Production Supervisor Jobs

About The Position

Requirements

• High school diploma.
• At least 1 year of experience in a manufacturing environment.
• Experience managing production line employees and coordinating production staffing and workforce coverage.
• Understanding of production operations and processing-floor activities.
• Knowledge of USDA inspection compliance.
• Ability to maintain production paperwork and operational records.
• Familiarity with inventory rotation and product coding.
• Basic computer skills.
• Strong written and verbal communication skills and ability to provide clear instructions.
• Strong interpersonal, supervisory, and team leadership abilities.
• Ability to motivate and develop employees, manage staffing, counsel employees, resolve conflicts, and support retention and engagement.
• Strong problem-solving and decision-making skills.

Nice To Haves

• Prior supervisory experience.
• Education beyond high school, including special training, vocational school, technical education, or college coursework.
• Food manufacturing or food processing experience.
• Poultry processing experience.
• SAP experience in a manufacturing environment.
• USDA inspection compliance experience.
• Experience in large-scale food processing operations.
• Experience with production line staffing and scheduling.
• Experience managing employee attendance and job rotation.
• Experience with product quality, yield, and production documentation.

Responsibilities

• Review production orders and oversee daily activities to fulfill customer orders and achieve production targets.
• Ensure production positions are staffed before line startup and manage workforce coverage, attendance, assignments, and job rotation.
• Monitor processing operations to maintain productivity, product quality, and yield.
• Ensure workstations pass applicable USDA inspections and maintain compliance with inspection requirements.
• Promote quality practices, educate employees about product quality, monitor product handling, maintain rework and return records, and coordinate corrective actions.
• Monitor production machinery and line conditions, support general maintenance, and coordinate responses to equipment issues.
• Promote workplace safety, participate in monthly safety meetings, identify unsafe conditions, and ensure corrective actions.
• Oversee employee exercises and job rotation to support ergonomic practices.
• Ensure accurate shipments, inventory rotation, product coding, production records, product tracking, and traceability.
• Supervise, train, develop, motivate, and counsel production employees; address employee concerns and support retention and engagement.
• Communicate company benefits and compensation policies to team members.
• Coordinate with other supervisors and management to address production, staffing, quality, and operational issues.
• Perform additional responsibilities as operational needs arise.