Production Supervisor

Aurora Dairy Corp.•Platteville, CO

5d•$70,000 - $85,000•Onsite

About The Position

The Production Supervisor is responsible to provide leadership to the team in the areas of safety, quality, productivity, and costs related to operating a production shift in the milk plant. This role involves taking ownership and providing leadership for production, warehouse, receiving, and supervisory crews, coaching and leading work teams to achieve performance, quality, cost, and service goals. The supervisor ensures adherence to company policies, designs and maintains a safe working environment, and cultivates a positive and innovative work environment. They strive for fast, continuous systematic planned improvement, direct Quality and Maintenance personnel as needed, and are responsible for training all employees in safety, food quality, HACCP, Food Safety including CCP’s, specific job functions, and the SQF program.

Requirements

Bachelor’s degree in Food Science, Dairy Science, Engineering or Business preferred.
Minimum 3-5 years professional experience as a supervisor or frontline leader.
Experience implementing/exposure to World Class Manufacturing, TPM and/or Lean philosophies.
Knowledge of regulatory requirements for food processing, dairy preferred.
Knowledge of Organic Standards for food processing.
Detail oriented, team member, team leader and experienced in team problem solving.
Strong, honest work ethic with ability to handle multiple tasks daily.
Ability to provide organization to all plant activities.
Ability to identify the right problem and develop correction action.

Nice To Haves

Experience in UHT or UP dairy products.
Experience preferred in UHT/UP processing with HTST experience a plus.

Responsibilities

Monitor and report any deviations from Food Safety and Food Quality (HACCP & SQF) programs.
Provide leadership for production, warehouse, receiving, and supervisory crews.
Coach and lead work teams to achieve performance, quality, cost, and service goals.
Ensure adherence to company policies, procedures, and practices.
Perform administrative duties related to supervising a production block.
Design, monitor, and maintain a safe working environment.
Cultivate a positive and innovative work environment.
Strive for fast, continuous systematic planned improvement.
Direct Quality and Maintenance personnel as needed.
Train all employees in safety, food quality, HACCP, Food Safety including CCP’s, and specific job functions.
Responsible for development, training, implementation, and compliance to the SQF program.