Production Supervisor – 2nd Shift

We are hiring two experienced Production Supervisors to lead first-shift food-processing operations.

The ideal candidate will have previous supervisory experience in poultry meat seafood dairy refrigerated foods or another high-volume food-production environment. Poultry or protein-processing experience is strongly preferred.

Each Production Supervisor will lead approximately 30 to 40 employees including line leads and will be responsible for safety staffing production output quality food safety and employee performance.

This position requires a hands-on leader who is comfortable spending most of the shift on the production floor.

• Supervise approximately 30 to 40 production employees and line leads
  
• Coordinate daily production activities to meet customer orders and production schedules
  
• Assign employees to production lines and ensure adequate line coverage
  
• Monitor product quality yields labor utilization efficiencies and downtime
  
• Ensure employees follow GMPs HACCP procedures safety rules and company policies
  
• Train coach motivate and develop production employees
  
• Address attendance productivity conduct and performance issues
  
• Conduct team meetings and employee training
  
• Complete production reports and maintain required documentation
  
• Work closely with Quality Assurance Maintenance Sanitation and plant management
  
• Help identify process improvements and ways to reduce waste and downtime
  
• Ensure production areas and equipment remain safe clean and operational
  
• Maintain appropriate working relationships with USDA representatives
  

• Previous supervisory or production-line leadership experience in food processing
  
• Experience supervising hourly production employees
  
• Understanding of food safety GMPs sanitation and HACCP procedures
  
• Ability to manage production schedules staffing attendance quality and efficiency
  
• Strong communication and employee-relations skills
  
• Ability to handle problems quickly in a fast-paced production environment
  
• Basic proficiency with Microsoft Word Excel Outlook and production reporting
  
• Ability to work in a refrigerated wet and physically demanding environment
  

• Poultry processing
  
• Raw meat or protein processing
  
• Tray pack deboning cut-up evisceration whole-bird packaging or further processing
  
• USDA-regulated food production
  
• Lean manufacturing or continuous improvement
  

The salary range is $55000$70000 per year depending on experience.

Most qualified candidates are expected to fall near $65000 per year with additional flexibility based on directly related poultry or protein-processing leadership experience.

• Ability to stand and walk for most of the shift
  
• Ability to work around poultry feathers animal by-products and processing odors
  
• Ability to work in cold wet and humid conditions
  
• Willingness to work occasional Saturdays or additional hours when production needs require it
  

Candidates without food-processing leadership experience will not be considered.

The original job description includes responsibility for line production yields efficiencies labor utilization HACCP compliance equipment coordination USDA interaction and leadership of approximately 25 to 50 employees.