1st Shift Production Supervisor

OPC Arbre Farms•Walkerville, MI

15d•Onsite

About The Position

This is a permanent, full-time position that is eligible for enrollment in company benefits after 60 days and 40 hours Vacation after 90 days. Report times-6:45am-3:45pm Monday - Friday, some Saturdays are a possibility January-April May- December is peak season hours change a 6 days a week. OPC is family owned and headquartered in the beautiful Pacific Northwest of the United States. We started over 40 years ago as a small family farm and have been blessed to grow significantly with our farm fresh quality and the care we show our customers. We currently own, or control through long term leases, over 140,000 irrigated acres. We also now have a network of processing plants throughout Washington, Oregon, Idaho and Michigan to bring the bounty of our farms to you. The roots of our heritage offer us complete focus; from farming through the entire process. We are committed to innovation, quality and customer service. The OPC Family of companies is dedicated to sustainable agricultural practices throughout our farming operation, giving us the ability to give our customers “Seed to Fork” varieties of quality potato products, other vegetables and fruits. From Field to Fork”-Production is where the beginning of a wide variety of products become part of your family’s meal. Be part of a team that supplies food to the tables across the US, Mexico and Canada. The Production Supervisor leads and provides direction to a team of production hourly positions supporting all tactical and strategic objectives for the Production functions, at the direction of the Production and Plant Manager. This job description in no way states or implies that these are the only duties to be performed by the employee occupying this position. Employees will be required to follow any other job-related instructions and to perform any other job-related duties requested by their supervisor.

Requirements

Expertise in Production Processes.
Excellent time management and organizational skills.
This position has high time demands and pressures that require the incumbent to effectively prioritize, juggle, and manage numerous projects at once.
Strong leadership skills – Ability to build trust and credibility, provide direction, communicate and ensure alignment across the Production Team and within the Leadership Team at Arbre Farms.
Strong interpersonal skills – Ability to establish and maintain effective key business relationships with both internal staff and external contacts.
Must have the ability to make recommendation to effective resolve problems or issues by using judgment that is in consistent with Company standards, practices, policies, procedures, regulation or government law.
Minimum of a high school or high school equivalent education
Prefer 3 to 5 years’ experience at a supervisory level with production responsibilities as a focus
Manufacturing experience preferred or equivalent combination of education and experience
Familiarity with a variety of production, and quality concepts, tools, practices, and procedures
Able to lift up to 30 pounds
Must be able to stand or walk for prolonged periods
Experience extensive walking and standing
Vision/hearing/talking
Repeating motion (hands/wrists)
Bending and stooping

Nice To Haves

Lean, 5s, Six Sigma, etc. experience / training is a plus

Responsibilities

Holds daily pre-shift meetings and communicates any relevant information to the employees
Completes daily paperwork and turns into Production Administrator/Quality Assurance
Completes daily pass down email
Assigns employee positions for the day
Coordinates employee breaks
Rotates employee positions to avoid fatigue
Verify employees have completed all tasks before leaving for the day
Provides basic equipment to employees when needed and completes required sign out paperwork, where applicable
Responsible for performing daily scale verifications
Assists Production Manager with daily setup of machinery according to production schedule
Responsible for adhering to and implementing all policies set forth by HR and Quality
Advises and recommends work orders to be completed by Maintenance
Assists in yearly retraining with employees
Actively engaged in employee retention efforts by soliciting feedback from employees and communication g results with the Production Managers and HR department
Serves as a backup to the Production Manager in their absence and with new employee training
Other related duties as assigned