosphere.
- ◆Communicate written and verbally clearly and concisely and influence changes with operators as well as other plant employees and management team members.
- ◆Identification and resolution of process issues.
- ◆Use of continuous improvement methodologies (e.g. Lean Six Sigma) to provide impact through cost reduction programs, quality improvements, and safety of work environments.
Travel: Up to 5% domestic travel
Relocation Assistance: May be authorized
Must be legally authorized to work in country of employment without sponsorship for employment visa status (e.g., H1B status).
Responsibilities
of this position may include direct and/or indirect physical or logical access to information, systems, technologies subjected to the regulations/compliance with U.S. Export Control Laws.
U.S. Export Control laws and U.S. Government Department of Defense contracts and sub-contracts impose certain restrictions on companies and their ability to share export-controlled and other technology and services with certain "non-U.S. persons" (persons who are not U.S. citizens or nationals, lawful permanent residents of the U.S., refugees, "Temporary Residents" (granted Amnesty or Special Agricultural Worker provisions), or persons granted asylum.
To comply with these laws, 3M must help assess candidates' U.S. person status.
The questions asked in this application are intended to assess this and will be used for evaluation purposes only. Failure to provide the necessary information in this regard will result in our inability to consider you further for this particular position.
Supporting Your Well-being
3M offers many programs to help you live your best life – both physically and financially. To ensure competitive pay and benefits, 3M regularly benchmarks with other companies that are comparable in size and scope.
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Job Description
Manufacturing Supervisor (7 days on 7 days off Rotating Days/Midnights) - Cottage Grove, MN
Collaborate with Innovative 3Mers Around the World
Choosing where to start and grow your career has a major impact on your professional and personal life, so it’s equally important you know that the company that you choose to work at, and its leaders, will support and guide you. With a wide variety of people, global locations, technologies and products, 3M is a place where you can collaborate with other curious, creative 3Mers.
This position provides an opportunity to transition from other private, public, government or military experience to a 3M career.
