Coating Manager Jobs in Appleton, WI (NOW HIRING)

$70,000 – $90,000 Base + Lucrative Weekend Premium Pay • De Pere, WI Area • Rotating 12-Hour Shift

LEADERSHIP DEPTH: 5+ Years of Proven Manufacturing Supervisory Depth (Seasoned Floor Leaders Preferred)

LABOR RELATIONS: Prior Experience Directing an Hourly Workforce Within a Unionized Environment Highly Valued

SCHEDULE PROFILE: Structured 12-Hour Day/Night Rotation Featuring a Built-In Block of 6 Consecutive Days Off Every 3 Weeks

COMPENSATION: $70,000 – $90,000 Base Salary + Automatic Premium Overtime (Saturdays = 1.5x, Sundays = 2.0x)

LOCATION POLICY: 100% On-Site (Massive, Vertically Integrated Manufacturing Campus Undergoing Multi-Million Dollar Expansions)

SPONSORSHIP POLICY: Must Be Legally Authorized to Work in the United States Without Current or Future Sponsorship

If you are a manufacturing supervisor who is tired of corporate downsizing, unstable production volumes, and underfunded benefits packages, this production facility represents your long-term career sanctuary. Operating as a privately held, ultra-stable industry powerhouse celebrating over 90 years of continuous market dominance, this organization employs more than 4,200 team members nationwide. Following a recent $100 million local facility expansion, they have broken ground on yet another massive plant upgrade. Their financial foundation is exceptional, and their employee retention rates reflect it—this is a culture where people choose to plant deep roots and retire.

The total rewards package provided here is genuinely rare in the modern manufacturing sector. This organization offers its team members up to 7 weeks of annual vacation, a fully company-funded pension plan (fully vested after 5 years), a matching 401(k), premium medical coverage, and exclusive company-sponsored healthcare clinic access for you and your immediate family. While the rotating schedule requires true dedication, it is completely structured, entirely predictable, and rewards your weekend blocks with automated premium pay—all while guaranteeing you a full 6-day mini-vacation every single three-week cycle.

• Provide high-visibility floor leadership to a skilled team of 25–30 hourly production employees within a unionized web coating and advanced converting environment.
• Command shift-level production schedules, ensuring rigorous quality controls are upheld and absolute safety compliance is maintained on the floor.
• Oversee complex in-process quality audits, manage technical run documentation, and coordinate swift corrective actions with the internal engineering department.
• Partner closely with the Maintenance crew to maximize equipment reliability, execute work orders, and facilitate routine preventive maintenance windows.
• Manage operational shift logistics, including tracking attendance, optimizing daily personnel moves, coordinating job assignments, and verifying specialized training requirements.
• Utilize enterprise ERP systems to log real-time production metrics, drive inventory accuracy, and maintain smooth shift-to-shift handoffs.

• Seasoned leadership core featuring 5+ years of verifiable supervisory or production leadership experience in a fast-paced, heavy industrial manufacturing plant setting.
• Union environment fluency with prior experience managing an hourly, unionized workforce. Direct experience interpreting collective bargaining agreements and handling contract administration is a massive advantage.
• Operational multitasking capacity with a proven track record of balancing safety protocols, machine throughput, and scrap reduction simultaneously on a rapid production floor.
• Computer and systems literacy with strong proficiency in everyday business applications along with prior exposure utilizing enterprise ERP software platforms.
• Rock-solid career stability showing a reliable, long-tenured professional work history that clearly demonstrates organizational loyalty and steady progression.
• Schedule commitment with full alignment and flexibility to work a rotating 12-hour day/night shift structure, including alternating weekends.

• Direct experience within web handling, paper manufacturing, chemical coating, film, or specialty converting industries.
• A formal Bachelor or Associate degree background, particularly in Engineering, Paper Science, or Industrial Management.
• Hands-on navigation with enterprise-level ERP software architectures (such as QAD, SAP, or JD Edwards).

Please apply here or at impactsolutions.com/opportunities where you can see and apply for any of our open positions.