Production Supervisor - 1st Shift

As a premier global food provider, the OSI Group partners with the world’s leading foodservice and retail food brands to provide concept-to-table solutions that delight consumers around the globe.

Join us and discover a work experience where diverse ideas are met with enthusiasm, and where you can learn and grow to your full potential. We’re looking for individuals who thrive in an entrepreneurial environment and who enjoy working as a team to deliver unparalleled service and solutions to our customers.

Role Summary

In this role, you are responsible for leading and developing a team of production employees to consistently deliver high-quality meat products in a safe, sanitary, and efficient environment. You ensure daily production goals are met by effectively managing people, equipment, and processes while maintaining full compliance with company policies, regulatory requirements, and food safety standards.

Role Responsibilities

• Supervise a team of 21–25 production employees, including responsibility for hiring, performance management, coaching, and employee development.
• Plan and allocate daily resources, including labor, equipment, materials, and systems, to safely and cost-effectively achieve production targets.
• Document daily production activities, evaluate performance against established goals, and communicate variances during shift meetings and production reviews.
• Ensure efficient production flow and effective shift-to-shift transitions by communicating critical operational information to peers, team members, and Production Management.
• Review daily maintenance results and collaborate with Operations and Maintenance teams to identify equipment issues and opportunities for improvement.
• Prioritize and request maintenance work orders, following up to support timely completion and maximize equipment uptime and reliability.
• Utilize continuous improvement and root-cause analysis tools to identify, address, and prevent recurring production issues.
• Identify and recommend process improvements within assigned areas to support operational efficiency and continuous improvement initiatives.
• Ensure compliance with established quality programs, Hazard Analysis and Critical Control Points (HACCP), Good Manufacturing Practices (GMPs), and applicable food safety requirements.
• Conduct sanitation audits, food safety checks, and product quality inspections as required.
• Proactively identify, address, and help prevent quality-related issues to maintain product standards.
• Maintain a safe working environment by ensuring adherence to applicable safety policies, procedures, regulations, standards, and proper use of personal protective equipment (PPE).
• Promote a culture of safety by coaching employees, reinforcing safe work practices, and addressing unsafe conditions or behaviors.
• Participate in required safety education and training and consistently apply established safety procedures and practices.
• Perform other duties as assigned.

Experience & Skills

• 3+ years of experience in related field is preferred.
• Experience in a food manufacturing environment preferred.
• Working knowledge of good manufacturing practices, hazard analysis and critical control points, lean manufacturing and other food safety, quality, and manufacturing principles.
• Ability to communicate effectively in writing and verbally with employees at all levels of the organization.
• Ability to work with employees at all levels and to motivate direct reports; specifically mentoring and coaching individuals and identifying short- and long-term development needs and providing appropriate support.
• Ability to manage multiple priorities at one time using effective organizational skills and judgment in an environment of frequently changing circumstances.
• Excellent proficiency in all Microsoft Office Suite Products.

Preferred Education

• BA/BS or equivalent is preferred.
• In Business Management, Production Operations Management, Agricultural Science, Food Science, or equivalent experience acquired through work experience.

Work Environment

• Work can be performed within a manufacturing plant environment with noise, extreme temperatures, and significant movement of powered equipment, people and conveyor (may depend on the role).
• Work conditions are typical of an office & plant environment.
• This role does not require any domestic travel
• Position may require the physical agility of lifting up to 50 pounds
• Position may require frequent and/or infrequent of bending, squatting, pushing, pulling, stretching/reaching, use hands or fingers, talk, hear, feel objects, tools, controls, and standing/walking on concrete flooring.
• Position may require the physical ability to stand/walk for greater than 4 hours.

Compensation/Benefits

Offers are typically made between the minimum and midpoint of the range, based on skills, experience, and internal equity. In rare cases, highly qualified candidates may receive an offer above the midpoint; however, offers at the maximum of the range are not customary. Salaries will vary based on various factors, including but not limited to, location, education, skills, experience and performance. Base salary is one component of OSI’s overall total rewards package. Other components may include bonuses, special pay programs, comprehensive time off, 401k with match and a full suite of benefit offerings for you and your family.