Production Supervisor

Position Purpose:

The Production Supervisor will supervise production employees in a manufacturing environment, plan and assign work, enforce policies and procedures, and recommend improvements in production methods, equipment, operating procedures and working conditions. The supervisor has a hands-on leadership role in the company and the company’s product-making activities.

Major tasks, responsibilities, and key accountabilities:

• Balances quality, productivity, cost, safety, and morale to achieve expected results in all responsible areas.
• Monitors Team Member performance with Team Leads and identifies opportunities to continuously improve in all areas (Employee and Food Safety, Productivity, Cost containment, etc.)
• Provides regular progress reports to manager
• Ensure effective employee relations. Provides employee coaching and development. Seek assistance from HRBP when needed.
• Interview candidates and make hiring recommendations. Resolves employee issues through problem resolution and coaching techniques with Operations Manager and HRBP.
• Performs food safety and employee accident investigations. With other necessary parties, implement permanent corrective action to eliminate the unsafe action or unsafe condition.
• Tracks absenteeism and timekeeping records
• Accomplish manufacturing staff results by planning, monitoring, communicating job expectations and appraising job results; counseling, disciplining and coaching employees; coordinating, initiating, and enforcing systems, procedures, and policies
• Maintain workflow by setting process variables, monitoring steps of the process; observing equipment and control points; monitoring resources and personnel; developing reporting systems and procedures, studying methods; facilitating corrections to malfunctions, implementing cost reductions; initiating and developing a spirit of cooperation between and within departments
• Educate and direct employees on the safe use of equipment, all control points, and other appropriate information about the equipment.
• Handle any minor tasks related to the role
• Identify candidates to develop and promote to Machine Operator and Lead positions. Determine training needs and mentor candidates to an evaluation against minimum needs of the job position. Continue to mentor Leads and Machine Operators to overcome any weaknesses vs requirements.
• Review and approve any PTO requests.
• With Line Leads, monitor shift change practice to ensure no interruption to productivity during the shift change.
• Lead the Tier 1 meeting at the start of shift to be sure all-important information related to safety & quality issues, schedule, assignments, absences, upcoming weekend work, etc. is discussed and understood by all attendees.
• Monitor staff on-time performance, leaving for and returning from the Shop Floor at Start / End of Day, Breaks and Lunch.
• Works with the Maintenance team to identify issues requiring attention, schedules time for such work and inspects at the end of work to ensure the issue has been satisfactorily corrected and properly cleaned and cleared to return to operation.
• Monitors CIP performance to ensure that they are safely and thoroughly completed and the line is turned around within the expected 90-minute timeframe.
• Ensure that all customer-facing requirements (e.g. labeling, palletizing, line clearance, etc.) is completed to expectations.
• Ongoing monitoring of all tasks by staff to ensure compliance and sustainability to operating SOP’s and Good Manufacturing Processes.
• Perform a 5S walk (minimum twice per day, with preceding and following supervisor at change of shift) to ensure all facility conditions are to expected standards
• At a minimum, this is a 9 hour per day salaried role with full focus on the processing lines during the assigned shift and necessary time before and after the start of shift to prepare and then complete all necessary documentation and resolve any open issues that arose during the shift.

Requirements

Qualifications:

• Minimum three years leadership experience leading a production team
• Minimum three years in manufacturing environments
• Leadership – the ability to command and maintain attention of those you are overseeing
• Effective communication – the ability to convincingly convey instructions, directions, and details to others
• Experience – knowledge of OSHA and other governmental regulations; incident and accident prevention
• Attention to detail – the ability to manage all duties, rules, documentation, and other components of the job with focus and accuracy
• Confidentiality – the ability to protect data, information, and employee privacy
• Compassion – the ability to be concerned for another person’s well being
• Organization – an ability to manage multiple priorities simultaneously
• Collaborative – an ability to work with diverse personalities for a tangible and beneficial outcome
• Previous experience working 2nd or 3rd shift preferred
• Bilingual English/Spanish preferred
• High school diploma or equivalent
• Manufacturing environment experience

Working Conditions:

• This role operates in a wet and cold/refrigerated environment (around 35 degrees F) located within a manufacturing, warehousing, and production type facility. Must be able to withstand cold temperatures for extended periods of time.
• This is largely a static role with standing, however, the ability to perform repetitive bending and standing up is also required. This would require the ability to occasionally lift 10-35 lbs. repetitively and up to 45 lbs.
• Depending on area, must also be able to push/pull up to 250 lbs. on rollers occasionally.
• All Employees: Universal Pure facilities may process, pack, and store products containing allergenic food ingredients as referenced by FDA, team members who may come in direct contact, must be able to work with these ingredients.
• Salaried Employees: Universal Pure facilities may process, pack and or store products containing allergenic food ingredients as referenced by FDA, occasional exposure may occur, inform your direct manager of any food allergies.

The job description is not designed to cover or contain a comprehensive listing of activities, duties or responsibilities. Duties, responsibilities and activities may change, or new ones may be assigned at any time with or without notice.

Universal Pure Is an Equal Employment Opportunity Employer