Production Supervisor

The Production Supervisor at Milne Fruit Products located in Sunnyside, WA engages with smart, hard-working people to make fruit and vegetable juices of the highest quality. On a typical day, the Supervisor will demonstrate his/her ability to lead a team, coach employees, teach skills, and direct work in a manner that supports and extends our company culture of integrity, safety, and excellence.

This position will work in coordination with the current Production Supervisors and will alternate day and swing shifts with some graveyard hours. This is an opportunity to be part of a growing company that values its workforce and has a track record of excellence that spans over 60 years.

• Manages and monitors the activities of assigned freezer, blending, aseptic, vegetable, and production personnel.
• Maintains adequate finished good materials for packaging and blending operations and executes the assigned workload to personnel in the most efficient manner.
• Provides job orientation and training of newly hired or newly assigned employees (including temporary personnel), learning and enhancement of job skills, safety and quality awareness, and ensures knowledge of plant and department policies and procedures.
• Completes 60- and 100-day evaluations with probationary employees.
• Mentors and coaches’ probationary employees to improve performance and employee engagement.
• Makes recommendation to retain or dismiss employees.
• Assists the EHS Supervisor to monitor the overall safety and security posture of the facility, providing correctional measures and periodic safety training to individual employees or employee groups.
• Conducts thorough and comprehensive accident investigations when the EHS Supervisor is not available.
• Coordinates communication between departments and operators and facilitates information transfer at daily leader/shift change meetings.
• Freely initiates sharing information with other Production Supervisors, QA, and Maintenance to ensure smooth operations.
• Document production thoroughly following all established procedures and create detailed shift notes.
• Develops strong interpersonal communication with production staff to facilitate bi-lateral information exchange.
• Performs other duties as assigned and directed.