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Third Shift Supervisor

Cooper Standard · New Philadelphia, OH

Level
Supervisor
Team
Manufacturing
Degree
Required
Experience asked
3+ years
Industry
Automotive
Posted
30+ days ago

The role in 30 seconds

A supervisor manufacturing role at Cooper Standard (automotive) in New Philadelphia, OH. Encourage, support and communicate improvement ideas from operators, and assist with implementation once ideas have been approved.

They ask for
3+ years · degree required
Tools it names
Root cause

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From the plant jobs report · week of October 19, 2026

Production Supervisor roles in Ohio: typical posted base $74k–$97k.

Median of the low and high ends of 11 live postings that list pay, out of 66 production supervisor openings in Ohio, read from manufacturers' own careers sites.

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How this role compares

Against 38 other live manufacturing postings in Ohio.

Experience asked
Typical (3+ years)

Similar roles usually ask 3+ years.

Skills these teams ask for most

  • ✓ Team leadership 67%
  • Tooling 44%
  • Machining 38%
  • Lean 36%
  • 5S 31%
  • CNC 28%

✓ = this posting asks for it too. % = share of similar postings that mention it.

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It asks for 3+ years. If you're close, apply anyway: requirements are a wish list. Talk to someone doing this work there first.

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This plant: Cooper Standard in New Philadelphia

1 other open role at this site.

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Position Summary

Ensure the achievement of the unit's safety, production, quality, and continuous improvement goals through adequate planning, organization, coordination and control of its human and technical resources and materials.

Primary

Responsibilities

  • ◆Create a work environment in which each employee is respected, feels welcome and safe, and is empowered to do their best.
  • ◆Responsible for all parts being built to the manufacturing plan and customer specifications.
  • ◆Ensure that employees and team leaders are properly trained and empowered to execute the job requirements.
  • ◆Communicate work rules and required standards of conduct.
  • ◆Assess employee performance, and initiate employee coaching and discipline as necessary.
  • ◆Identify, control and communicate risk in operations.
  • ◆Ensure employees are trained to safely perform their jobs.
  • ◆Act as a role model and ensure employees model safe behaviors.
  • ◆Initiate and participate in incident investigations, root cause analysis, and corrective actions.
  • ◆Ensure production reports are accurately maintained.
  • ◆Organize and schedule work, including management of breaks, overtime, vacation and absence coverage to achieve production requirements.
  • ◆Ensure conformance to quality procedures and proper application of quality and process controls.
  • ◆Encourage, support and communicate improvement ideas from operators, and assist with implementation once ideas have been approved.
  • ◆Collaborate with Continuous Improvement teams, identifying and proposing possible solutions and supporting their effective implementation.
  • ◆Ensure communication between shifts and that team meetings occur.
  • ◆Participate in meetings with managers to evaluate performance results and planned actions.
  • ◆Participate in critical parts meetings as needed, and daily walkabout.
  • ◆May, on occasion, be required to perform duties other than those specified in this description.
  • ◆Participate in or lead safety‐related processes such as hazard assessment, work instruction development, incident investigations, LPA, 6S, safety walks, etc.
  • ◆Ensure that HSE legal and management system

requirements

for work areas are met.

  • ✓May, on occasion, be required to perform duties other than those specified in this description

Qualifications

  • ✓Four year degree or two year degree in pursuit of a four year degree with two to four years in supervision and / or more than 3 years practical experience in supervision / management
  • ✓Ability to identify and resolve day to day technical and operational problems.
  • ✓Analytical skills to gather and interpret production information.
  • ✓Computer competency required, spreadsheet, charting, and word documentation.
  • ✓Uses tact and diplomacy to exchange information and handle sensitive issues.
  • ✓Willingness and ability to travel, as necessary.
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Work Environment/Work Conditions

  • •Professional Office Environment
  • •Must wear proper personal protection equipment while on manufacturing floor
  • •Travel to manufacturing facilities or customer locations when required
  • •Equipment used requires proper training on the potential for and avoidance of injury

Position Type

Regular

Remote Status

On-site

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