Job Description
Job Overview:
Job Title: Production Supervisor
Department: Operations
Reports To: Facility Manager
POSITION OVERVIEW
The Production Supervisor leads and coordinates production activities during an assigned shift to safely produce high-quality products while meeting production schedules, cost objectives, food safety requirements, and customer expectations. The role provides direct leadership to production employees and supports safety, accountability, quality, teamwork, and continuous improvement.
KEY RESPONSIBILITIES
- Lead safety practices, daily observations, pre-shift safety meetings, and compliance with company safety requirements.
- Support food safety and quality standards, including sanitation, required checks, documentation, and audit readiness.
- Coordinate staffing, labor assignments, production schedules, changeovers, and production reporting.
- Monitor production efficiency, yields, downtime, waste, and labor productivity; identify improvement opportunities.
- Coach and develop employees, manage attendance and scheduling, address concerns, and administer corrective action when needed.
- Maintain accurate production, quality, safety, attendance, training, and shift communication records.
MINIMUM / PREFERRED QUALIFICATIONS
- High school diploma or GED required.
- 3–5 years of manufacturing experience.
- 3-5 years of supervisory experience required.
- Food manufacturing experience strongly preferred; snack food manufacturing and experience managing multiple production lines preferred.
- Associate’s or Bachelor’s degree in Operations, Manufacturing, Engineering, Food Science, Business, or a related field preferred.
- Working knowledge of manufacturing operations, food safety, GMPs, HACCP, SQF/BRC, OSHA, production scheduling, employee relations, Lean Manufacturing, and Microsoft Office.
WORK CONDITIONS
Fast-paced food manufacturing environment. Schedule may include fixed or rotating shifts, weekends, and holidays as needed. Role requires extended standing and walking, climbing stairs/platforms, working around machinery, wearing required PPE, and occasionally lifting up to 50 pounds.
