Shift Supervisor

As a Shift Supervisor at RHI Magnesita, you’ll play a critical leadership role overseeing production, shipping, and maintenance operations during assigned shifts. We are currently hiring for 2nd and 3rd shift openings. In this role, you’ll ensure safe, efficient, and high-quality manufacturing while coordinating preventive maintenance efforts to minimize downtime and support continuous improvement.

Your impact will span across production performance, team leadership, and operational excellence.

What You’ll Do:

Production Oversight

• Lead and supervise production crews to meet daily manufacturing targets
• Monitor press efficiencies, inventory levels, die changes, and quality metrics
• Conduct daily safety talks and enforce safety protocols
• Assist with troubleshooting and resolving process and equipment issues to maintain production flow
• Ensure compliance with RHI Magnesita’s quality standards and production procedures
• Coordinate with packaging, shipping, raw materials, and QA teams

Maintenance Leadership

• Supervise maintenance personnel and activities during the shift
• Implement and manage preventive/predictive maintenance programs
• Monitor equipment performance and initiate repairs or improvements
• Ensure maintenance staff are trained, equipped, and compliant with safety standards
• Support capital projects and equipment upgrades in collaboration with engineering

Continuous Improvement & Compliance

• Drive Lean Manufacturing and RHI Magnesita Management System (RMS) initiatives
• Recommend and implement process and equipment improvements
• Maintain compliance with environmental, health, and safety regulations
• Uphold the Collective Bargaining Agreement and foster positive labor relations

Administrative & Reporting

• Track and report shift performance metrics (production, downtime, safety, maintenance)
• Conduct employee coaching, performance reviews, and disciplinary actions
• Communicate effectively with the Plant Manager, Production Manager, and other departments

What You’ll Bring:

• Four-year degree (Engineering, Industrial Technology, or related field) or equivalent relevant experience may be considered in lieu of formal education
• Minimum 5+ years of supervisory experience in manufacturing; union experience required
• Strong mechanical aptitude and troubleshooting skills
• Experience with preventive maintenance systems and production planning
• Proficiency in Microsoft Office (Outlook, Word, Excel); QAD experience a plus
• Ability to work flexible hours, including weekends and overtime

Work Environment & Physical Requirements

• Ability to lift/move up to 50 lbs and work at heights up to 40 feet
• Exposure to high noise levels, dust, and moving mechanical equipment
• Must be able to climb ladders and work in elevated areas

Who You Are:

• Lead-by-example mindset with strong judgment and problem-solving skills
• Effective communicator and team builder, with the ability to handle crucial and challenging conversations as needed
• Dependable, respectful, team player, and results-oriented
• Open-minded and committed to continuous improvement

What We Offer:

RHI Magnesita is the leading global supplier of high-grade refractory products, systems and solutions which are critical for high-temperature processes in a wide range of industries. Serving customers around the world, RHI Magnesita has more than 20,000 employees in 65 main production sites (including raw material sites), 12 recycling facilities and more than 70 sales offices.

RHI Magnesita’s team in North America helps build refractory products that solve the most extreme manufacturing challenges. From advanced lithium-ion batteries for laptops and EVs and specialized glass on smartphones and tablets, to the steel and cement that build the world around us, our high-performance bricks and linings make it possible to melt, bend, shape, and refine these materials at extreme temperatures.

With a vertically integrated value chain, RHI Magnesita has helped forge the materials that build industries and economies for almost 200 years. Refractory products are essential to the production processes for cement, steel, aluminum, and many other industrial producers in the region.

Come get fired up with our North American team!