Bilingual Production Supervisor - Night Shift (Spanish Speaking)

Key Responsibilities

• Leadership & Daily Production Management
• Direct and oversee production teams, ensuring adequate staffing, proper job rotation, and effective workload distribution.
• Conduct daily shift meetings focused on safety, quality, production targets, downtime, and priorities.
• Ensure all equipment is started up, operated, and shut down according to SOPs and safety guidelines.
• Proactively manage production flow to meet schedule requirements, minimize downtime, and achieve output goals.
• Monitor line performance using KPIs (efficiency, waste, yield, uptime) and drive actions to improve results.

Quality, Specification Adherence & Food Safety

• Ensure all product produced meets customer and internal specifications, including weight, dimensions, and packaging configuration.
• Weight, dimensions, and packaging configuration
• Code accuracy and traceability requirements
• Case integrity, label compliance, and pallet quality
• Ensure all in-process checks (weights, metal detection, CCP/CP monitoring, coding verification) are completed accurately and on time.
• Enforce immediate corrective actions for any out-of-spec product, deviations, or foreign material concerns.
• Maintain full compliance with SQF, HACCP, FDA, USDA (if applicable), and internal audit requirements.
• Support root cause investigations and implement permanent corrective and preventive actions (CAPA).

GMP, Safety & Regulatory Compliance

• Champion GMP compliance, proper gowning, hygiene requirements, and allergen control procedures.
• Conduct routine GMP, safety, and housekeeping audits; correct deficiencies in real time.
• Ensure all safety rules are followed, including PPE use, safe lifting, LOTO requirements (where applicable), and machine guarding.
• Collaborate with EH&S on accident investigations, near-miss reporting, and corrective actions.
• Maintain a clean, organized production environment using 5S and sanitation standards.

People Development, Training & Team Culture

• Train and evaluate employees on SOPs, GMPs, job responsibilities, and equipment operation.
• Provide coaching, performance feedback, and documentation of employee performance or disciplinary actions.
• Promote a culture of teamwork, accountability, respect, and continuous improvement.
• Identify high-potential employees and support skill development and cross-training initiatives.
• Address and resolve employee concerns promptly and professionally.
• Work with HR Manager to handle/report employee relations issues.

Documentation, Reporting & Communication

• Verify accuracy and completeness of all production documents, including Production logs, downtime logs, and yield reports.
• CCP/CP and QA checks
• Waste, rework, and inventory tracking
• Changeover, Startup, and Sanitation Verification
• Communicate shift updates during handoff and participate in daily production and cross-functional meetings.
• Cook with QA, Maintenance, Warehouse, and Sanitation to ensure smooth operations and rapid issue resolution.

Qualifications

• Minimum 2+ years of experience in food manufacturing or production leadership.
• Strong working knowledge of GMPs, HACCP, CCP/CP monitoring, and food safety regulations.
• Bilingual in Spanish (Read, Write & Speak)
• Required Proven ability to lead teams, drive results, and manage multiple priorities.
• Fundamental bilingual communication, problem-solving, and decision-making skills.
• Ability to read, interpret, and enforce SOPs, specifications, and regulatory requirements.

Preferred

• Knowledge of SQF, Lean Manufacturing, 5S, Six Sigma, or continuous improvement tools.
• Basic mechanical aptitude and troubleshooting ability.