Production Supervisor - 2nd Shift
Quanex · Rice Lake, WI
- Level
- Supervisor
- Team
- Production
- Base pay
- $66k–$100k
- Degree
- Required
- Experience asked
- 2+ years
- Industry
- Industrial
- Posted
- 30+ days ago
The role in 30 seconds
A supervisor production role at Quanex (industrial) in Rice Lake, WI. Identify, analyze, and act to correct bottlenecks, product defect rates, safety hazards, and maintenance problems.
- They ask for
- 2+ years · degree required
- Tools it names
- CATIA / NX
- Base pay
- $66k–$100k
- Day to day
- some off-shift / weekend coverage
Read from the posting. The full description is below.
From the plant jobs report · week of November 2, 2026
Production Supervisor roles in Wisconsin: typical posted base $73k–$100k. This one lists $66k–$100k.
Median of the low and high ends of 14 live postings that list pay, out of 46 production supervisor openings in Wisconsin, read from manufacturers' own careers sites.
Wisconsin plant jobs report →Pay by team and state →What moves pay →
How this role compares
Against 42 other live production postings in Wisconsin.
- Base pay
- In line with similar roles
- Experience asked
- Typical (2+ years)
Typical $73k–$97k, from 13 postings that list pay.
Similar roles usually ask 2+ years.
Skills these teams ask for most
- ✓ Team leadership 93%
- EHS / safety 21%
✓ = this posting asks for it too. % = share of similar postings that mention it.
Stands out: this posting asks for CATIA / NX, which few similar roles mention. If you have it, lead with it.
At a glance
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How to get in at this plant
Five moves over a week or two. The first one takes ten minutes.
- 1
Pick 2–3 people on the Production team at Quanex
Engineers who joined in the last year or two reply the most. Use the team search on this page to find them.
- 2
Send a short, curious note
One real question about their work. No favors yet. Each person gets a different note, written for this role.
- 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?
- 4
Apply with someone vouching for you
If the call went well, ask whether they’d pass your résumé to the hiring manager. Send your résumé link, apply that day, and let them know.
- 5
Bring proof to the interview
One page of before-and-after numbers from projects you led: scrap, OEE, cycle time, cost. Plant managers hire on results.
This plant: Quanex in Rice Lake
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Full description from QuanexAs posted on their careers site.ShowHide
requirements
- ✓Identify, analyze, and act to correct bottlenecks, product defect rates, safety hazards, and maintenance problems
- ✓Assist Engineering in originating RFE’s for required equipment to improve quality, productivity, and capacity
- ✓Counsel, motivate, and instruct departmental personnel in machine operation and concerns through daily interaction
- ✓Proactively present ideas and information concisely and clearly in both oral and written form
- ✓Work effectively with peers and all levels of management to achieve divisional objectives and promote teamwork
- ✓Establish base data for department budgets, forecast, manage assets, and control expenses per budgetary guidelines
- ✓Maintain documentation to support all department activities
- ✓Adhere to procedures of Protected Health Information (PHI) and Individually Identifiable Health Information (IIHI)
- ✓Operate various types of production equipment
- ✓Ability to have prolonged periods of standing, walking, and sitting
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Quanex is looking for a Production Supervisor - 2nd Shift to join our team located in Rice Lake, WI.
We Offer You!
- •401K with 5% company match, yours to keep after 2 years
- •15% immediate return if you participate in the company’s ESPP
- •Medical, Dental & Vision Plans
- •Employer paid disability plans and life insurance
- •Paid Time Off & Holidays
- •Tuition support for degree and continuous education
- •Employee Resource Groups focused on employee empowerment
- •On-site physical therapist available to employees on Tuesdays and Thursdays
- •Annual safety-shoe allowance, with all other required PPE provided and readily available.
What's attractive about the Production Supervisor?
- •Supportive and collaborative culture
- •Ongoing interaction with multiple levels of the organization
- •Tenured team of leaders and peers to provide support and training.
- •Knowledgeable and motivated team members
What Success Looks Like
- •Monitor priority dispatch and customer service
Your Credentials
- •5 -7 years of manufacturing experience and at least 3 years of supervisory experience
- •Bachelor’s degree preferred
Click the link below to learn more about what we do in our Rice Lake, WI facility.
Rice Lake, WI Spotlight Video
About Quanex, A Part of Something Bigger
Quanex (NYSE: NX) is a global, publicly traded manufacturing company primarily serving OEMs in the fenestration, cabinetry, solar, refrigeration and outdoor products markets. We are A Part of Something Bigger by improving the performance and aesthetics of end products through continuous innovation, helping customers achieve greater production efficiencies, dedication to giving back to communities where we operate, producing shareholder value and helping our employees learn, grow, and thrive. Learn more at Quanex.com.
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