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MFG: Manufacturing Supervisor

Overhead Door · Lewistown, PA

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Level
Supervisor
Team
Manufacturing
Experience asked
3+ years
Industry
Industrial
Posted
30+ days ago

The role in 30 seconds

A supervisor manufacturing role at Overhead Door (industrial) in Lewistown, PA. BS in Management or other related field or equivalent experience.

They ask for
3+ years
Tools it names
Lean, Six Sigma

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From the plant jobs report · week of November 2, 2026

Production Supervisor roles in Pennsylvania: typical posted base $73k–$103k.

Median of the low and high ends of 16 live postings that list pay, out of 46 production supervisor openings in Pennsylvania, read from manufacturers' own careers sites.

Pennsylvania plant jobs report →Pay by team and state →What moves pay →

How this role compares

Against 32 other live manufacturing postings in Pennsylvania.

Base pay
Not listed in this posting

Typical $69k–$111k, from 6 postings that list pay.

Experience asked
Less than usual (3+ vs 5+)

Similar roles usually ask 5+ years.

Skills these teams ask for most

  • ✓ Team leadership 58%
  • Tooling 42%
  • CNC 30%
  • Machining 30%
  • Automation 27%
  • ✓ Lean 27%

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

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

At a glance

Lifts up to 50 lbs

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This plant: Overhead Door in Lewistown

4 other open roles at this site.

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Qualifications

  • ✓2-3 years supervisory experience in a manufacturing environment
  • ✓Computer literate: MS Word/Excel, Kronos, Oracle, JD Edwards
  • ✓Must be able to lift up to 50 lbs
  • ✓Occasional bending, pushing/pulling, and reaching

Education

  • ✓BS in Management or other related field or equivalent experience
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The Position

This position reports to the Manufacturing Production Mgr and will assist in the planning, organizing, and monitoring of assigned departments. The manufacturing supervisor works across all lines/departments to ensure that production meets or exceeds the minimum daily standard, ensuring quality of product being produced and/or packaged and ensuring on-hand inventory reporting accuracy for both raw material and finished product.

  • •Proficient level of department product knowledge
  • •Manages a single shift of up to 40 employees
  • •Supervise daily activities of production employees
  • •Send employee time off records daily to payroll
  • •Plan and coordinate daily production activities to ensure on time completion of product. Complete necessary daily production reports
  • •Drive continuous improvement efforts to create a world class operation
  • •Ensure compliance with all safety procedures and regulations
  • •Ensure that product quality standards are maintained.
  • •Oversee training and coaching of all employees to ensure adequate understanding of safety, quality and production procedures.
  • •Ensure that departmental production goals are efficiently met.
  • •Apply lean/six sigma tools to eliminate process waste and variation.
  • •Report performance metrics and improvement activities.
  • •Engage employees in improvement activities

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