What are the responsibilities and job description for the Production Supervisor position at McCain Foods?
Position Title: Supervisor Production Plover Apps
Position Type: Regular - Full-Time
Grade: Grade 04
Location: Plover, WI (Snacking/Appetizer Facility)
Requisition ID: 40233
About McCain
At McCain, we’re feeding the world: from French fries to cakes, we contribute to the important role food plays in people's lives. That’s why we’re dedicated to ensuring our core values—Family, Authentic, Trusted, and Quality—shine through every day. As a privately owned family company with over 60 years of experience, a presence in more than 160 countries, and a global team of 22,000 people, our values and culture are at the heart of everything we do. We believe that we can work together, along with our business and community partners, to bring sustainable growth and positive change today, tomorrow, and for generations to come. Join us and see how you can MAKE IT at McCain!
Why join the McCain family
Your Life – we’re here to help you fulfill your potential, flourish, and thrive in work and life.
Your Success – work alongside passionate individuals who are committed to supporting your career ambitions, drive, and success.
Your Impact – we want you to make a meaningful, lasting impact for you, for your colleagues, and for the business.
McCain is a place where you can grow from the ground up, so join us and see how you can MAKE IT at McCain.
About The Role
As a Production Supervisor, you will lead and coordinate daily production operations while working alongside your team. This role ensures safe, efficient production that meets output, quality, and food safety standards while supporting continuous improvement and operational excellence.
Leadership Principles
Our principles, each with related practices, guide our actions across the organization. Together, they address how McCain interacts with our customers and employees, and how we work as individuals and collectively to find success. While each role adheres to the Leadership Principles, individual roles may focus more on a specific principle or principles.
We are customer obsessed – By understanding their needs and leveraging insights, we drive mutual success.
We think big and plan ahead – We take smart risks, innovate, and refine processes for long-term success.
We bring out the best in our people – Inclusion, trust, and empowerment help our people thrive.
We act like owners – We clear obstacles and own our work, together.
Statement of Job
Supervise and execute daily production activities by leading employees, managing schedules, and ensuring compliance with food safety, quality, and safety standards to achieve production goals in a safe and efficient manufacturing environment.
Major Duties And Responsibilities
We are McCain: this statement is about our power collectively and our importance individually—your impact is a significant part of the business. Our winning culture focuses on authenticity and trust so we can always bring out the best in our people. Here, you have the opportunity to learn, grow, and thrive while being yourself. Join our team to see why we’re better together.
The Benefits Of Working For McCain
McCain offers full benefits including health, vision, and dental insurance. In addition, we offer other benefits including but not limited to:
The above reflects the target compensation range for the position at the time of posting. Hiring compensation will be determined based on experience, skill set, education and training, and other organizational needs.
Benefits: At McCain, we’re on a mission to create a winning culture that puts employee safety and well-being at the heart of what we do, every day. We understand and appreciate that each person’s needs are unique and ensure our benefits & well-being programs reflect that. Employees are eligible for the following benefits: health coverage (medical, dental, vision, prescription drug), retirement savings benefits, and leave support including medical, family and bereavement. Well-being programs include vacation and holidays, company-supported volunteering time, and mental health resources. Coverages are aligned with country, provincial and state governing plans and can vary by work level, location and nature of the role. Additional benefit detail available during the application process.
Your well-being matters to us, and we’re here to provide you with the necessary resources to support you in being your best self at work — and at home.
McCain Foods is an equal opportunity employer. As a global family-owned company, we strive to be the employer of choice in the diverse communities around the world in which we live and work. We recognize that inclusion drives our creativity, resilience, and success and makes our business stronger. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, religion, color, national origin, sex, age, veteran status, disability, or any other protected characteristic under applicable law.
McCain is an accessible employer. If you require an accommodation throughout the recruitment process (including alternate formats of materials or accessible meeting rooms), please let us know and we will work with you to find appropriate solutions.
Your privacy is important to us. By submitting personal data or information to us, you agree that this will be handled in accordance with McCain’s Global Privacy Policy and Global Employee Privacy Policy, as applicable. You can understand how your personal information is being handled here.
Job Family: Manufacturing
Location(s): US - United States of America : Wisconsin : Plover
Company: McCain Foods USA, Inc.
Position Type: Regular - Full-Time
Grade: Grade 04
Location: Plover, WI (Snacking/Appetizer Facility)
Requisition ID: 40233
About McCain
At McCain, we’re feeding the world: from French fries to cakes, we contribute to the important role food plays in people's lives. That’s why we’re dedicated to ensuring our core values—Family, Authentic, Trusted, and Quality—shine through every day. As a privately owned family company with over 60 years of experience, a presence in more than 160 countries, and a global team of 22,000 people, our values and culture are at the heart of everything we do. We believe that we can work together, along with our business and community partners, to bring sustainable growth and positive change today, tomorrow, and for generations to come. Join us and see how you can MAKE IT at McCain!
Why join the McCain family
Your Life – we’re here to help you fulfill your potential, flourish, and thrive in work and life.
Your Success – work alongside passionate individuals who are committed to supporting your career ambitions, drive, and success.
Your Impact – we want you to make a meaningful, lasting impact for you, for your colleagues, and for the business.
McCain is a place where you can grow from the ground up, so join us and see how you can MAKE IT at McCain.
About The Role
As a Production Supervisor, you will lead and coordinate daily production operations while working alongside your team. This role ensures safe, efficient production that meets output, quality, and food safety standards while supporting continuous improvement and operational excellence.
Leadership Principles
Our principles, each with related practices, guide our actions across the organization. Together, they address how McCain interacts with our customers and employees, and how we work as individuals and collectively to find success. While each role adheres to the Leadership Principles, individual roles may focus more on a specific principle or principles.
We are customer obsessed – By understanding their needs and leveraging insights, we drive mutual success.
We think big and plan ahead – We take smart risks, innovate, and refine processes for long-term success.
We bring out the best in our people – Inclusion, trust, and empowerment help our people thrive.
We act like owners – We clear obstacles and own our work, together.
Statement of Job
Supervise and execute daily production activities by leading employees, managing schedules, and ensuring compliance with food safety, quality, and safety standards to achieve production goals in a safe and efficient manufacturing environment.
Major Duties And Responsibilities
- Lead and oversee daily production line operations to meet production, quality, and safety targets
- Work as a hands-on, working supervisor alongside production teams
- Assign work, monitor performance, and address personnel or operational issues proactively
- Ensure compliance with GMPs, food safety programs, quality standards, and safety procedures
- Identify and resolve production issues, bottlenecks, and equipment or resource constraints
- Ensure materials, equipment, and staffing are available to meet production schedules
- Review production orders and ensure schedules and output requirements are achieved
- Maintain accurate and timely completion of daily manufacturing and production documentation
- Communicate schedules, changes, and expectations clearly to production employees
- Maintain housekeeping standards and enforce safe work practices
- Demonstrate strong leadership, work ethic, and positive influence on team members
- Developing and executing the Plan for the Day and shift handoffs
- Monitoring the health of the CIL system
- Supporting planned stops and continuous improvement initiatives
- Special Requirements High school diploma or equivalent required
- Four-year degree and/or five years of production experience preferred
- Minimum two years of supervisory experience, preferably in food manufacturing
- Ability to adapt to changing production demands and schedules
- Basic computer proficiency
- Strong communication, organizational, and problem-solving skills
- Knowledge of basic mathematics and troubleshooting techniques
- Ability to work safely within manufacturing operating conditions
- Ability to lift up to 50 lbs., stand for extended periods, perform repetitive movements, wear PPE, and work in varied temperature environments
We are McCain: this statement is about our power collectively and our importance individually—your impact is a significant part of the business. Our winning culture focuses on authenticity and trust so we can always bring out the best in our people. Here, you have the opportunity to learn, grow, and thrive while being yourself. Join our team to see why we’re better together.
The Benefits Of Working For McCain
McCain offers full benefits including health, vision, and dental insurance. In addition, we offer other benefits including but not limited to:
- 401k match at 6%
- Adoption Assistance
- Infertility Assistance
- Education Reimbursement Assistance
- Paid Maternity and Paternity Leave
The above reflects the target compensation range for the position at the time of posting. Hiring compensation will be determined based on experience, skill set, education and training, and other organizational needs.
Benefits: At McCain, we’re on a mission to create a winning culture that puts employee safety and well-being at the heart of what we do, every day. We understand and appreciate that each person’s needs are unique and ensure our benefits & well-being programs reflect that. Employees are eligible for the following benefits: health coverage (medical, dental, vision, prescription drug), retirement savings benefits, and leave support including medical, family and bereavement. Well-being programs include vacation and holidays, company-supported volunteering time, and mental health resources. Coverages are aligned with country, provincial and state governing plans and can vary by work level, location and nature of the role. Additional benefit detail available during the application process.
Your well-being matters to us, and we’re here to provide you with the necessary resources to support you in being your best self at work — and at home.
McCain Foods is an equal opportunity employer. As a global family-owned company, we strive to be the employer of choice in the diverse communities around the world in which we live and work. We recognize that inclusion drives our creativity, resilience, and success and makes our business stronger. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, religion, color, national origin, sex, age, veteran status, disability, or any other protected characteristic under applicable law.
McCain is an accessible employer. If you require an accommodation throughout the recruitment process (including alternate formats of materials or accessible meeting rooms), please let us know and we will work with you to find appropriate solutions.
Your privacy is important to us. By submitting personal data or information to us, you agree that this will be handled in accordance with McCain’s Global Privacy Policy and Global Employee Privacy Policy, as applicable. You can understand how your personal information is being handled here.
Job Family: Manufacturing
Location(s): US - United States of America : Wisconsin : Plover
Company: McCain Foods USA, Inc.
Salary : $65,500 - $87,400