Production Supervisor - Night Shift

Echo Lake Foods, Inc.•Burlington, WI

25d•Onsite

About The Position

The Production Supervisor leads all production activities on the assigned shift to ensure safe, efficient, and compliant operations. The position oversees staffing, line performance, productivity, quality, and GMP adherence, ensuring finished products meet customer and regulatory specifications. The Supervisor coordinates with QA, Maintenance, Sanitation, and Warehouse to support continuous improvement and operational excellence in a food manufacturing environment. The role includes directing production teams, monitoring operational performance, ensuring compliance with food safety and workplace requirements, developing employees, and verifying production documentation. The job is performed in person in a fast-paced food manufacturing operation, with exposure to equipment, conveyors, forklifts, wet floors, and temperature-controlled areas.

Requirements

At least 2 years of experience in food manufacturing or production leadership.
Strong working knowledge of GMPs, HACCP, CCP/CP monitoring, and food safety regulations.
Bilingual in Spanish, including reading, writing, and speaking; required.
Proven ability to lead teams, drive results, and manage multiple priorities.
Fundamental communication, problem-solving, and decision-making skills.
Ability to read, interpret, and enforce SOPs, specifications, and regulatory requirements.
Ability to stand or walk for long periods in a manufacturing environment.
Ability to lift up to 40 lbs when necessary.
Frequent bending, kneeling, climbing stairs, and working around moving machinery.
Ability to work in cold, hot, humid, or noisy environments depending on the production area.
Strong situational awareness to maintain safety and compliance.

Nice To Haves

Prior experience as a Lead, Supervisor, or Coordinator in a food production environment.
Knowledge of SQF, Lean Manufacturing, 5S, Six Sigma, or continuous improvement tools.
Basic mechanical aptitude and troubleshooting ability.

Responsibilities

Direct production teams, ensuring adequate staffing, job rotation, and effective workload distribution.
Conduct daily shift meetings covering safety, quality, production targets, downtime, and priorities.
Ensure equipment is started, operated, and shut down according to SOPs and safety guidelines.
Manage production flow to meet schedules, minimize downtime, and achieve output goals.
Monitor KPIs such as efficiency, waste, yield, and uptime, and drive improvement actions.
Ensure products meet customer and internal specifications for weight, dimensions, packaging, coding, traceability, case integrity, labeling, and pallet quality.
Ensure in-process checks, including weights, metal detection, CCP/CP monitoring, and coding verification, are completed accurately and on time.
Take immediate corrective action for out-of-spec product, deviations, or foreign material concerns.
Maintain compliance with SQF, HACCP, FDA, USDA where applicable, and internal audit requirements.
Support root cause investigations and implement corrective and preventive actions.
Enforce GMP, gowning, hygiene, and allergen-control procedures.
Conduct GMP, safety, and housekeeping audits and correct deficiencies in real time.
Ensure compliance with PPE, safe lifting, LOTO where applicable, and machine-guarding requirements.
Collaborate with EH&S on accident investigations, near-miss reporting, and corrective actions.
Maintain a clean and organized production environment using 5S and sanitation standards.
Train and evaluate employees on SOPs, GMPs, job responsibilities, and equipment operation.
Coach employees, provide performance feedback, and document performance or disciplinary actions.
Promote teamwork, accountability, respect, and continuous improvement.
Identify high-potential employees and support skill development and cross-training.
Address employee concerns promptly and professionally, and work with the HR Manager on employee relations issues.
Verify production logs, downtime logs, yield reports, CCP/CP and QA checks, waste and rework records, inventory tracking, changeover and startup records, and sanitation verification.
Ensure documentation is legible, compliant, and completed in real time.
Communicate shift updates during handoff and participate in production and cross-functional meetings.
Coordinate with QA, Maintenance, Warehouse, and Sanitation to support smooth operations and rapid issue resolution.