SUPERVISOR-PLANT SUPERVISORS-SPRINGFIELD

DEPARTMENT: Production POSITION: Plant Supervisor REPORT TO: General Manager CLASSIFICATION: Exempt WORKING HOURS: Full Time, Shift may vary, Overtime as needed

Kentucky is an employment at will state.

POSITION SUMMARY: This position will oversee and monitor all operations, functions, and employees working in the plant. This will be done in a professional manner, paying special attention to production, employee issues, quality, communication, safety, and concerns the overall efficiency of our plant

DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES: Including, but not limited to, the following:

• Responsible for smooth operation of entire production process including receiving, evaporating, drying, and bagging
• Oversee all production aspects of the plant and production workers.
• Responsible for all product produced on their shift
• Responsible for all incoming raw materials received on their shift
• Guides and directs warehouse staff when necessary
• Ensures all products are manufactured according to instructions
• Ensures all testing parameters are met and documented.
• Responsible for all personnel issues during their shift
• Perform supervisor checklist daily and in timely manner; notify the Maintenance Manager or Maintenance Supervisor on any equipment not working properly and follow through to ensure that the issue is resolved in timely manner.
• Perform and oversee CIP checks are followed
• Supervise all sanitation of equipment and plant to ensure all is done correctly.
• Confirm wastewater pit is operating correctly
• Ensure all safety procedures are being properly followed
• Train all employees and all records are kept up to date/
• PRODUCTION / SERVICE
• Responsible for all duties and responsibilities of all direct reports,
• Train, retain, develop, and monitor all employees that work in all departments.
• Responsible to provide training/cross training of employees
• Complete weekly schedules understanding efficient/effective use of man-hours to control overtime.
• Ensure products are being produced to company and customer specifications. Review data to ensure that processes are capable of meeting customer expectations.
• Hold people accountable to doing their jobs.
• Responsible for scheduling and maintaining an accurate and efficient inventory system.
• Maintain an accurate inventory of finished goods,
• Work with other departments in ordering, receiving, and monitoring the usage of materials, ingredients, chemicals, and supplies
• Call in and follow up on the prompt issuance and completion of work orders.
• Work with maintenance on a preventative maintenance program
• Help to minimize downtime
• Troubleshoot to improve overall efficiency.
• Be on call and come into the plant as needed, which may include any time outside of the normal shift and weekends.
• Other duties as assigned.

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• QUALITY
• Maintain customer satisfaction at all levels.
• Maintain a good working relationship with suppliers, employees, and customers,
• Maintain a high level of appearance and pride within the department.
• Play an active role to inspect, review, and follow up on all plant and department audits.
• Responsible for identifying and addressing any food safety hazards or quality threats. In the event that a food safety hazard or quality threat is identified, the employee is to notify their supervisor, a member of Quality, or a member of the Leadership Team. Employees are empowered to immediately address a food safety hazard or quality threats if they have the ability.
• Responsible for attending all required safety and food safety training.
• EMPLOYEE RELATIONS
• Emphasize, train, and comply with all Good Manufacturing Practices (GMP’s).
• Enforce and train employees on all company and department policies and procedures, including attendance, safety, and discipline.
• Promptly report occurrences observed or addressed during this shift to the proper department head and/or plant manager.
• Continually monitor progress, performance, and capabilities of staff with consistent and realistic expectations.
• Observe the moral and understand its impact on other departments.
• Understand EEOC employment practices and limit turnover by retaining qualified employees.
• Supervise and coach direct reports.
• Identify key employees and develop them for the future promotion.
• Provide accurate and detailed documentation on all employee and safety related issues.

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• COMMUNICATION
• Work professionally and effectively cross departmentally, recognize and respect all levels of management.
• Communicate and address all employee concerns promptly, consulting with human resources when needed,
• Communicate daily with other supervisors and employees on plant issues.
• Communicate with employees on a regular basis to explain changes/modifications and generally on how we run our business, listening to their concerns, and communicating their ideas to management.
• Uphold a high level of confidentiality.
• Possess good listening and presentation skills.
• Accept criticism professionally, consult before reacting, and move on after resolution.
• Provide timely and accurate information as requested at all levels of the organization.
• Follow up on progress of any open issues.
• Maintain positive relationships with other departments.

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• ABILITY TO WORK WITH PEOPLE
• Must be punctual, prepared, and respectful of others.
• Must work well with others, understanding personality differences.
• Must hold people accountable.
• Must internally work well with all departments.
• Set realistic time frames on projects and follow them through.
• Be a self-starter
• Must be willing to accept company and department changes by adapting to new procedures and ultimate solutions for a continuous improvement of operations.

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• SAFETY
• Be an active participant in loss control and food safety.
• Actively participate in the HAZMAT team and training, at a minimum for the operations level.
• Promote safety, support, help solve, and understand all company safety policies and practices.
• Daily monitor plant conditions to create and maintain a “safe working environment”.
• Conscientiously look for solutions and root causes to first reports of injury and near misses
• Make recommendations for possible engineering controls or any other way to prevent future incidents.
• Enforce all safety policies fair and consistently; investigate fact not fault.
• Update, monitor, and keep current all LOTO, confined space, forklift, and other safety programs.
• Oversee for proper completion of all work comp reports that occur during this shift, investigate, and be the person in charge of taking the employee to the hospital, if needed.
• Be able to prioritize and timely process work orders as they relate to safety concerns.

• QUALIFICATIONS, EDUCATION, AND WORK EXPERIENCE: Certificates and/or Licenses Required The warehouse supervisor must understand (GMP) good manufacturing practices, (HACCP) hazard analysis critical control points, must work well with individuals, must be a team player at all levels of the organization, and must be willing to accept, at the operations level, a main role on the company emergency response team. Prior management experience is preferred, but not required, depending on other qualifications.

ACCOUNTABILITY:

In the absence of the Plant Supervisor, the Plant Lead Man will be responsible for all plant supervisor duties.

Other Job Requirements: This job description in no way states or implies that these are the only duties to be performed by this employee. He/she will be required to follow any other instructions and to perform any other duties requested by management.

CCP AWARENESS:

Plant Supervisors should be aware of all CCPs at the facility. Below is a breakdown of all CCPs.