Production Supervisor - 12-hour nights (6:00pm-6:30am)

About LiDestri Foods
LiDestri Foods has grown from our roots as a pasta sauce and salsa manufacturer to become an R&D engine, formulating and producing innovative food products for our national and retailer brand partners. A family-run company based in Rochester, NY, LiDestri employs over 1,000 people across three U.S. locations. We have decades-long partnerships with some of the most respected consumer packaged goods (CPG) companies and the most highly inventive retailer brands.

Benefits

• Health insurance with premium contributions
• Dental and vision coverage
• HSA (Health Savings Account)
• 100% company-paid life insurance and long-term disability
• 401k with employer match
• Paid time off (vacation, sick pay, wellness time off, and 10 holidays)
• Company bonuses
• Professional development, including unlimited online training courses

Responsibilities

• Manage all aspects of the manufacturing operations for assigned shift, including meeting established safety, quality, line efficiency, yield, cost per case, and customer service goals/standards
• Oversee hourly employees: hiring, firing, disciplinary actions, training and development, performance evaluations, and approval/maintenance of attendance/hours worked records
• Enforce safety and sanitation regulations
• Collaborate with cross-functional teams to resolve technical problems
• Review material transactions and complete production work orders
• Enforce safety and housekeeping rules and policies
• Supervise 10+ hourly employees
• Coach, mentor, and develop staff, including preparing and conducting employee performance appraisals
• Maintain employee work schedules, including timecard approval, work assignments, job rotation, training, vacations, and paid time off
• Report food safety and quality problems to personnel with authority to initiate action

Requirements

• High School Diploma or GED required
• Associate’s Degree with 3–5 years of supervisory experience in a production setting preferred
• Experience in food, beverage, or pharmaceutical industry and/or high-speed packaged consumer goods manufacturing environment
• Effective verbal and written communication skills
• Experience in department cost control and budget management
• Strong leadership capability—ability to motivate and influence others
• Lean manufacturing and/or Lean Six Sigma experience

Working Conditions

• Constant exposure to extreme loud noises
• Constant standing and moving by foot
• Constant exposure to extreme hot/cold (non-weather) environments
• Constant work in high places and near moving mechanical parts
• Frequent lifting/carrying under 50 pounds, reaching, and use of fingers
• Frequent reaching, pulling, bending, climbing stairs, stooping, kneeling, and bending
• Occasional lifting over 50 pounds
• Potential exposure to caustic chemicals

Schedule

2-2-3 rotation of days off