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Production Supervisor

Specialty Building Products · Smithfield, RI

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Level
Supervisor
Team
Production
Degree
Preferred
Experience asked
2+ years
Industry
Industrial
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The role in 30 seconds

A supervisor production role at Specialty Building Products (industrial) in Smithfield, RI. Enforce safety procedures and policies and ensure a safe work environment free of hazards.

They ask for
2+ years · degree preferred
Tools it names
EHS / safety
Day to day
some off-shift / weekend coverage

Read from the posting. The full description is below.

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

Production Supervisor roles in the US: typical posted base $76k–$102k.

Median of the low and high ends of 250 live postings that list pay, out of 930 production supervisor openings in the US, read from manufacturers' own careers sites.

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How this role compares

Against 934 other live production postings in the US.

Base pay
Not listed in this posting

Typical $75k–$100k, from 210 postings that list pay.

Experience asked
Less than usual (2+ vs 4+)

Similar roles usually ask 4+ years.

Skills these teams ask for most

  • ✓ Team leadership 90%
  • Lean 33%
  • 5S 21%
  • ✓ EHS / safety 20%

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

It asks for 2+ years. If you're close, apply anyway: requirements are a wish list. Talk to someone doing this work there first.

At a glance

Off-shift / weekend coverage

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  2. 2

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  3. 3

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    • What does a normal week look like on your team?
    • How does off-shift and weekend coverage work?
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  5. 5

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Full description from Specialty Building ProductsAs posted on their careers site.Show

Responsibilities

  • ◆Enforce safety procedures and policies and ensure a safe work environment free of hazards.
  • ◆Ensure compliance with OSHA and other government agencies.
  • ◆Ensure proper compliance and execution of HAZMAT program.
  • ◆Ensure co-workers are following safety rules and are demonstrating safe working behavior.
  • ◆Drive overall quality for product built, shipped to and received by customer.
  • ◆Strive to ensure quality outcome of product the first time, responsible for correcting quality errors and fixing processes to avoid future quality errors from occurring.
  • ◆Demonstrate equipment operations and work and safety procedures to new employees or assign employees to experienced workers for training.
  • ◆Collaborate with human resources to resolve employee concerns, complaints, or grievances.
  • ◆Read and analyze charts, work orders, production schedules, and other records and reports, to determine production

requirements

and to evaluate current production estimates and outputs.

  • ✓Set and monitor product standards, examining samples of raw productions or directing testing during processing, to ensure finished products are of prescribed quality.
  • ✓Ensure inspection of materials, products, or equipment to detect defects or malfunctions.
  • ✓Manage production with minimum waste and quality errors.
  • ✓Participate in monthly safety committee meetings.
  • ✓Timely investigate and complete a thorough accident investigation report with corrective action input and have an action plan developed to correct safety issues. This includes taking the injured employee to receive the proper medical attention.
  • ✓Conduct monthly site safety inspections and conduct weekly toolbox safety talks.

Required Experience & Skills

  • ✓High School Diploma or equivalent, Bachelor's Degree (four-year college or university) preferred
  • ✓Five or more years’ experience in a manufacturing environment with 2 years in a leadership role
  • ✓Five plus years in management/supervisory position with 2 years in a manufacturing facility

Specialty Building Products is the leading distributor of specialty building products in North America. SBP operates under the brands U.S. LUMBER, Alexandria Moulding, REEB Millwork, DW Distribution, Millwork Sales, OrePac, and Amerhart. We serve the entire U.S. and 8 provinces in Canada from over 61 locations. Here at SBP we are a people first organization, our team is built upon strong culture and standards for success. We value your perspective and want to learn more about you with a commitment to laying the foundation for you to build a successful career with us. Join us and EVOLVE your future at Specialty Building Products!

Being a part of SBP you will be eligible for many benefits. Full-Time benefits would include:

  • ✓Medical, Dental, Vision given on the 1 st of the month following 30 days of employment
  • ✓Company-Paid Life Insurance & Disability
  • ✓401(k) with Company Match
  • ✓Company-Paid Time Off
  • ✓Paid Holidays & Floating Holidays
  • ✓PLUS ADDITIONAL PERKS!

We are proud to have the best team in our industry. We have experienced a tremendous amount of growth as a company. This growth has served not only our customer base but has also provided significant opportunities for advancement amongst our employees.

  • ✓Please be careful about scam recruitment. Specialty Building Products would never send any candidate a check or instructions to deposit funds in a bank account in connection with the interview or hiring process.
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Specialty Building Products is currently looking for a Production Supervisor to join our VALUES based organization. The ideal candidate will be responsible for Supervising and coordinate the activities of production co-workers to ensure smooth production of product in the location.

Starting Salary: $65k - $80k depending on experience.

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