Supervisor Production-1st Shift-Blountsville Plant

Tyson Foods • Blountsville, AL

1d • Onsite

About The Position

This position is responsible for maintaining high levels of production, quality, and yield while ensuring the safest possible work environment. The role requires a strong understanding and control of the production process, accurate recordkeeping, and effective line maintenance and staffing. Key responsibilities include reviewing daily production orders to ensure customer requirements are met; ensuring all positions are properly staffed prior to production start‑up; and overseeing Team Member morning exercises and job rotations to support ergonomics and injury prevention. This role also ensures that all machinery is operating at optimal performance levels and that all workstations have passed USDA inspection. Additional responsibilities include promoting workplace safety on a daily basis and through monthly safety meetings; ensuring accurate shipments, proper product coding, and correct inventory rotation; and maintaining compliance with quality and safety standards. The position is also responsible for communicating company benefits and compensation policies to Team Members, providing guidance and encouragement to build a strong and engaged team, and performing essential human relations functions such as training, retention, and counseling related to personal and professional matters. This role collaborates with other supervisors to resolve operational issues, oversees various processing operations, maintains records of reworked or returned products, and continuously educates Team Members on the importance of quality. Other duties may be assigned as business needs require.

Requirements

• High school diploma required
• Basic computer skills are helpful
• Strong verbal and written communication skills required
• Responsible for supervising a team of personnel performing similar or related tasks
• Occasional travel required (1–5 trips per year)
• Monday–Thursday: 4:00 a.m. – 5:00 p.m.
• Friday: 4:00 a.m. – 2:45 p.m.

Nice To Haves

• Education beyond high school, including specialized training, vocational schooling, or college coursework, is preferred

Responsibilities

• Maintaining high levels of production, quality, and yield
• Ensuring the safest possible work environment
• Understanding and controlling the production process
• Accurate recordkeeping
• Effective line maintenance and staffing
• Reviewing daily production orders to ensure customer requirements are met
• Ensuring all positions are properly staffed prior to production start‑up
• Overseeing Team Member morning exercises and job rotations to support ergonomics and injury prevention
• Ensuring all machinery is operating at optimal performance levels
• Ensuring all workstations have passed USDA inspection
• Promoting workplace safety on a daily basis and through monthly safety meetings
• Ensuring accurate shipments, proper product coding, and correct inventory rotation
• Maintaining compliance with quality and safety standards
• Communicating company benefits and compensation policies to Team Members
• Providing guidance and encouragement to build a strong and engaged team
• Performing essential human relations functions such as training, retention, and counseling related to personal and professional matters
• Collaborating with other supervisors to resolve operational issues
• Overseeing various processing operations
• Maintaining records of reworked or returned products
• Continuously educating Team Members on the importance of quality

Benefits

• We provide our team members and their families with paid time off; 401(k) plans; affordable health, life, dental, vision and prescription drug benefits; and more.

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Manager
• Education Level: High school or GED
• Number of Employees: 5,001-10,000 employees