Nightshift Production Supervisor
Smurfit Westrock · Lansing, MI
- Level
- Supervisor
- Team
- Production
- Experience asked
- 3+ years
- Industry
- Packaging
- Posted
- 5 days ago
The role in 30 seconds
A supervisor production role at Smurfit Westrock (packaging) in Lansing, MI. Foster a team atmosphere, provide vision, and demonstrate support of the company’s core processes.
- They ask for
- 3+ years
- Tools it names
- Root cause
- Day to day
- some off-shift / weekend coverage
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From the plant jobs report · week of November 2, 2026
Production Supervisor roles in Michigan: typical posted base $72k–$141k.
Median of the low and high ends of 15 live postings that list pay, out of 45 production supervisor openings in Michigan, read from manufacturers' own careers sites.
Michigan plant jobs report →Pay by team and state →What moves pay →
How this role compares
Against 42 other live production postings in Michigan.
- Base pay
- Not listed in this posting
- Experience asked
- Less than usual (3+ vs 4+)
Typical $72k–$141k, from 15 postings that list pay.
Similar roles usually ask 4+ years.
Skills these teams ask for most
- ✓ Team leadership 93%
- Lean 47%
- Union environment 37%
- 5S 35%
- EHS / safety 28%
- Six Sigma 28%
✓ = this posting asks for it too. % = share of similar postings that mention it.
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How to get in at this plant
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Pick 2–3 people on the Production team at Smurfit Westrock
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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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This plant: Smurfit Westrock in Lansing
3 other open roles at this site.
- Plant Manager · Production · Manager
- Quality Process Improvement Analyst · Lean / CI · Specialist
- Maintenance Tech - Electrical · Reliability · Technician
Full description from Smurfit WestrockAs posted on their careers site.ShowHide
requirements
and productivity standards.
- ✓Manages employee performance by setting goals and consistently holding employees accountable for meeting performance standards.
- ✓Conducts on-time performance reviews of direct reports.
- ✓Trains or ensures training is conducted in Safety, GMPs, Quality systems rules and procedures.
- ✓Ensures compliance to all company policies and procedures.
- ✓Functions well in a fast-paced environment and manages competing priorities.
- ✓Makes sound operational decisions.
- ✓Understands the functions and capabilities of various departments and uses those resources effectively.
- ✓Analyzes root causes and solves problems effectively and in a timely manner.
- ✓Uses data to improve productivity.
- ✓Leads, motivates, and inspires individual workers and teams.
- ✓Manages conflict effectively.
- ✓Manages effectively through change and transition.
- ✓Owns issues and problems, seeing them through to resolution.
- ✓Identifies with and supports company leadership and supports company decisions.
- ✓Ensures that employees are cross-trained and given opportunities to continually learn new things.
- ✓Holds employees accountable for personal metrics
- ✓Provides needed resources and support (technical, training, motivational).
- ✓Builds collaborative relationships within the organization.
- ✓Identifies and resolves potential safety problems; responds to safety audits.
- ✓Writes S.O.Ps as needed; submits revision requests and creates temporary work instructions.
- ✓Ensures all documentation/time sheets are legible and accurate.
- ✓Addresses both internal and external corrective actions.
- ✓Maintains a clean work environment (5 Basics).
- ✓Leads effective dept meetings.
- ✓Performs other job duties as assigned.
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Nightshift Production Supervisor - Lansing, MI
The Opportunity
Ensure the timely production of quality products that meet or exceed customer expectations. Ensure compliance with all company policies and procedures, all S.O.Ps, work instructions, and GMPs. Proactively manage departmental metrics that impact cost. Foster a team atmosphere, provide vision, and demonstrate support of the company’s core processes. Responsible for day-to-day management of the entire shift, including handing out work assignments, daily planning, managing performance of direct reports, operational decisions, problem-solving, and conflict management.
H ow You Will Impact Smurfit Westrock
- •Ensures department meets production and quality goals on a daily basis.
- •Identifies, documents and shares departmental metrics for Productivity, Safety, Quality, Waste and any other metrics required by the company.
- •Plans and schedules staffing to meet workload
to Succeed
- •High school diploma or G.E.D.
- •College degree preferred.
- •Minimum 3 years’ supervisory experience if external candidate; printing experience preferred.
- •Demonstrated ability to do the jobs he/she is supervising or to quickly gain a working knowledge of those jobs.
- •Good Mechanical Aptitude.
- •Effective interpersonal communication skills.
- •Must have ability to foster team work and motivate individual performers.
- •Knowledge of or be able to learn safety rules and procedures, operating, maintenance, and technical policies and procedures.
- •Ability to relate effectively with others at all levels of the organization.
- •Must be process-oriented.
- •Reliable and dependable.
- •Abilityto perform all essential functions of this job with or without reasonable accommodation.
What We Offer
- •Corporate culture based on integrity, respect, accountability, and excellence
- •Comprehensive training with numerous learning and development opportunities
- •Competitive salary reflecting skills, competencies, and potential
- •A career with a global packaging company where sustainability, safety, and inclusion are foundational to how we operate
- •Competitive total rewards package including medical, dental, and vision coverage options starting on your first day
- •Health Savings Account (HSA) with company contributions and flexible spending account (FSA) options
- •401(k) retirement plan with company match and automatic contributions to support your long-term financial goals
- •Company-paid life insurance and disability coverage for financial protection
- •Mental health support and wellness programs designed to promote overall well-being
- •Generous paid time off, including company holidays, vacation, and paid parental leave
- •Tuition reimbursement and ongoing learning and development opportunities
- •Additional voluntary benefits such as legal services, identity protection, pet insurance, and more