Production Supervisor
About The Position
The Production Supervisor supervises production personnel across all facets of manufacturing and maintains communication about problems, breakdowns, and issues that may affect schedule reliability. The role oversees production across six lines, ensuring effective staffing, timely starts, product quality and efficiency, food safety, and workplace safety. The supervisor also coordinates materials, reporting, maintenance follow-up, training, and communication with other departments and management. The position description identifies the listed duties as a baseline for effective shift management and notes that duties and responsibilities may change or be newly assigned. An associate degree is preferred but not required, and 1–3 years of food manufacturing knowledge is listed. The stated U.S. salary range is $60,000–$75,000.
Requirements
- 1–3 years of food manufacturing knowledge.
- Excellent organization and time-management skills.
- Ability to self-start and manage a versatile, evolving workload.
- Excellent communication skills.
- PowerPoint design and ideation skills.
- Ability to innovate, solve problems, remain flexible, and juggle multiple priorities.
- Self-motivation and the ability to multitask, prioritize, and adapt to change.
Nice To Haves
- Associate degree preferred, but not required.
Responsibilities
- Ensure timely and effective production line start-ups across six lines.
- Staff production positions effectively and place temporary personnel to cover attendance issues.
- Obtain and stage raw materials needed for the shift, and evaluate and receive bulk ingredients for use and storage.
- Produce product efficiently in accordance with the production schedule.
- Ensure personnel comply with GMP, safety, and food safety procedures.
- Oversee dough and remix batch mixing in accordance with specifications.
- Ensure lines operate at proper speed and product weight, and oversee product color, bake, and shape.
- Oversee shift handling of ingredients for food safety compliance.
- Monitor freezer spiral temperatures and scheduled defrost times.
- Complete payroll time reporting for assigned employees.
- Oversee random product-weight sampling by line personnel.
- Ensure personnel work safely and machinery defects are reported promptly.
- Handle disciplinary matters when necessary.
- Oversee completion of HACCP reports.
- Train employees in safety, GMP, and food safety.
- Initiate the daily labor schedule for the following day's production schedule.
- Calculate and track material usage from mixer batch sheets.
- Conduct random plant safety audits and submit corrective work orders to maintenance.
- Attend meetings as scheduled and directed by management.
- Track production downtime and arrange for maintenance to perform shift repairs.
- Maintain logs for bulk ingredient receiving and line-change sanitation.
- Prepare weekly bulk material ordering and delivery schedules.
- Report attendance issues to Human Resources.
- Coordinate with management personnel across departments.
- Recommend operational changes and identify problem areas to the Director of Manufacturing.
- Prepare a production efficiency report at the end of the shift.
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What This Job Offers
Job Type
Full-time
Career Level
Mid Level
Education Level
No Education Listed
