Production Supervisor - Night Shift
About The Position
The Production Supervisor leads continuous improvement and employee engagement while maintaining effective working relationships with all departments. The role oversees production employees and daily performance across multiple production lines, supports production goals and KPIs, and ensures compliance with applicable food safety, regulatory, quality, and safety requirements, including GMP, SOP, GFSI, USDA, FDA, NCDA, HACCP, and SQF requirements. The supervisor sets up, sterilizes, operates, and monitors aseptic filling, batching, and packing equipment; supports sanitation and processing activities; troubleshoots equipment; maintains required documentation; and works with engineering on preventive maintenance and equipment improvements. The position also promotes a strong food safety culture and supports the company’s B-Corp mission to deliver high-quality, healthy foods through sustainable methods.
Requirements
- High school degree or equivalent.
- Two years of production supervisor experience.
- Thorough working knowledge of current OSHA and safety standards.
- Attention to detail.
- Extensive experience with accurate documentation.
- Ability to work well in teams and demonstrate behavior that promotes strong teamwork.
- Ability to demonstrate professionalism in behavior, attitude, and conversations.
- Experience motivating, coaching, and developing teams.
- Experience writing SOPs, policies, and procedures.
- Experience enforcing policies and procedures.
- Knowledge of administering progressive discipline.
- Ability to multitask and prioritize, with strong time-management skills and ability to work without extensive supervision.
- Ability to stand and walk for eight-hour shifts.
- Ability to lift up to 15 pounds multiple times per shift.
- Frequent bending, crouching, or twisting.
- Ability to work in tight or enclosed spaces, at heights, and in temperature extremes.
Responsibilities
- Establish clear communication channels with employees.
- Oversee employee performance, provide guidance and support, and identify development needs.
- Maintain a positive working environment and ensure the team operates effectively to meet daily tasks.
- Document SOPs, procedures, and best practices.
- Identify and troubleshoot underperforming equipment.
- Maintain regulatory, customer, and internal paperwork as required.
- Implement improvement plans that optimize resources and KPIs.
- Assist management with projects and other assigned initiatives.
- Set up, sterilize, operate, and monitor aseptic filling, batching, and packing equipment.
- Conduct packaging integrity tests, weight checks, and metal detection using established validation methods.
- Verify the correct packaging materials are used and track and document equipment downtime.
- Ensure a supply of hydrogen peroxide is available to the filling machine for material sterilization.
- Work with engineering on preventive maintenance, equipment improvements and updates, and appropriate PM frequencies.
- Use lockout/tagout (LOTO) correctly.
- Apply 5S standards in work areas.
- Understand and communicate machine- and line-specific KPIs and report them to management.
- Own daily performance KPIs for multiple production lines.
- Perform CIP, COP, and SIP before and after production.
- Assist with allergen monitoring, routine preventive maintenance, sanitation, forklift duties, housekeeping, troubleshooting, batching and processing, and QA monitoring and recording.
- Follow safety guidelines and GMPs and uphold SQF requirements, promoting a strong and positive food safety culture.
- Participate in the implementation, maintenance, and continuous improvement of food safety as part of an interdisciplinary team.
- Act as a steward of the company’s B-Corp mission to promote worldwide health and wellness through the delivery of high-quality, healthy foods made using sustainable methods.
- Complete Better Processing Control School and an Acidified Foods course within the first six months of hire.
- Obtain forklift and aerial platform certifications within three months of hire.
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What This Job Offers
Job Type
Full-time
Career Level
Mid Level
Education Level
High school or GED
