Packaging Supervisor 2nd Shift

The ASR Group family of companies make up the world’s largest refiner and marketer of cane sugar. The companies produce a full line of grocery, industrial, food service and specialty sweetener products. Across North America, ASR Group companies operate five sugar refineries, located in California, Maryland, Louisiana, Canada and Mexico. In Europe, ASR Group companies operate sugar refineries in the United Kingdom, Portugal, and, with a joint venture partner, Italy.

The companies also farm sugarcane and own sugar mills in Mexico and Belize. The ASR Group portfolio includes the leading brands Domino, C&H, Florida Crystals, Redpath, Tate & Lyle, Lyle's, Sidul and Whitworths. ASR Group companies also produce and market Tellus, a single-use, compostable tableware and food service product made from plant fibers, including sugarcane.

Reporting to the Plant Manager, the Production Supervisor leads day-to-day packaging/production activities to ensure safe, compliant, efficient manufacturing. The role provides shift leadership, verifies critical control checks (e.g., weights and foreign-material controls), escalates issues impacting safety/quality/production, and develops hourly team members to meet customer requirements.

• Lead shift operations by planning, scheduling, delegating, and verifying work to meet production, quality, safety, and delivery requirements.
• Coach, develop, and assess employees on required operational skills using documented competency levels, measurement dates, and supporting commentary.
• Perform and/or verify production start-up, shutdown, product changeovers, line adjustments, system controls, tote production, lot coding, production board execution, and recirculation of good product per written procedures.
• Ensure required product testing is completed and documented, including starch by spectrophotometer, air jet screen/sieve testing, moisture analysis, maltodextrin by polarization, and other required lab tests; respond to deficiencies and escalates as needed.
• Verify critical quality and food safety checks, including bag weight monitoring, manual weight checks, weight checker tolerance changes, electronic weight checker verification/calibration, metal detection, magnet inspections, sifter monitoring, and operation inspections.
• Monitor process indicators and equipment performance, including magnehelic readings and production conditions; coordinate troubleshooting and maintenance support as needed.
• Complete, review, and maintain required records for accuracy, completeness, and traceability, including Daily Monitoring Records, production reports, lab records, railcar receiving forms, hold forms, and foreign material reports.
• Manage non-conforming materials and foreign material events by identifying suspect product, placing material on hold, completing required documentation, attaching forms, and communicating per escalation protocols.
• Verify specification guidelines, run rules, approved raw ingredients, empty packaging requirements, lot code accuracy, label control, and finished product requirements are followed.
• Support railcar and raw material activities after training, including railcar seal verification, raw cane sugar sampling, Track mobile operation, rail movement, track switching, rail opener/vibrator use, and maintaining clear travel paths.
• Support continuous improvement, site food safety and quality programs, and other duties as assigned.

• Follow and enforce GMP, PPE, Safety Absolutes, Quality Absolutes, monitoring requirements, escalation procedures, and production stoppage expectations to protect employee safety, food safety, product quality, and regulatory compliance.
• Respond appropriately to abnormal conditions, rain event inspections, food safety concerns, and emergencies, including notifying site leadership when required.

• 3+ years leadership experience, preferably in food or regulated manufacturing.
• Proven ability to lead and develop hourly teams.
• Working knowledge of GMP and food safety/quality systems preferred.
• Strong attention to detail and documentation discipline for critical checks and production records.
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