Guardian Industries

Coater shift supervisor

Posted: Oct 28, 2025

Job Description

Your JobThe Coater Shift Supervisor is responsible for overseeing the daily operations of the coating department during assigned shifts. This includes supervising production crews, ensuring safety compliance, maintaining product quality, and meeting production targets. The role requires strong leadership, technical knowledge of coating processes, and the ability to troubleshoot and optimize operations.Our TeamA skilled and collaborative group responsible for operating and monitoring the coating line. The team ensures product quality, safety compliance, and smooth shift-to-shift transitions to meet production goals efficiently.What You Will DoProactively managing safety by identifying and eliminating hazards, putting the right people in the right places, and ensuring that standard procedures are being followedBe comfortable enough to be able to look at QC data and verify product is being produced within spec.Help root cause production / equipment issues by thoroughly investigating problems and communicating findings to appropriate process support membersUnderstand personnel requirements for the various coatings.Anticipate and train to future needs.Understand how to drive efficiency of line – minimize gapping, maximize bed utilization, line speeds affecting throughput, labor usage, yield, etcplanning to jib boom / sling / manage racks as necessaryAssist in identifying / developing best practices for the production teamMinimize losses, maximize yields.Perform general administrative duties – files, performance summaries, reviews, corrective actions, etc.Who You Are (Basic Qualifications)Bachelor degree in Mechanical/Chemical Engineering.Very Good command of English.2-3 years of experience in manufacturing and supervisory role.Ability and drive to dig past the surface of an issue to its root cause.Ability to plan ahead and foresee potential issues before they come to fruitionPossess strong communication skills, communicating effectively across multiple levels (production to management, including engineers)Ability to learn new processes / applications quicklyAbility to learn and understand technical and mechanical aspects of the processAbility to manage and advance a production team and/or process (not content maintaining)Ability to manage multiple priorities, working effectively under pressure and with a full plateAbility to make sound decisions, comfortable being in a decision making role, responsible for high level / critical decisionsAt Koch companies, we are entrepreneurs. This means we openly challenge the status quo, find new ways to create value and get rewarded for our individual contributions. Any compensation range provided for a role is an estimate determined by available market data. The actual amount may be higher or lower than the range provided considering each candidate's knowledge, skills, abilities, and geographic location. If you have questions, please speak to your recruiter about the flexibility and detail of our compensation philosophy.Who We AreAs a Koch company, Guardian Glass is one of the world’s largest manufacturers of float, value-addedand fabricated glass products and solutions. We produce high-performance glass for architectural,residential, interior, transportation and technical glass applications. You’ll find our glass in homes,offices and cars and in some of the world’s most iconic projects.At Koch, employees are empowered to do what they do best to make life better. Learn how our business philosophy helps employees unleash their potential while creating value for themselves and the company.Additionally, everyone has individual work and personal needs. We seek to enable the best work environment that helps you and the business work together to produce superior results.

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