Production Supervisor ZFS at Zeeland Farm Services I – Zeeland, Michigan

OUR OPERATIONS RUN 24/7, 365 days a week

Hours: 4:50pm to 5:00am

Hourly: $30.00 an hour, $2.50 shift premium once placed on nights

Schedule

Job Summary:

Responsible for overseeing the operations processing equipment and assures production quality standards are met.

Essential Duties and Responsibilities:

• Assist production manager with expectations in responsibilities as they relate to management of production, processes, policies, and staffing.
• Lead shift operators to ensure that all tasks are completed according to established procedures and in a safe, timely, and cost-effective manner. Communicates regularly with all process operators on shift, both individually and as a group to ensure consistent operation.
• Manage staffing & training for direct reports.
• Physically monitor process temperatures, pressures, material flows and levels to evaluate process operations.
• Complete sanitation work of areas as assigned.
• Receive and inspect incoming raw materials, process aids, and packaging materials relevant to department.
• Take samples of products, analyze quality, and record resulting test data.
• Maintain logs of instrument readings observed during hourly rounds.
• Make necessary physical adjustments to meet desired operating parameters.
• Notify management of operational, food safety, or personnel concerns.
• Communicates regularly with all necessary personnel to ensure efficient plan operation.
• Conforms with and abides by all regulations, policies, work procedures, instruction, and all safety requirements.
• Provides a “Customer Service” attitude when interacting with internal and external customers while accomplishing work, production, and achieving quality standards.
• Maintains a clean, orderly, and safe workstation/environment at all times.
• Perform all other duties as assigned.

Supervisory Responsibilities:

• Multiple direct reports within the facility.
• Assist with interviewing, selecting, and training employees; planning, assigning, and directing work; appraising performance; rewarding and disciplining employees; addressing complaints and resolving problems.

Education and Experience:

• Education: High School or Equivalent
• Experience: 1 year in manufacturing related field, preferred. Experience supervising others in a significant segment of a large manufacturer or operation, preferred.

Knowledge, Skills, and Abilities:

• Working knowledge of plant equipment and safety.
• Strong leadership skills with the ability to effectively manage a diverse team.
• Excellent problem-solving and decision-making abilities
• Strong organizational skills with the ability to prioritize tasks and meet deadlines.
• Strong analytical skills with the ability to analyze data and make data-driven decisions.
• Ability to adapt to changes in the work environment; manages competing demands; changes approach or method to best fit the situation; able to deal with frequent change, delays, or unexpected events.
• Ability to build relationships with internal and external customers.
• Ability to communicate effectively with co-workers and senior level management.
• Proficiently working with various software programs.
• Ability to maintain good attendance habits.
• Abide by all relevant SOPs as per Company policy as they are related to the position covered by this Job Description.
• Abide by company’s safety, quality, environmental and HR policies at all times.

Physical Demands and Work Environment:

• Frequently required to walk, stand, sit.
• Occasionally required to climb to levels of 125 feet or more, confined, and harnessed. Use of stairs and ladders may be required.
• Occasionally lift and/or move 50 pounds or more.
• Operate in an office and production environment. Production environment could include frequent exposure to moving mechanical parts; high, precarious places; fumes or airborne particles; outside weather conditions; extreme heat or cold; risk of electrical shock and vibration. The employee is occasionally exposed to toxic or caustic chemicals. The noise level in the production environment is usually very loud.
• This position requires use of a respirator.