Plant Supervisor Dairy Manufacturing - Modesto Plant

CRYSTAL CREAMERY INC•Modesto, CA

7d•Onsite

About The Position

Crystal Creamery is currently hiring a Plant Supervisor for Fluid Milk Department. It has a primary role of supervising the completion of department functions to reach the high standards of safety, quality, and production efficiency goals. The A Side Plant Supervisor accomplishes this through advanced leadership of employees and the creation of a work environment committed to respect,

Requirements

Must have held a similar position with Crystal Creamery or demonstrated leadership as a foreman or lead person at Crystal Creamery or another company where similar food production processes and programs were utilized.
Must have demonstrated leadership and ability to multi-task.
Must be calm under pressure; yet must work with urgency and results in mind.
Must have great communication skills both written and verbal.
Must have at least medium complex problem-solving skills.
Must be able to make decisions and explain to the workforce in an expiring manner why decisions have been made.
Must have demonstrated strong listening skills.
Must have at least a working mechanical knowledge or production equipment, utilities, and worked in a food production facility.
Must have the ability to effectively complete administrative aspect of the management position, including scheduling, ordering, regulatory paperwork maintenance and required correspondence with vendors, other departments, and managers.
Must have Moderate Experience with Microsoft Excel and the ability to learn company specific computer programs.
Must have knowledge of state and federal processing and packaging guidelines and regulations.
Must have knowledge and experience maintaining an environment within SQF.

Responsibilities

Ensure production is completed while maintaining employee safety, highest quality products made to specification, and driver for continuous improvement on efficiency and reducing waste for 4 primary departments on the so-called “Swing Shift.”
Ensure employees are engaged and understand the daily and shift plans, demands, and expectations.
Maintain the Customer in Mind Approach in everything that he/she does (Internal Customers and External Customers).
Lead the front-line work force to be highly performing and deliver winning results.
Coordinate plant operations with other departments.
Train, Teach and Educate employees on policies, procedures, and standards.
Remove obstacles for the front-line employees so they can complete their work safely and efficiently daily (An example of a removed obstacle would be to assure that maintenance repairs a critical piece of equipment that is broken down).
Cooperate with maintenance and management teams to resolve technical concerns and opportunities.
Coach, train, mentor, praise in public and coach in private with the purpose of maintaining cohesion and high morale in the workplace.
Know when to elevate critical matters to higher authority including calling managers and other departments in the off-normal business hours.
Make rounds in all departments throughout the shift and look ahead for roadblocks and forecast needs and obstacles so all operations continue to produce without stoppage.
Maintain metrics and daily shift production records as directed. Share these metrics from the previous shift and or day at a Daily Start Up Shift Huddle.