What are the responsibilities and job description for the Production Supervisor position at NorthPoint Search Group?
Production Supervisor
About the Role
Lead daily production of the facility. You’ll supervise 30-80 hourly team members and be accountable for staffing, throughput, yield, and shift performance against the production schedule.
What You’ll Do
- Run daily production: assign and balance labor, monitor line speed and downtime, and direct startups, changeovers, allergen transitions, and shutdowns
- Verify temperatures, freezer exit temps, and product weights are run and recorded to spec
- Maintain separation between areas, and escalate off-spec product to QA
- Coach, train, and cross-train your crew, and handle performance conversations in partnership with HR
- Partner with maintenance, quality, sanitation, and shipping to keep lines running
- Drive continuous improvement by cutting downtime, giveaway, waste, and changeover time
- Complete shift documentation and report results to plant leadership
What We’re Looking For
- Experience in production strongly preferred.
- One or more years of supervisory experience in manufacturing, ideally leading a large hourly workforce
- Working knowledge of packaging operations
- Strong leadership, communication, and problem-solving skills
- Comfortable with Microsoft Office and production reporting systems
- High school diploma or GED
- Bilingual English/Spanish is a plus
Schedule & Physical Requirements
- Flexible schedule, including nights, weekends, holidays, and overtime as needed
- Ability to walk the production floor for long periods, climb stairs, ladders, and platforms, and lift up to 25 lbs