Supervisor, Production Operations

Primary Responsibility :

Supervises food production employees on assigned shifts to ensure production guidelines are being met within established timing, quality, and cost standards.

Production may be of various food products, including raw animal protein and/or produce.

Trains, directs, coaches and leads the production team in the day-to-day operations to meet production, safety and quality requirements.

Drives the communication of production goals and objectives, as well as results in order to effectively motivate the team to maintain a high standard of product quality while maximizing plant efficiencies.

Directs the routine maintenance and set up of machines, equipment, and facilities.

What You'll Do :

• Performs daily walks and visual inspections of the production floor in observation of unsafe acts or conditions; takes immediate corrective action where necessary.
• Maintains safety/environmental self-audits & visual checks, champions all safety or ergonomic activities for the department, and helps to develop and meet plant safety goals.
• Maintains desired product quality and safety.

Ensures all staff and employees know and understand the Food Safety plan and the Food Quality plan.
• Trains employees to ensure safe operating procedures are followed.
• Adheres to product specification requirements throughout the manufacturing process to maintain the desired product quality results.
• Maintains adequate knowledge of products and equipment to ensure the ability to direct employees to perform the job properly.
• Ensures tasks are completed in accordance with HACCP and USDA regulations, taking corrective action when necessary.
• Walks the production floor daily and holds monthly line meetings to address questions and concerns.
• Maintains or exceeds goals on yields and efficiencies.
• Works with the Operations Manager to maintain knowledge of yields and variances, methods of calculations, typical problem areas and methods for corrections and improvement.
• Suggests changes in work flow processes and use of equipment to increase efficiency of the department and/or production crew to maintain the lowest level of downtime and product costs possible.
• Traces and analyzes key product result measures for improvement opportunities.
• Plans day and assesses proposed production demands.
• Understands and can operate all Farmers related equipment.
• Interacts daily with Operations and QA.
• Completes all tasks requested by Operations and QA in a timely manner on a daily basis.
• Is receptive and driven to meet goals given by operations.
• Maintains open communication with operations regarding issues, setbacks, and the reasonability of expectations on a daily basis.
• Oversees all production activities on the plant floor.
• Understands, adheres to, and enforces all company policies and procedures.
• Starts and shuts down equipment.
• Keeps production organized and efficient via communication and planning.

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