Production Supervior- Ripon

Production Supervisor

A long-established food manufacturing operation needs a hands-on Production Supervisor to lead daily production, protect food and employee safety, and keep output, quality, cost, and staffing priorities aligned through normal operations and a demanding seasonal harvest.

The strongest candidate has led hourly teams in food, beverage, packaging, canning, dairy, or another high-speed regulated manufacturing environment. This individual must be comfortable making real-time decisions when equipment, labor, quality, or crop flow changes the production plan.

Location:

Ripon, Wisconsin

Schedule:

Outside harvest, the primary schedule is first shift, typically 4x10-hour days. During harvest from July through October, supervisors must be flexible to rotate between 5:00 a.m.–5:00 p.m. and 5:00 p.m.–5:00 a.m. crew assignments IF NEEDED. Harvest includes one scheduled day off weekly and may require extended hours or schedule changes based on crop flow and weather.

Work Setting:
Onsite

Role Type:
Direct hire, full-time

Openings: 1 anticipated opening

Compensation: $70-$85K/year

Benefits

• Medical, dental, and vision insurance
• Life insurance
• Short-term and long-term disability coverage
• 401(k) retirement plan
• Paid time off and additional employer benefits
• Employer-supported technical training and certification opportunities

Responsibilities

• Lead production employees and processes so products meet quality, food-safety, output, and specification requirements.
• Build and execute daily production plans, schedules, and assignments.
• Monitor production costs, downtime, staffing, and operating priorities.
• Complete production, quality, safety, incident, and shift records accurately.
• Coordinate with quality, maintenance, sanitation, warehouse, and plant leadership.
• Make timely decisions involving product quality, staffing, employee concerns, and equipment interruptions.
• Train, coach, evaluate, and develop employees.
• Reinforce GMPs, sanitation, food safety, employee safety, and company policies.
• Support sanitation readiness, production supplies, budget inputs, and adjacent management coverage.

Qualifications

• Approximately 3–5 years of frontline manufacturing leadership experience.
• Two or more years of relevant food-manufacturing experience or training; a related degree may substitute for part of the experience.
• Experience leading hourly employees, assigning work, coaching performance, and managing changing production conditions.
• Working knowledge of GMPs, food safety, sanitation, safety, and production documentation.
• Strong organization, communication, decision-making, and cross-functional coordination skills.
• Willingness to work extended hours, nights, weekends, and rotating harvest assignments.

Preferred Qualifications

• Canning, thermal processing, container closure, high-speed packaging, or seasonal food-production experience.
• Knowledge of FDA, USDA, OSHA, AIB, HACCP, SQF, or BRCGS requirements.
• Better Process Control School, Thermal Processing, Container Closure, or related training.
• Experience with production metrics, CMMS work orders, incident reports, shift recaps, or continuous improvement.