Packaging Shift Supervisor 2nd Shift (Team Lead)

Ken's Careers•Las Vegas, NV

About The Position

The Packaging Shift Supervisor manages the packaging area and oversees the movement of product from the kitchen through the packaging lines to the warehouse. The role provides training and guidance, enforces SQF certification and Good Manufacturing Practices (GMPs), and maintains safety, quality, and facility-cleanliness standards while controlling manpower. The supervisor is responsible for interviewing, hiring, and training employees; planning and assigning work; evaluating performance; rewarding and disciplining employees; addressing complaints; and resolving problems. The role manages Packaging Area Coordinators who lead utilities, machine operators, and general labor, and also directly supervises hourly nonsupervisory employees. The position promotes a safe and sanitary workplace and a strong food-safety culture. It ensures team members follow food-safety and GMP policies, produce product free of contamination, report suspicious activity, and continuously inspect work areas for potential product-contamination issues. Other duties may be assigned as required.

Responsibilities

Train and guide employees and enforce compliance with SQF certification.
Maintain safety policies, rules and regulations, and Good Manufacturing Practices (GMPs).
Manage product flow from the kitchen through packaging lines to the warehouse.
Maintain quality standards while controlling manpower.
Interview, hire, and train employees.
Plan, assign, and direct work; appraise performance; reward and discipline employees; address complaints; and resolve problems.
Ensure compliance with corporate standards and systems for food safety, food-safety culture, quality, and facility cleanliness.
Create and maintain a culture of safety and assure a safe work environment.
Lead by example to ensure high-quality manufacturing practices are followed.
Ensure team members follow food-safety and GMP policies and complete work safely and sanitarily.
Ensure team members produce product free of contamination, report suspicious activities in or around the plant, and continuously inspect work areas for potential product-contamination issues.
Direct, coordinate, and evaluate the packaging unit, including Packaging Area Coordinators, utilities, machine operators, general labor, and hourly nonsupervisory employees.
Perform other duties as required.