Production Supervisor - Night Shift

Essential Responsibilities

• Monitor and report any deviations from Food Safety and Food Quality (HACCP & SQF) programs to your immediate supervisor.
• Take ownership and provide leadership for production, warehouse, receiving, and supervisory crews.
• Able to coach and lead work teams to achieve performance, quality, cost, and service goals.
• Ensure adherence to company policies, procedures, practices.
• Design, monitor and maintain a safe working environment.
• Cultivate a positive and innovative work environment.
• Strive for fast, continuous systematic planned improvement.
• Direct Quality and Maintenance personnel as needed.
• Train all employees in the areas of safety, food quality, HACCP, Food Safety including CCP’s and specific job functions.
• SQF Support – Responsible for development, training, implementation and compliance to the SQF program.

Competencies Required For Success

• Intelligence
• Judgment / Decision Making
• Organization / Planning
• Integrity
• Initiative
• Follow Through
• Stress Management

Knowledge & Experience

• Bachelor’s degree in Food Science, Dairy Science, Engineering or Business preferred.
• Minimum 3-5 years professional experience as a supervisor or frontline leader.
• Prioritize experience in UHT or UP dairy products.
• Prioritize experience implementing/exposure to World Class Manufacturing, TPM and/or Lean philosophies.
• Prioritize experience in UHT/UP processing with HTST experience a plus.
• Knowledge of regulatory requirements for food processing, dairy preferred.
• Knowledge of Organic Standards for food processing.
• Detail oriented, team member, team leader and experienced in team problem solving.
• Strong, honest work ethic with ability to handle multiple tasks daily.
• Able to provide organization to all plant activities.
• Able to identify the right problem and develop correction action.

Physical Requirements

• Must possess the physical ability to work the entire shift on the plant floor working in a cool, wet environment with temperatures ranging between 34-38 degrees will be a requirement.
• Standing, walking, climbing, repetitive bending, repetitive stooping, repetitive reaching with arms and repetitive grasping with hands and fingers.
• Must have the ability to lift up to 30 pounds frequently and up to 50 pounds occasionally.
• Must be able to work safely in a fast-paced environment working around production machines, warehouse equipment, forklifts, large trucks and tankers.