Production Supervisor – Food Manufacturing | 1st​/2nd Shift | USDA Regulated

Overview

Our client is seeking a Production Supervisor to lead and direct hourly production employees to meet daily production schedules while ensuring safety, product quality, efficiency, and compliance with food manufacturing standards. This role is hands-on, floor-focused, and essential to maintaining smooth operations in a USDA-regulated environment.

Onsite | No Visa Sponsorship | No Relocation Assistance

• 1st Shift: 7AM–5PM (Monday–Friday; occasional weekends as needed)
• 2nd Shift: 4PM–1AM (Monday–Friday; occasional weekends as needed)

Requirements:

Production Leadership

• Support employee engagement, labor relations, and team development.
• Lead and organize daily production activities to meet schedule, yield, efficiency, uptime, and labor cost targets.
• Direct hourly associates in job placement, training, performance expectations, and daily workflow.

Quality & Food Safety

• Maintain a clean, safe, and compliant production environment.
• Reduce risk by enforcing plant safety, sanitation, and quality protocols.
• Monitor quality checks to ensure compliance with product specifications and food safety standards.

Safety & Risk Management

• Promote a culture of safety and accountability.
• Ensure employees follow safety procedures and use proper PPE.
• Identify hazards, escalate issues, and support corrective actions.

Process Improvement

• Support training plans that align with operational goals.
• Participate in process improvement, product development, and efficiency initiatives.
• Collaborate with the Superintendent and Operations Manager on continuous improvement efforts.

• Associate or Bachelor's degree.
• Ability to multitask and manage competing priorities.
• Willingness to work 1st or 2nd shift and occasional weekends.
• Strong decision-making skills with the ability to work independently.
• Highly organized with strong communication and leadership capabilities.
• Proven ability to lead hourly teams in a fast-paced, regulated environment.
• Comfortable working in strong smells, loud noise, hot/cold, refrigerated, and freezer environments.
• 3+ years of progressive supervisory experience in a production or manufacturing environment.

• Experience in food manufacturing.
• Experience with process improvement or product development.
• Familiarity with yield, efficiency, labor cost, and uptime metrics.
• Experience developing training plans or improving employee engagement.

• Very loud environment: PPE required.
• Work performed primarily in refrigerated or freezer conditions.
• Frequent standing, walking, and working near moving mechanical parts.

• Bonus eligible
• Career advancement opportunities
• Comprehensive benefits package (Medical, Dental, Vision and more)