Production Supervisor
Location:On-site at Field Fresh Foods
About Us
About Us
AtField Fresh Foods, we are dedicated to creating fresh, high-quality, and innovative ready-to-eat meals that help consumers enjoy convenient and nutritious food. Our company focuses on delivering chef-inspired products using premium ingredients while maintaining the highest standards of food safety and quality.
We believe in fostering acollaborative, innovative, and fast-paced environmentwhere culinary creativity meets food science. Our team works closely across culinary, production, and sales departments to bring exciting new products to market. If you are passionate aboutfood innovation, culinary excellence, and product development, we would love for you to join our growing team.
Job Summary
As aProduction Supervisorat Field Fresh Foods, you will be responsible for leading and coordinating daily production activities to ensure products are producedsafely, efficiently, on time, and according to our quality and food safety standards.
This is a hands-on leadership position responsible for supervising production employees, monitoring workflow, achieving production goals, controlling labor, reducing waste, and ensuring compliance with company policies and procedures. You will work closely withQuality, Maintenance, Warehouse, Sanitation, and other operational teamsto resolve issues and keep production running effectively.
The ideal candidate is astrong people leader and problem-solverwho can maintain high standards while working in a fast-paced, changing production environment.
What You?ll Do
- Lead, supervise, and coordinatedaily production activities and production employeesto achieve established production goals.
- Ensure production schedules are completedsafely, efficiently, accurately, and on time.
- Assign employees to production lines and work areas based onproduction requirements, staffing levels, skills, and priorities.
- Monitorlabor utilization, productivity, production output, downtime, waste, and other key performance indicators (KPIs).
- Coach, train, and develop employees while providingclear expectations, ongoing feedback, and accountability.
- Ensure employees follow establishedGood Manufacturing Practices (GMPs), food safety, quality, sanitation, and workplace safety procedures.
- Conduct and supportpre-shift meetings, safety discussions, production updates, and employee communications.
- Monitor production processes to ensure products meet establishedquality, weight, packaging, labeling, and specification requirements.
- Identify and addressproduction bottlenecks, equipment issues, staffing challenges, material shortages, and other operational problems.
- Partner withQuality and Food Safetyto address product quality concerns and ensure corrective actions are implemented when necessary.
- Coordinate withMaintenanceregarding equipment problems, repairs, and preventative maintenance needs.
- Monitor and controlproduct waste, rework, labor costs, and production efficiencies.
- Complete and maintain accurateproduction records, reports, employee documentation, and other required paperwork.
- Ensure properline setup, changeovers, shutdown procedures, and end-of-shift activities.
- Support investigations into production, quality, safety, or employee-related issues and assist with appropriate corrective actions.
- Promote a culture ofteamwork, accountability, safety, quality, and continuous improvement.
- Identify opportunities to improveproductivity, efficiency, workflow, employee performance, and overall production processes.
- Perform other production and supervisory responsibilities as assigned.
What You Bring to the Table
?Experience:Previousproduction supervisory or leadership experience, preferably in food manufacturing, fresh food processing, produce, or a similar fast-paced manufacturing environment.
?Leadership Skills:Demonstrated ability tolead, motivate, coach, train, and hold employees accountablewhile building a positive and productive team environment.
?Production Knowledge:Strong understanding ofproduction processes, scheduling, workflow, labor utilization, productivity, and operational efficiency.
?Food Safety & Quality:Knowledge ofGMPs, food safety, sanitation, quality standards, and safe work practiceswithin a food production environment.
?Problem-Solving Mindset:Ability to quickly assessproduction challenges, staffing issues, equipment problems, and workflow disruptionsand implement practical solutions.
?Communication Skills:Strong verbal and written communication skills with the ability to communicate effectively withproduction employees, management, and other departments.
?Organization:Ability to managemultiple production priorities, employees, deadlines, and changing operational requirementsin a fast-paced environment.
?Results-Oriented:Ability to monitor performance and drive improvements insafety, quality, productivity, labor efficiency, waste, and on-time production.
?Technical Skills:Basic proficiency withMicrosoft Office and production or manufacturing systems. Ability to accurately complete production reports and documentation.
?Teamwork:Ability to collaborate effectively withQuality, Maintenance, Warehouse, Sanitation, Human Resources, and other departmentsto achieve operational goals.
Why Join Field Fresh Foods?
We know that great employees and strong leaders are the foundation of our success, and we?re committed to providinga rewarding and supportive work environment. Here?s what we offer:
- Comprehensive health benefits(Medical, Dental, and Vision)
- 401(k)to help you plan for the future
- On-Demand PayAccess your earnings when you need them
- Opportunities for growthand professional development
- Afast-paced, team-oriented environmentwhere your leadership can make a direct impact