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Production Supervisor - Weekend Night Shift

Milwaukee Tool · West Bend, WI · Full time

Posted Sep 22, 2026 · We last checked this listing on Oct 6, 2026

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Likely interview questions for this role

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About your past

Tell me about a time you dealt with an attendance problem on your team.

What they are checking: Whether they handle attendance fairly and consistently, working with HR as the posting describes.

How do you train a new production team lead?

What they are checking: Whether they can develop leaders, which the posting lists as a duty.

Tell me about a conflict between two team members you had to resolve.

What they are checking: Whether they can handle conflict quickly and fairly to keep the team working.

What would you do

A key machine goes down halfway through second shift. What do you do?

What they are checking: Whether they react fast, move people and work, and get engineering or maintenance involved.

How do you keep second shift connected with first shift and management?

What they are checking: Whether they communicate across shifts so problems and progress aren't lost.

You see a worker skipping PPE to save time. What do you do?

What they are checking: Whether they enforce safety every time, even when production is behind.

How do you manage temporary workers so they're safe and productive quickly?

What they are checking: Whether they train and support temps well, since the posting mentions temporary employee management.

About the work

Walk me through how you'd schedule work orders for the day using an MRP system.

What they are checking: Whether they can plan production around demand, materials and capacity.

How do you help make accurate capacity forecasts?

What they are checking: Whether they understand how real output and constraints feed forecasts.

What production numbers do you watch most closely, and why?

What they are checking: Whether they know which metrics show if the shift is on track.

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The full job description

As published by Milwaukee Tool.

Supervisor - Weekend Night Shift Job Description: Supervisor - Weekend Night Shift WE CREATE EMPOWERED LEADERS! At Milwaukee Tool we firmly believe that our People and our Culture are the secrets to our success -- so we give you unlimited access to everything you need to provide technical solutions on our Operations Team. Expected to understand, promote, and embody Milwaukee Tool’s 6 culture pillars: • One Team Mentality : working as a team, cross shift and cross functional, to overcome obstacles and promote a healthy, respectful and friendly workplace • Candid : Respectfully provide and receive honest feedback, escalate issues, and hold others accountable • Relentless Improvement: Challenge the process and yourself, working to identify ways to improve both, and identify and escalate ways to promote continuous improvement across all aspects of production (safety, quality, process, people, etc.) • Speed, Agility and Urgency : Maintain an inherent sense of urgency in all aspects of production, and be a flexible team member to help meet production goals • Extreme Ownership: Prioritize deliverables, engage the right teams, drive appropriate escalation, and consider multiple solutions • Obsessed : Goal driven, focused on meeting production KPI’s, striving to exceed expectations, maintain good attendance • User Focused, Solution Driven: Always maintain a quality mindset with our end-user needs in mind; whether that’s our users in the field or on the manufacturing line. • Disruptive Mindset: Relentless drive towards innovation and transformation in our processes and systems. Behind our doors you'll be empowered every day to own it, drive it, and do what it takes to support the biggest breakthroughs in the industry. Meanwhile, you'll have the support and resources of the fastest-growing brand in the construction industry to make it happen. Your Role on Our Team The Production Supervisor is responsible for one, or more, areas of manufacturing; knowing and implementing all policies and procedures, mentoring and developing the staff, and ensuring all policies and procedures are met. This position will contribute to team efforts by participating in continuous improvement projects as required. This will support our Weekend Night Shift, Friday - Sunday: 5:00pm - 5:00am . You’ll be DISRUPTIVE through these duties and responsibilities: • Responsible for leading and coordinating teams in manufacturing areas in order to meet production schedules and meet required safety, quality, cost, delivery, and team objectives • Orient, train/develop, motivate, counsel and assist team members in work instructions, production standards, and the balanced flow of work and problem resolution • Perform all related supervisory and human resource functions (work assignments, attendance documentations, incident reports, performance evaluations/counseling) • Assist in production scheduling/planning, quality, material flow and equipment maintenance • Audit quality and safety reports and processes to determine cause of issues/problems and ensures necessary corrections are performed to maintain standards • Develop and maintain effective working relationships within team environment • Assign work and special projects to team members to develop work experience and flexibility • Requisition resources (supplies, tools, etc.) and expedite as required • Act as backup for all team members • Contribute to team effort by performing related tasks as needed to assist in overall goals • Other duties and projects as determined by production and business needs The TOOLS you’ll bring with you: • Bachelor’s Degree and minimum of two (2) years’ experience or equivalent experience in a production environment • Previous experience with machine shop, stamping, assembly, or plastic injection molding environments a plus • Must have excellent verbal and written communication, organizational, and interpersonal skills • Demonstrated knowledge of production systems and techniques • Ability to understand and use work planning skills Milwaukee Tool is an equal opportunity employer.

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