Senior Production Supervisor

TriRx Shawnee LLC•Huntsville, AL

About The Position

The Senior Production Supervisor leads and oversees daily production operations to ensure safety, quality, compliance, and efficiency expectations are met. The role directs shift activities, communicates production priorities, monitors line performance, audits production documentation, and maintains awareness of active lines and batches. The supervisor coaches employees, enforces accountability, verifies training compliance, escalates operational or performance issues, and adapts to schedule changes. Through visible floor presence, clear communication, sound decision-making, and leadership by example, the position promotes a collaborative work environment and ensures operations follow established procedures, company standards, and regulatory requirements. The role has authority to direct and coordinate daily production activities, assign personnel, enforce company policies and procedures, address performance and behavioral concerns, and take immediate action to maintain safety, quality, compliance, and operational effectiveness within the department. It ensures adherence to regulatory and company requirements, escalates significant operational or personnel issues as needed, and makes day-to-day decisions to achieve production objectives and support continuous improvement. The position maintains continuous floor presence across active production lines; supports supervisors, team leads, and operators; tracks line status, throughput, and batch progress; and verifies production records. It leads responses and investigations into quality events, coordinates resources for timely corrective actions, and identifies trends and process improvements. It also supports audit and inspection readiness, verifies employee training and qualifications, and leads safety observations, incident investigations, and corrective actions. The work schedule is Monday through Thursday, 5:00 a.m. to 3:30 p.m., with mandatory Fridays as needed. Physical requirements include occasional reaching, climbing or balancing, stooping, kneeling, crouching, or crawling, and occasional lifting or moving of up to 50 pounds. The role may involve exposure to moving mechanical parts; the work environment is usually moderately noisy, and color vision is required.

Requirements

Bachelor’s degree in Manufacturing, Engineering, Life Sciences, or a related field, or equivalent experience.
At least 5 years of progressive leadership experience in pharmaceutical, animal health, or regulated manufacturing environments.
Strong working knowledge of cGMPs, safety regulations, and quality systems in a non-sterile manufacturing environment.
Proven experience leading manufacturing and/or packaging teams.
Experience in a contract manufacturing (CDMO) environment.
Experience with liquid manufacturing and packaging operations.
Lean manufacturing or continuous improvement experience.
Advanced knowledge of pharmaceutical manufacturing and packaging operations, including batch record execution, production scheduling, equipment utilization, and operational workflow management.
Thorough understanding of cGMP, FDA regulations, data integrity principles, and company standard operating procedures.
Expertise in quality systems, including deviations, investigations, CAPAs, change controls, non-conformance management, and audit readiness.
Ability to use production metrics, throughput data, OEE, labor efficiency, and performance indicators to guide operational decisions and improvement initiatives.
Technical proficiency with manufacturing equipment, packaging systems, computerized systems, and production documentation requirements.
Ability to apply root cause analysis, risk assessment, and structured problem-solving methods to resolve operational and quality issues.
Working knowledge of safety regulations, hazard identification, incident investigation, and risk mitigation.
Strong leadership and team development skills, including motivating employees, driving accountability, and fostering engagement and continuous improvement.
Excellent verbal and written communication skills.
Strong problem-solving and decision-making abilities.
Strong organizational and time-management skills, including the ability to manage multiple priorities and adapt to changing business needs.
Ability to influence cross-functional teams, manage conflict professionally, and lead through change while prioritizing safety, quality, compliance, and operational excellence.
Color vision required.
Occasionally lift and/or move up to 50 pounds.

Responsibilities

Maintain a continuous floor presence and monitor active production lines to ensure operational targets, staffing requirements, and production schedules are achieved.
Provide real-time direction and support to supervisors, team leads, and operators to resolve operational issues and minimize downtime.
Track and communicate line status, throughput, and batch progress, and escalate performance gaps.
Verify accurate and timely completion of production documentation, logbooks, and batch records.
Hold team members accountable for productivity, attendance, and performance expectations.
Lead the immediate response, investigation, and documentation of deviations, non-conformances, complaints, and other quality events.
Ensure quality events have documented root cause analyses and effective corrective actions, coordinating cross-functional resources for timely closure and implementation.
Monitor quality-event trends and identify opportunities to reduce recurrence through process improvements.
Promote adherence to quality standards and procedures.
Identify opportunities to improve safety, quality, productivity, efficiency, and cost performance.
Lead continuous improvement initiatives using operational metrics, performance data, and employee feedback.
Collaborate with cross-functional teams to develop and implement process enhancements and best practices.
Measure and communicate improvement results using established performance indicators.
Ensure operations comply with cGMP, company procedures, regulatory requirements, and customer expectations.
Maintain readiness for internal audits, customer audits, and regulatory inspections.
Verify employees are trained and qualified before performing assigned duties.
Ensure production documentation is complete, accurate, and maintained in accordance with data integrity requirements.
Address compliance risks promptly and escalate significant issues to management and Quality.
Promote safety and ensure employees follow safety policies, procedures, PPE requirements, and hazard-control measures.
Lead incident reporting, investigations, and corrective actions to prevent recurrence of workplace injuries and safety events.
Conduct routine safety observations and audits to identify and eliminate unsafe conditions and behaviors.
Coach and develop supervisors, team leads, and operators, and foster accountability, engagement, and operational excellence.