Production Supervisor

Irca Group•Affton, MO

19d

About The Position

The Production Supervisor oversees manufacturing operations and ensures compliance with safety, quality, food safety, and operational standards. This role provides frontline leadership to production teams during the night shift, coordinating staffing and production flow and resolving operational issues in a fast-paced manufacturing environment. The supervisor works closely with Production, Maintenance, Quality, and Engineering teams to maximize efficiency, reduce downtime, maintain product quality, and support continuous improvement initiatives. The position requires a hands-on manufacturing and technical background, practical problem-solving skills, and the ability to lead teams during off-shift operations. Responsibilities span safety, quality, process management, people management, continuous improvement, and environmental practices.

Requirements

Bachelor's degree in Engineering, Industrial Engineering, Mechanical Engineering, Manufacturing Engineering, or a related field preferred.
5–7 years of supervisory or management experience in a manufacturing environment required; food manufacturing preferred.
English-language proficiency.
Track record of problem solving.
Strong organizational skills and autonomy.
Leadership and outstanding communication skills.
Computer literacy.
Ability to prioritize and meet deadlines within specified time constraints.
Ability to operate in a team environment.
Ability to adapt to a changing work environment.
Ability to safely lift 50 pounds.
Ability to work 12-hour shifts on an alternating weekend schedule.
Ability to bend and reach files and cabinets where records are stored.
Ability to perform repetitive motion through computer use in an office environment and work in manufacturing areas with high noise, machinery, and chemicals.

Nice To Haves

Lean manufacturing experience.

Responsibilities

Enforce safety policies, including PPE requirements, communicate safety awareness, maintain safe working conditions, and propose plant safety improvements.
Deliver safety training and communications, complete incident reports within 24 hours, participate in safety audits, follow up on findings, and support employee participation in safety programs.
Ensure production schedules are followed in compliance with quality standards and consistently enforce company quality policies, GMP requirements, and food safety regulations.
Coordinate with Quality Control for timely support on issues or changes requiring controls or validation; maintain sanitation and housekeeping standards and ensure equipment is sanitized and CIP'd before production.
Monitor product protection and potential contamination sources; follow up on quality holds and foreign material reports, develop corrective actions, and participate in self-audits and audit action plans.
Manage daily production schedules, online performance, output per online hour, and staffing to support plant service levels; maintain shop-floor presence and resolve line issues promptly.
Maintain organization, housekeeping, zoning, and GMP practices on mixing, batching, and packaging lines; apply technical knowledge to help operators and Maintenance identify root causes and troubleshoot issues.
Balance shop-floor oversight with administrative work and meetings; manage held products and coordinate rework and disposition in a timely manner.
Understand CIP systems and support operators with CIP performance issues; understand the process from raw-material receipt through finished goods to inform scheduling, with attention to the next 24 hours.
Maximize line operating time and support fast, efficient changeovers.
Recruit employees, determine temporary labor needs, staff positions according to schedule, organize break relief, and deploy labor appropriately.
Ensure HR policies are followed and coordinate timely follow-up with HR regarding policy violations.
Understand operators' strengths, development needs, and training opportunities; create action plans, train employees on equipment and SOPs, verify training effectiveness, and provide performance reviews, coaching, and feedback.
Improve performance using KPIs, monitor uptime and sources of downtime, coach the team, gather data, facilitate problem solving, and initiate improvement actions.
Develop a proactive approach to resolving problems and provide the manufacturing team with relevant data and analysis to identify issues and solutions.
Contribute to problem resolution by participating in or leading PSG efforts; communicate conditions requiring attention or decisions to other shifts, Maintenance, Engineering, and the Plant Manager.
Support environmental programs and operational efficiency, reduce production waste and held product, conserve power by turning off unused lights and equipment, minimize oil-based product entering washdowns, and seek ways to reduce environmental impacts.