Weekend Superintendent

North Freeze Dry•Little Falls, MN

3d•Onsite

About The Position

The Weekend Superintendent owns plant execution, workforce leadership, and safety performance during assigned shifts. This role is the senior on-site leader responsible for driving operational discipline, enforcing safety and food safety standards, and leading frontline leaders and hourly teams with accountability. This is not a caretaker role — it is an operational command position with full authority to act, correct, and escalate.

Requirements

Bachelor’s degree in Operations, Engineering, Business, or related field or equivalent operational leadership experience.
Minimum 3–5 years of manufacturing leadership experience, preferably in food or regulated environments.
Proven track record of leading teams, enforcing standards, and driving accountability.
Strong working knowledge of safety regulations, food safety, and quality systems.
Comfortable making decisions, delivering tough messages, and managing conflict.
High level of operational discipline, judgment, and resilience.

Responsibilities

Serve as the senior leader on-site during assigned shifts; set expectations, drive accountability, and make real-time operational decisions.
Lead, coach, and hold supervisors and hourly employees accountable for performance, behavior, attendance, and safety.
Build a culture of ownership, engagement, and execution through visible leadership on the floor.
Conduct performance management activities including coaching, corrective actions, and employee development in partnership with HR.
Identify talent, succession risks, and staffing gaps; provide workforce planning input to Plant Manager.
Drive consistent communication across shifts to ensure alignment, continuity, and zero handoff failures.
Execute the production plan while maintaining labor efficiency, throughput, and quality.
Monitor KPIs including safety, productivity, scrap, downtime, and labor utilization.
Identify constraints, escalate risks, and take corrective action in real time.
Ensure accurate reporting of production, labor, and inventory data.
Drive adherence to standard work, SOPs, and operational controls.
Own safety performance during assigned shifts — zero tolerance for unsafe behaviors.
Enforce all workplace safety policies, lockout/tagout, PPE usage, and regulatory requirements.
Lead incident response, investigations, root cause analysis, and corrective actions.
Actively drive a proactive safety culture through floor presence, audits, and employee engagement.
Partner with Safety and Maintenance to ensure equipment, processes, and behaviors meet safety standards at all times.
Serve as the on-shift owner of food safety and quality systems.
Enforce SQF, GMP, HACCP, and regulatory requirements with zero exceptions.
Partner with Quality to ensure compliance, audit readiness, and corrective action closure.
Lead by example to reinforce a culture where food safety is operationally embedded, not delegated.
Identify inefficiencies, waste, and process gaps; drive practical improvements.
Maintain 5S, housekeeping, and audit-ready conditions.
Ensure plant assets are protected and maintained through coordination with Maintenance.
Provide actionable feedback and recommendations to the Plant Manager.