Superintendent, Operations 2nd Shift

About this position

POSITION

PURPOSE:

The primary purpose of the Production Superintendent position is directing the plant production activities to produce quality products at the least cost and consistent with company schedules and policies, while maintaining a safe work environment for all employees. This position will also assist in ensuring food-safe, high-quality products are produced that meet or exceed all regulatory and legal requirements.

• Coordinates the production department to provide production and shipment of quality products to fulfill customer requirements. Daily monitor inventory.
• Responsible for assisting management in providing a safe and healthy work environment, free of all recognizable hazards. Must understand and comply with our safety performance audit, such as providing safety training to employees conducting safety inspections, following up on work orders, and documenting necessary requirements.
• Controls and effectively utilizes production capacity, manpower, and equipment and outside resources planning, organizing and scheduling to minimize losses; works within the framework of the budget to optimize company profitability that results in a production efficiency rating of a minimum of 93% efficiency. Maintain accurate staffing.
• Selects, trains and promotes supervisory employees and provides effective and efficient management in the department. Provides training for supervisors on new equipment. Keeps supervisors informed on new or changes in processes or food safety.
• Participates in company planning through budget preparation, capital expenditure recommendation, manpower and space forecasting. Constantly seeks to improve the processes. Monitors paperwork and stays informed of McDonald’s and USDA Regulations.
• Effectively communicates through our active listening; acting or input; sharing information in an open, timely manner and encouraging others to do the same. Maintains appropriate confidentiality. Daily reviews shift production reports and gives feedback on problems and areas of potential improvement. Provides communication between shifts and to second shift supervisors and emphasizes the importance of continuous improvement of quality, waste management and productivity and provides feedback on progress.
  
  Corresponds between shifts and departments continuously to ensure good quality and safety. Maintaining proper flow of product. Works with maintenance on time utilization and productivity. Provides leadership and feedback to supervisors to improve.

To perform this job successfully, an individual must be able to perform each essential duty satisfactorily. The requirements listed below are representative of the knowledge, skill, and/or ability required. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.

Bachelor’s Degree in Meat Science or Business preferred with a minimum of three years related experience with progressive managerial responsibilities.

The physical demands described here are representative of those that must be met by an employee to successfully perform the essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.

Individuals may need to sit or stand as needed. This will require walking and standing primarily on a level surface for long periods of the day. Reaching above shoulder heights, below the waist or lifting as required to file documents or store materials throughout the workday. Proper lifting techniques required. May include lifting up to 25 pounds for files, production materials/equipment, on occasion.

The performance of this position may occasionally require exposure to the manufacturing areas where under certain areas require the use of personal protective equipment such as safety glasses with side shields and mandatory hearing protection. Primary environment: production floor – extreme hot/cold temperatures, loud/noisy, adequate lighting as found in a typical manufacturing environment.