Operations Shift Supervisor - Nights
About The Position
Responsible for overseeing daily operations and quality activities within can making, managing departmental objectives in partnership with supervisors and managers across shifts and departments. The role leads production support and quality initiatives to ensure safe, efficient, and compliant manufacturing operations while maintaining product quality standards and driving continuous improvement. The supervisor oversees the department’s daily activities and long-term objectives, coordinates production and manufacturing schedules, monitors product quality, and addresses operational, manufacturing, maintenance, technical, and other complex issues. The role also supports food safety by notifying management of actual or potential issues and is empowered to resolve issues within its scope of work.
Requirements
- Associate degree in business, engineering, or a related field, with at least 3–5 years of experience in a supervisory role, or an equivalent combination of education and experience in food manufacturing.
- Ability to support and create effective teams, units, and work environments.
- Ability to impact and promote organizational strategy and vision and connect employees’ work to business strategy.
- Ability to complete objectives through supervisors, managers, or senior exempt specialists with significant latitude.
- Ability to work effectively in a Microsoft Windows environment, including Word, Excel, Outlook, and internal software programs.
- Ability to meet the physical demands of the job, including frequently lifting or moving up to 25 pounds and occasionally lifting or moving up to 50 pounds.
- Vision abilities including close vision, distance vision, peripheral vision, depth perception, and the ability to adjust focus.
Responsibilities
- Review production orders or schedules to determine product types, quantities, specifications, and delivery dates, and plan department operations.
- Plan production operations and establish manufacturing priorities and sequences.
- Prepare operational schedules and coordinate manufacturing activities to meet production and product-quality specifications.
- Review production and operating reports and resolve operational, manufacturing, and maintenance problems to minimize costs and prevent delays.
- Inspect machines and equipment to ensure operational performance and optimum utilization.
- Develop or revise standard operational and working practices and observe workers to ensure compliance.
- Manage daily departmental activities and long-term objectives in conjunction with managers across shifts or departments.
- Supervise the assigned shift and support safety, quality, GMP compliance, work rules, and collaboration across the production line.
- Monitor product quality through periodic inspections.
- Initiate resolution of technical, unusual, or complex problems or issues.
- Notify management about actual or potential food safety issues and act to resolve issues within the role’s scope of work.
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What This Job Offers
Job Type
Full-time
Career Level
Manager
Education Level
Associate degree
