PM Production Supervisor

The Production Supervisor helps to ensure the manufacturing process remains smooth and efficient by organizing workflows and monitoring staff. They direct, train, motivate and assist lower-level manufacturing and production workers, both directly and through floor leads.

The Production Supervisor will implement assigned work, organizing, monitoring, and prioritizing tasks to meet production goals. They work as a liaison between employees and senior leadership to ensure procedures and policies are well-understood and the department's requirements are met.

This position will report to a Production Manager.

DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES

• Assist with managing the processing of products from start to finish in accordance with internal quality control specifications
• Supervising operations within a facility to achieve higher output
• Maintain communication between floor workers and production leadership
• Organizing, monitoring, and prioritizing tasks to meet production goals
• Ensuring compliance with safety and professional standards within a facility
• Evaluate and communicate production operations to ensure optimum efficiency
• Assist with interviewing and training new team members
• Assist with providing leadership and resolve employee problems, complaints and grievances
• Provide support and on-the-floor training to employees and leads to achieve goals
• Assist with scheduling, managing and tracking labor in real-time through ADP
• Monitor labor and overtime hours
• Drive an environment of teamwork and open communication
• Accountable for project completion and achievement of such goals
• Help manage an environment that drives performance while maintaining a safe workplace
• Help coordinate quality, safety, manufacturing, maintenance and distribution activities to meet and exceed the internal and external customer/regulatory expectations

• 5+ years with increasingly responsible management positions in the food processing industry, preferably in a supervisory or line lead capacity
• HACCP certified, in Seafood, required
• OSHA-10 Certified, required
• Knowledge of manufacturing tools and equipment
• Food industry background preferred; Seafood industry experience is a plus
• Bilingual English/Spanish preferred
• Ability to read and interpret documents such as safety rules, operating and maintenance instructions, and procedure manuals.
• Ability to write routine reports and correspondence.
• Ability to speak effectively before groups of managers, supervisors, or employees of the company
• Proven leader in improving work processes and leading change in a complex, fast-paced environment
• Able to manage priorities and complexities, strong multitasking skills
• Able to understand and improve performance, efficiency and product yield
• Strong supervisory, interpersonal, training, and communication skills
• Knowledge of Good Manufacturing Practices and food safety regulations
• Understand OSHA/FDA/USDA requirements in a seafood manufacturing environment
• Intermediate computer skills Proficiency with Microsoft Word, Excel and Outlook
• Strong written and verbal communication skills

ADDITIONAL REQUIREMENTS

• Must be able to lift 30-50 pounds
• Work up to a 10-hour workday: standing/walking 6-8 hours
• Hand use: single grasping, fine manipulation, pushing and pulling
• Work requires the following motions: bending, twisting, squatting and reaching
• Exposure to FDA approved cleaning chemicals
• Exposure to temperatures: