Production Supervisor

Union: Non-Union
Number of Vacancies: 1
New or Replacement Position: Replacement
Site: West Park Healthcare Centre
Department: Nutrition Services
Reports to: Manager Nutrition Services
Salary Range: $41.53 to $52.90 per hour
Hours: 37.5 hours per week
Shifts: Monday to Friday 5:45am - 1:45pm 
Status: Temporary Full-time (up to 6 months)
Closing Date: February 19 2026

Position Summary

The Production Supervisor is accountable for delivering highquality consistent patient meals by overseeing food production menu execution and the complete purchasing and inventory process for all food and supply items. The role ensures compliance with food safety standards supports efficient workflow and maintains the accuracy and integrity of production and costcontrol systems.

Duties

• Manages the Computrition nutrition database by ensuring all recipes ingredients and menus are accurate up to date and aligned with therapeutic diet standards.
• Maintains user credentials and access levels adding or removing users as needed to support security and workflow requirements.
• Updates pricing vendor information and product specifications to ensure accurate forecasting costing and purchasing.
• Troubleshoots system issues and coordinates with IT or Computrition support when technical problems arise.
• Oversees the production of food items by developing and revising master menus for patients.
• Monitors and checks received items and supervises the production flow (receiving decasing storing tempering food preparation and portioning).
• Ensures proper labeling dating rotation (FIFO) and safe handling of all food items.
• Manages food costs by monitoring usage trends evaluating products and identifying costsaving opportunities.
• Communicates menu updates and system changes to production assembly delivery and clinical teams.
• Reviews production sheets analyzing actual supply usage and adjusting future forecasts accordingly.
• Supervises the production flow to ensure minimal waste during all processes.
• Responsible for purchasing all food items for the department by utilizing a justintime ordering system ensuring items are delivered stored and served at their optimum freshness.
• Reviews product availability and collaborates with vendors to identify suitable substitutions when shortages occur.
• Daytoday management of the kitchen by supervising staff overseeing the production of food items and tray assembly.
• Supervises unionized staff providing coaching training and performance feedback.
• Assigns daily tasks coordinates staffing coverage and supports onboarding of new employees.
• Provides training and ongoing support to new staff to ensure consistent application of departmental standards and procedures.
• Ensures quality control and makes recommendations to the team regarding CQI.
• Works closely with Registered Dietitians to ensure all menu items and recipes meet therapeutic diet requirements allergy restrictions and nutritional guidelines.
• Coordinates with SpeechLanguage Pathologists to ensure texturemodified diets (e.g. pureed minced mechanical soft thickened fluids) are prepared safely and consistently according to established standards.
• Ensures production staff are trained and competent in preparing texturemodified and therapeutic diets using the departments current terminology and standards.
• Collaborates with Clinical Nutrition Nursing Environmental Services Facilities and other departments to support seamless operations.
• Aware of conditions and measures that may affect the safety of patients residents students employees volunteers physicians and visitors including:
  • Compliance with the safety standards of the facility and applicable legislation
  • Identification and prevention of safety issues
  • Taking immediate corrective action
  • Attendance at safety meetings/training/updates in accordance with the organizations standards
  • Monitors compliance and engages in dialogue with staff regarding the prevention and identification of safety policies standards and issues.
• Where applicable ensures compliance and awareness of patient safety.
• Ability to work in a manner that exemplifies the core values of UHN.

Qualifications :

• Completion of a CSNMaccredited Food and Nutrition Management program from a recognized Canadian institution
• CSNM designation
• / Canadian Food Handler Certification upon hire with recertification every five years
• Demonstrated ability to use nutrition service database systems to support production accuracy; experience with Computrition is an asset
• Minimum two years of supervisory experience in a unionized healthcare food service environment
• Knowledge of therapeutic diets texturemodified diets and allergysafe food practices
• Strong computer skills including the use of food service ordering systems spreadsheets and electronic documentation platforms
• Experience with ordering purchasing vendor coordination and managing product substitutions
• Experience with inventory management and costcontrol processes
• Experience in largescale food production or institutional food service
• Strong knowledge of food safety regulations and safe foodhandling procedures
• Strong organizational communication and problemsolving skills

Additional Information :

Why join UHN

In addition to working alongside some of the most talented and inspiring healthcare professionals in the world UHN offers a wide range of benefits programs and perks. It is the comprehensiveness of these offerings that makes it a differentiating factor allowing you to find value where it matters most to you now and throughout your career at UHN.

• Competitive offer packages
• Government organization and a member of the Healthcare of Ontario Pension Plan (HOOPP  access to Transit and UHN shuttle service
• A flexible work environment
• Opportunities for development and promotions within a large organization
• Additional perks (multiple corporate discounts including: travel restaurants parking phone plans auto insurance discounts on-site gyms etc.)

Current UHN employees must have successfully completed their probationary period have a good employee record along with satisfactory attendance in accordance with UHNs attendance management program to be eligible for consideration.

All applications must be submitted before the posting close date.

UHN uses email to communicate with selected candidates.  Please ensure you check your email regularly.

Please be advised that a Criminal Record Check may be required of the successful candidate. Should it be determined that any information provided by a candidate be misleading inaccurate or incorrect UHN reserves the right to discontinue with the consideration of their application.

UHN is an equal opportunity employer committed to an inclusive recruitment process and workplace. Requests for accommodation can be made at any stage of the recruitment process. Applicants need to make their requirements known.

We thank all applicants for their interest however only those selected for further consideration will be contacted.

All applications must be submitted before the posting close date.

UHN uses email to communicate with selected candidates.  Please ensure you check your email regularly.

Please be advised that a Criminal Record Check may be required of the successful candidate. Should it be determined that any information provided by a candidate be misleading inaccurate or incorrect UHN reserves the right to discontinue with the consideration of their application.

UHN is an equal opportunity employer committed to an inclusive recruitment process and workplace. Requests for accommodation can be made at any stage of the recruitment process. Applicants need to make their requirements known.

We thank all applicants for their interest however only those selected for further consideration will be contacted.

Remote Work :

No

Employment Type :

Contract