How to hire a night shift supervisor

Night shift supervisor hiring summary. Here are some key points about hiring night shift supervisors in the United States:

In the United States, the median cost per hire a night shift supervisor is $1,633.
It takes between 36 and 42 days to fill the average role in the US.
Human Resources use 15% of their expenses on recruitment on average.
On average, it takes around 12 weeks for a new night shift supervisor to become settled and show total productivity levels at work.

How to hire a night shift supervisor, step by step

To hire a night shift supervisor, you need to identify the specific skills and experience you want in a candidate, allocate a budget for the position, and advertise the job opening to attract potential candidates. To hire a night shift supervisor, you should follow these steps:

Here's a step-by-step night shift supervisor hiring guide:

Step 1: Identify your hiring needs
Step 2: Create an ideal candidate profile
Step 3: Make a budget
Step 4: Write a night shift supervisor job description
Step 5: Post your job
Step 6: Interview candidates
Step 7: Send a job offer and onboard your new night shift supervisor
Step 8: Go through the hiring process checklist

What does a night shift supervisor do?

A Night Shift Supervisor is a person who manages and supervises night shift production. Their responsibilities include: providing good customer services, ensuring efficiencies of tasks, ensuring cost objectives are met, training and guiding a team of workers, ensuring staff and the working environment is in line with compliance standards, help the site team ensure the company specifications on products are made with the quality of the products intact, acting as a communication bridge between associates and management to address key issues and conducting minor repairs during their shift to ensure the work does not lag.

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Identify your hiring needs

Before you post your night shift supervisor job, you should take the time to determine what type of worker your business needs. While certain jobs definitely require a full-time employee, it's sometimes better to find a night shift supervisor for hire on a part-time basis or as a contractor.

Determine employee vs contractor status

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Hiring the perfect night shift supervisor also involves considering the ideal background you'd like them to have. Depending on what industry or field they have experience in, they'll bring different skills to the job. It's also important to consider what levels of seniority and education the job requires and what kind of salary such a candidate would likely demand.

This list presents night shift supervisor salaries for various positions.

Type of Night Shift Supervisor	Description	Hourly rate
Night Shift Supervisor		$12-22
Assembly Supervisor	Assembly Supervisors oversee and coordinate employees' work on assembly-lines. The supervisors assign personnel to stations or tasks and prepare their work schedules... Show more	$19-44
Operation Supervisor	Operations supervisors manage a specific operations-related team or department. They ensure that all the agreed-upon key performance indicators are being met... Show more	$17-41

Create an ideal candidate profile
Common skills:
- Patients
- Safety Procedures
- Customer Service
- Quality Standards
- Safety Rules
- CPR
- Preventative Maintenance
- Troubleshoot
- Emergency Situations
- CNC
- Quality Care
- Bed Facility
- Direct Reports
- Inventory Control
Check all skills
Responsibilities:
- Manage the proper preparation of equipment for mechanical work as well as proper utilization of LOTO system.
- Certify in forklift driving, CPR, and environmental spill prevention and containment.
- Direct, train and motivate team members during shift on each of the workstations.
- Perform advance technical duties which may include: CNC machining, welding, and assembly of tools.
- Perform all usual shop duties as well as oversea and troubleshoot all shop activities of all employees on night shift
- Compile store ordering, sales and payroll data, and assure proper report completion, verification and transmission to management.
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Make a budget

Including a salary range in the night shift supervisor job description is a good way to get more applicants. A night shift supervisor salary can be affected by several factors, such as the location of the job, the level of experience, education, certifications, and the employer's prestige.

For example, the average salary for a night shift supervisor in North Carolina may be lower than in Wyoming, and an entry-level engineer typically earns less than a senior-level night shift supervisor. Additionally, a night shift supervisor with lots of experience in the field may command a higher salary as a result.

Average night shift supervisor salary

$35,491yearly

$17.06 hourly rate

Entry-level night shift supervisor salary

$27,000 yearly salary

Updated January 18, 2026

Average night shift supervisor salary by state

Rank	State	Avg. salary	Hourly rate
1	Wyoming	$49,325	$24
2	Indiana	$42,709	$21
3	Wisconsin	$40,586	$20
4	Massachusetts	$40,091	$19
5	California	$39,739	$19
6	Washington	$38,865	$19
7	Michigan	$38,534	$19
8	Colorado	$37,340	$18
9	New Jersey	$37,062	$18
10	Oklahoma	$36,647	$18
11	Ohio	$36,395	$18
12	Utah	$36,200	$17
13	Kentucky	$36,186	$17
14	Pennsylvania	$35,667	$17
15	Missouri	$33,981	$16
16	Oregon	$33,569	$16
17	Texas	$33,029	$16
18	Virginia	$32,036	$15
19	Mississippi	$31,954	$15
20	Georgia	$31,107	$15

Average night shift supervisor salary by company

Rank	Company	Average salary	Hourly rate	Job openings
1	BD	$49,682	$23.89	8
2	National Grid plc	$48,830	$23.48
3	The Phelps School	$48,589	$23.36
4	JPMorgan Chase & Co.	$47,115	$22.65	3
5	Medtronic	$45,881	$22.06	10
6	Ball	$45,510	$21.88	4
7	Parkland Hospital	$44,934	$21.60
8	Pfizer	$44,349	$21.32	4
9	DESC	$43,435	$20.88	1
10	AAON	$42,930	$20.64	5
11	University of Rochester	$42,472	$20.42	6
12	PepsiCo	$42,159	$20.27	3
13	Baptist Health	$41,751	$20.07
14	Pall	$41,113	$19.77
15	Danaher	$41,047	$19.73	25
16	Taco John's	$40,951	$19.69	25
17	Shaw Industries	$40,948	$19.69	5
18	Thermo Fisher Scientific	$40,527	$19.48	42
19	Tesla	$39,894	$19.18	3
20	Technimark	$39,635	$19.06	2

Writing a night shift supervisor job description
A night shift supervisor job description should include a summary of the role, required skills, and a list of responsibilities. It's also good to include a salary range and the first name of the hiring manager. To help get you started, here's an example of a night shift supervisor job description:
Night shift supervisor job description example
$45/hr

Full-time night shift working supervisor

$5000 Sign-on Bonus

Every other weekend and holiday rotation

Spring Creek Nursing and Rehabilitation Center located in Green Springs, Ohio is a beautiful campus that strives to have an unparalleled reputation for programs, services, and exceptional care!

Spring Creek Nursing and Rehab is currently seeking a Registered Nurse (RN) for our long-term care (LTC) and skilled nursing facility. As part of the Spring Creek Team, you will be responsible for the care and needs of our many residents and patients. The wide range of complexities our facilities offer provides a wonderful experience to build careers upon. If you want to make a difference in the lives of others, than Spring Creek is where you should be!

Spring Creek is an equal opportunity employer.

Job responsibilities include but are not limited to the following:

- Create and maintain an atmosphere of warmth, personal interest, and positive emphasis, as well as a calm environment throughout the facility.

-Administer medications and document therapeutic effects

-Assist with resident comfort

-Direct the day-to-day functions of the STNA's in accordance with current rules, regulations, and guidelines that govern the facility.

-Participate in facility surveys made by authorized government agencies as may be requested.

-Interpret the department's policies and procedures to personnel, residents, and visitors, and government agencies as required.

-Admit, transfer, and discharge residents as required.

-Complete accident/incident reports as necessary.

-Perform administrative duties such as completing medical forms, reports, evaluations, studies, charting, etc. as necessary.

-Report all discrepancies noted concerning physician's orders, diet change, charting error, etc., to the DON.

Registered Nurse (RN) Skills:

-Valid Ohio Registered Nurse License

-Up to date CPR certification

-Willingness to work weekends and holidays

-Exceptional staff training and customer service skills

-Compassionate and friendly demeanor

Benefits:

-Competitive Wages

-Medical, Dental, Vision, Life insurance after 60 days

-401K after 90 days

-Supplemental insurance through Colonial Life after 60 days

-Paid time off after 90 days

-Pick up bonuses

-$3500 Referral bonus

-Friendly, Team-oriented work environment
Post your job
There are a few common ways to find night shift supervisors for your business:
- Promoting internally or recruiting from your existing workforce.
- Ask for referrals from friends, family members, and current employees.
- Attend job fairs at local colleges to meet candidates with the right educational background.
- Use social media platforms like LinkedIn, Facebook, and Twitter to recruit passive job-seekers.
Post your job online:
- Post your night shift supervisor job on Zippia to find and recruit night shift supervisor candidates who meet your exact specifications.
- Use field-specific websites.
- Post a job on free websites.
Interview candidates
To successfully recruit night shift supervisors, your first interview needs to engage with candidates to learn about their interest in the role and experience in the field. You can go into more detail about the company, the role, and the responsibilities during follow-up interviews.
You should also ask about candidates' unique skills and talents to see if they match the ideal candidate profile you developed earlier. Candidates good enough for the next step can complete the technical interview.
The right interview questions can help you assess a candidate's hard skills, behavioral intelligence, and soft skills.
Send a job offer and onboard your new night shift supervisor
Once you've decided on a perfect night shift supervisor candidate, it's time to write an offer letter. In addition to salary, it should include benefits and perks available to the employee. Qualified candidates may be considered for other positions, so make sure your offer is competitive. Candidates may wish to negotiate. Once you've settled on the details, formalize your agreement with a contract.
It's also important to follow up with applicants who do not get the job with an email letting them know that the position is filled.
To prepare for the new employee's start date, you can create an onboarding schedule and complete any necessary paperwork, such as employee action forms and onboarding documents like I-9 forms, benefits enrollment, and federal and state tax forms. Human Resources should also ensure that a new employee file is created.
Go through the hiring process checklist
- Determine employee type (full-time, part-time, contractor, etc.)
- Submit a job requisition form to the HR department
- Define job responsibilities and requirements
- Establish budget and timeline
- Determine hiring decision makers for the role
- Write job description
- Post job on job boards, company website, etc.
- Promote the job internally
- Process applications through applicant tracking system
- Review resumes and cover letters
- Shortlist candidates for screening
- Hold phone/virtual interview screening with first round of candidates
- Conduct in-person interviews with top candidates from first round
- Score candidates based on weighted criteria (e.g., experience, education, background, cultural fit, skill set, etc.)
- Conduct background checks on top candidates
- Check references of top candidates
- Consult with HR and hiring decision makers on job offer specifics
- Extend offer to top candidate(s)
- Receive formal job offer acceptance and signed employment contract
- Inform other candidates that the position has been filled
- Set and communicate onboarding schedule to new hire(s)
- Complete new hire paperwork (i9, benefits enrollment, tax forms, etc.)
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How much does it cost to hire a night shift supervisor?

Before you start to hire night shift supervisors, it pays to consider both the one-off costs like recruitment, job promotion, and onboarding, as well as the ongoing costs of an employee's salary and benefits. While most companies that hire night shift supervisors pay close attention to the initial cost of hiring, ongoing costs are much more significant in the long run.

The median annual salary for night shift supervisors is $35,491 in the US. However, the cost of night shift supervisor hiring can vary a lot depending on location. Additionally, hiring a night shift supervisor for contract work or on a per-project basis typically costs between $12 and $22 an hour.

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