1st Shift Production Supervisor

About the role

Supervises a team of Production Workers and their daily activities to ensure the needs of all functions within the area are met (production, training, safety, security and housekeeping). Provides leadership/direction to the team and ensures that all the procedures for food safety and manufacturing high quality products are achieved.

Responsibilities

• Responsible for ensuring proper staffing is maintained, including interviewing and hiring new team members
• Implement and monitor training plans, ensure compliance required training
• Directs daily activities to meet safety, quality, productivity and cost goals
• Evaluate team members work performance, conduct appropriate reviews for team members, address complaints and resolve conflicts, reward and discipline accordingly, and approve timekeeping
• Provides direction to team members to ensure quality products, and adherence to productivity goals and cost standards
• Perform production paperwork, receiving and inventory control procedures with complete accuracy
• Communicate effectively with peers, subordinates and leaders in an effective, timely manner
• Resolves day-to-day operational and people issues
• Implements process improvements within area
• Develop team members and team leads
• Area-level decisions impacting people and production
• Understand the concepts of FIFO (First-in-First-Out) on perishable products and ensure successful implementation of FIFO throughout the operations within the facility
• Models and reinforce GMP's, food safety and quality standards; accountable for assigned area and ensure compliance
• Support and successful implementation of SQF (Safe, Quality Foods) within the facility
• Complete and review all Hazard Analysis and Critical Control Points (HACCP), and Standard Sanitation Operating Procedures (SSOP) requirements and paperwork. This includes but not limited to Pre-Operational Inspection, Operational Inspections, Pre-Shipment Review, and Corrective Actions
• Immediately report all accidents and deficiencies to management; complete accident investigations and report within 24 hours of incident
• Perform additional duties as assigned

Qualifications

• High School Diploma or equivalent
• 2+ years of experience in manufacturing and 1+ years Lead experience
• Proficient in internet navigation, Microsoft Word, Excel, PowerPoint, and Outlook
• Able to organize and prioritize in a multi-tasking environment
• Accuracy and attention to detail

Physical demands

• Regularly required to stand, walk, use hands to finger, handle, or feel, lift and/or move up to 25 pounds, and talk or hear
• Occasionally required to sit and reach with hands and arms
• Must occasionally lift and/or move up to 50 pounds
• Specific vision abilities required include close vision

Work environment

• Plant / office setting with varying degrees of temperatures and noise levels
• Exposure to manufacturing equipment movement and wet / slippery floors
• Travel may be required