Production 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 2nd Shift 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 elevate 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…