Production Supervisor

Job Description

Position Summary

The Production Supervisor oversees plant production and maintenance activities during an assigned shift. This role is accountable for executing the plant production plan, maintaining a safe work environment, building a strong team-oriented workforce, meeting customer quality and service expectations, driving process improvements, and hitting plant productivity goals. The Production Supervisor also leads shift communications, identifies and resolves operational issues, and delivers training programs to hourly staff.

Reporting Structur

eThis position reports to the Manufacturing Manager and supervises hourly plant employees. The role partners closely with plant leadership, human resources, accounting, planning, logistics, sales, equipment and supply vendors, contractors, and auditors

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Essential Functio

• nsSupervise and monitor daily operations to meet production targets and customer needs, including scheduling, materials, and staging of fruit. Approve and enforce adherence to production schedules. Oversee hourly employees on throughputs, quality and process checks, scheduling, time approvals, and vacation planning to ensure proper coverag
• e.Measure plant production efficiencies and communicate performance results to supervisors and employees. Prepare and review daily, weekly, and monthly production and financial reports covering customer complaints, yield, labor, and throughput
• s.Provide leadership and direct supervision of hourly plant employees. Set goals and objectives for staff and deliver formal and informal feedback through coaching, monitoring, and evaluation of job result
• s.Maintain compliance in auditable areas including food safety audits, GMP audits, plant inspections, LOTO audits, and sanitation audits (GMP, SQF, SOP, SSOP, OSHA, State Department of Agriculture, USDA, and applicable state/federal regulations
• ).Develop and implement SOPs and SSOPs relevant to the area of responsibility. Ensure appropriate documents are properly stored and approved in the document control system, and that personnel are adequately trained on all relevant approved document
• s.Ensure compliance with and enforcement of company policies and procedures concerning cGMPs, food safety, and all pre-requisite program
• s.Participate in production, safety, training and development, and other routine meeting
• s.Identify and implement capital, continuous improvement, and cost containment projects. Minimize waste and production cost
• s.Perform under standard plant working condition

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Additional Responsibilit

• iesOversee sanitation activities and ensure compliance with corporate and plant policies and procedur
• es.Manage raw fruit to achieve optimal throughputs, factoring in apple pressures, decay, stem bowl crack, stickers, varieties, and siz
• es.Administer the plant's safety progr
• am.Submit work orders into the Computerized Preventive Maintenance Syst
• em.Supervise daily maintenance activiti

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Required Knowl

• edgePrinciples and practices of food manufacturing, including food safety, quality, and manufacturing conce
• pts.Working knowledge of FDA and OSHA regulations, GMPs, sanitation, and HA
• CCP.Understanding of processing and maintenance equipment and related engineering princip
• les.Principles and practices of financial and manufacturing account
• ing.Principles and practices of financial forecasting and budget
• ing.Principles and practices of inventory planning, production scheduling, production metrics, and system variables, balancing, and optimizat
• ion.Principles and practices of continuous improvem
• ent.Pertinent federal, state, and local laws, codes, and regulati

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Required Skills and Abil

• itiesEffectively manage and lead multiple projects with multidisciplinary teams toward a shared
• goal.Gain cooperation through discussion and persua
• sion.Identify, research, and analyze problems, evaluate alternative solutions, and project consequences of proposed act
• ions.Organize, plan, and execute effecti
• vely.Use computers and business software, including word processing, spreadsheets, and datab

ases.
Qualific

• ationsBachelor's degree in Food Science, Operations, Engineering, Manufacturing, or a related field pref
• erred.Minimum of 1–3 years of food processing exper
• ience.Supervisory experience in a food manufacturing facility pref
• erred.First Aid/CPR and forklift training pref
• erred.SQF, Ammonia Fit, Food Safety, Sensory Evaluation, and/or HACCP training and certification pref