Production Superintendent - Ponca City

Production Superintendent
- Ponca City

Production Superintendent
- Ponca City

Ponca City, OK

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.

Essential duties and responsibilities include:

• Coordinating the production department to provide production and shipment of quality products to fulfill customer requirements. Daily monitor inventory.
• Assisting management in providing a safe and healthy work environment, free of all recognizable hazards. Must understand and comply with Lopez Doradas safety performance audit, such as providing safety training to employees conducting safety inspections, following up on work orders, and documenting necessary requirements.
• Controlling and effectively utilizing the 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.
• Selecting, training and promoting supervisory employees and providing effective and efficient management in the department. Provide training for supervisors on new equipment. Keep supervisors informed on new or changes in processes or food safety.
• Participating in company planning through budget preparation, capital expenditure recommendation, manpower and space forecasting. Constantly seek to improve the processes. Monitor paperwork and stay informed of McDonalds and USDA Regulations.
• Effectively communicating through our active listening; acting or input; sharing information in an open, timely manner and encouraging others to do the same. Maintain appropriate confidentiality. Daily reviews shift production reports and give feedback on problems and areas of potential improvement. Provide communication between shifts and to second shift supervisors and importance of continuous improvement of quality, wastes management and productivity and provide feedback on progress.
  
  Corresponds between shifts and departments continuously to insure good quality and safety. Maintaining proper flow of product. Work with maintenance on time utilization and productivity. Provide leadership and feedback to supervisors to improve.

Qualifications:

• Bachelors Degree in Meat Science or Business preferred
• Minimum of three years related experience with progressive managerial responsibilities.
• Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.

Physical demands/work environment:

• Individuals may need to sit or stand as needed. 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 work day. 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.

Required knowledge, skills, and abilities:

• Minimum 3 years of progressive managerial experience in production or manufacturing.
• Experience managing production teams, including training and developing supervisors.
• Proven ability to plan, schedule, and optimize production efficiency and manpower.
• Strong knowledge of safety and regulatory compliance, including USDA and food safety standards.
• Experience in quality control and continuous improvement initiatives.
• Effective communication skills for coordinating between shifts, supervisors, and departments.
• Willingness and ability to work 2nd shift (approx. 4 PM2 AM), Monday Friday, and occasional weekends.
• Ability to work in physically demanding manufacturing environments (standing long periods, lifting up to 25 lbs, exposure to noise and temperature extremes).
• Bachelors Degree in Meat Science, Business, or related field.
• Experience with budgeting, capital expenditure planning, and production cost optimization
  - Nice to Have.
• Familiarity with McDonalds or other food service production standards
  - Nice to Have.
• Experience in implementing process improvements and waste reduction programs
  - Nice to Have.
• Must be a US Citizen or Green Card holder.