Production Supervisor
Huhtamaki · Waterville, ME
- Level
- Supervisor
- Team
- Production
- Industry
- Packaging
- Posted
- 30+ days ago
The role in 30 seconds
A supervisor production role at Huhtamaki (packaging) in Waterville, ME.
- 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–$103k.
Median of the low and high ends of 222 live postings that list pay, out of 789 production supervisor openings in the US, read from manufacturers' own careers sites.
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How this role compares
Against 804 other live production postings in the US.
- Base pay
- Not listed in this posting
- Experience asked
- Not stated
Typical $75k–$101k, from 183 postings that list pay.
Similar roles usually ask 4+ years.
Skills these teams ask for most
- ✓ Team leadership 88%
- Lean 33%
- 5S 22%
- EHS / safety 20%
✓ = this posting asks for it too. % = share of similar postings that mention it.
At a glance
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How to get in at this plant
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- 1
Pick 2–3 people on the Production team at Huhtamaki
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- 3
Turn a reply into a short call
Questions worth asking about this team:
- What does a normal week look like on your team?
- How does off-shift and weekend coverage work?
- How did you land the job? What stood out in your interviews?
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Full description from HuhtamakiAs posted on their careers site.ShowHide
Essential functions
- ◆Supervises all personnel and operations on the shift.
- ◆Maintains thorough knowledge of all processes and equipment.
- ◆Reports any process and equipment problems.
- ◆Calls the Maintenance Supervisor on evenings and weekends for assistance with problems.
- ◆Verifies that discharges from the plant are within limits.
- ◆Trains, upgrades, evaluates, and reviews chemical operators.
- ◆Organizes work for smooth operations.
- ◆Ensures that established policies, rules and regulations, and procedures are followed.
- ◆Verifies correct identification, weights, and warehousing of products.
- ◆Distributes plant status reports to the next-shift Foreman and General Foreman.
- ◆Supervises loading and unloading of trucks and verifies that paperwork is correctly signed.
- ◆Responsible for all processes, equipment, employees, safety, and housekeeping of the area and meeting production quality and quantity standards on the shift.
- ◆Completes run sheets.
- ◆Troubleshoots problems.
What you’ll bring to the role
- ◆KNOWLEDGE, SKILLS, AND ABILITIES:
- ◆Requires overall knowledge of reactors, instruments, dryers, centrifuges, filters, pumps, forklifts, steam baths, temperature recorders, scales, banding machines, standard test equipment, and plant processes.
- ◆Values similar to ours: Care, Dare and Deliver
Physical
Requirements
- ✓Ability to work in indoor and outdoor industrial environments, including exposure to all weather conditions, heights, and confined spaces.
- ✓Ability to wear appropriate Personal Protective Equipment (PPE).
- ✓Muat be able to work 12- hours, rotating shift schedule (days/nights)
- ✓Overtime, nights, holidays, and weekend work may be required based on plant needs and equipment demands.
- ✓Visual acuity (corrected) to read directions and prints and to inspect machine parts, product to ensure parts meet specifications.
- ✓Manual dexterity is sufficient to operate machinery for precision work.
- ✓Physical ability to do work requiring frequent stooping, standing, squatting, bending, crawling, twisting, and lifting of 50 pounds.
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Enjoy a career, packaged with care, whilst helping protect food, people and the planet
We are a key global provider of sustainable packaging solutions. We’re on a mission to make all packaging recyclable, reusable, or compostable. Every day, we ensure the hygiene and safety of food and drink for people around the world. We are Huhtamaki.
You could be part of our vision. Because it’s our talented people that make it happen. Our people on the shop floor producing innovative, sustainable products. Our people in our offices delivering excellence for our customers every day. It’s every one of us working together.
We offer a place where you can feel safe, be supported, and make an impact so we can all focus on the future together.
Your opportunity
We’re currently looking for a Production Supervisor at our Facility in Waterville, ME .
What we offer in return
- •Our products are only as good as the people we hire, so we make sure to hire the best and treat them accordingly. Huhtamaki offers a comprehensive traditional benefits package including medical insurance as well as dental, vision, life insurance, disability insurance, 401K, and a pension. We also proudly offer a slate of more nontraditional perks – opportunities like online learning and development courses, tuition reimbursement, employee referral bonus program, wellness program, onsite medical staff, monthly employee plate store benefits, monthly onsite boot truck, and various mentorship programs – that encourage our associates to grow personally as they develop professionally. You’ll also enjoy Paid Time Off and holiday pay because we believe a work-life balance is more than just a buzzword – it’s part of our culture.
- •Trace your own Path! Join us to shape the future together!
Go ahead, apply today!
If this sounds like a good fit, then we’d love to hear from you . Once we review applications, we’ll then be reaching out to qualified candidates to schedule interviews.
Join us. Help protect food, people and the planet. Enjoy a career, packaged with care.
Join us. Help protect food, people and the planet .