supervisor, production - food and beverage processing

Government of Canada; Mississauga; On-site; CAD 50,000 - 70,000; Full time

Job summary

Join the Government of Canada as a Food Production Supervisor in Mississauga. This role involves overseeing food production staff, ensuring food safety, and maintaining quality standards. Candidates should have a secondary education certificate and 3-5 years of supervisory experience in food production. Competitive salary and comprehensive health benefits are offered.

Benefits

Dental plan

Health care plan

Paramedical services coverage

Vision care benefits

Group insurance benefits

Life insurance

Registered Retirement Savings Plan (RRSP)

Wellness program

Qualifications

• Required experience: 3 years to less than 5 years.
• HACCP Certification is necessary.
• Experience in food safety and quality assurance preferred.

Responsibilities

• Minimize hazards at all stages of food production.
• Train staff in job duties and safety procedures.
• Supervise, co-ordinate, and schedule activities of workers.

Skills

Attention to detail

Food safety/handling skills

Efficient interpersonal skills

Excellent oral communication

Excellent written communication

Judgement

Team player

Reliability

Education

Secondary (high) school graduation certificate

Tools

MS Office

Inventory control software

SAP BI BusinessObjects

Job description

Overview Languages

English

Education

• Secondary (high) school graduation certificate

Experience

3 years to less than 5 years

On site

Work must be completed at the physical location. There is no option to work remotely.

Work site environment

• Odours
• Clean

Work setting

• Bakery
• Food processing industry
• Food and beverage plant
• Food processing plant

Responsibilities Tasks

• Minimize hazards at all stages of the food production process
• Train staff/workers in job duties, safety procedures and company policies
• Recommend personnel actions such as hiring and promotions
• Prepare production and other reports
• Recommend measures to improve productivity and product quality
• Supervise, co-ordinate and schedule (and possibly review) activities of workers
• Establish methods to meet work schedules and co-ordinate work activities with other work units
• Requisition or order materials, equipment and supplies
• Write production logs
• Troubleshoot and make minor adjustments to equipment
• Train staff in job duties, sanitation and safety procedures
• Set up and adjust processing and packaging machines
• Schedule and co-ordinate work on sites
• Recommend personnel actions
• Order supplies and maintain inventory
• Perform minor repairs to equipment
• Monitor equipment to detect wear and damage
• Monitor inventory levels of issued materials and stocks
• Monitor production progress
• Monitor quality and production levels
• Maintain internal record-keeping system
• Maintain work records and logs
• Evaluate efficiency of production sites to determine adequacy of personnel, equipment and technologies used
• Estimate costs and materials
• Disseminate health and safety information
• Conduct performance reviews
• Check products and packaging for basic quality defects
• Check products for quality and other specifications
• Check products for quality control
• Analyze costs of production
• Food safety/handling skills
• Maintain work areas
• Conduct quality control
• MS Office
• Clean work area
• Offer mentoring
• Service equipment
• Oversee production
• Develop quality management and quality assurance standards
• Conduct quality audits

Supervision

• 3-4 people
• Labourers in food, beverage and tobacco processing
• Process control and machine operators, food and beverage processing

Credentials Certificates, licences, memberships, and courses

• Hazard Analysis and Criticial Control Points (HACCP) Certification

Experience and specialization Type of product

• Food and food products

Computer and technology knowledge

• MS Access
• MS Excel
• MS PowerPoint
• MS Windows
• MS Word
• Inventory control software
• SAP BI BusinessObjects

Food specialties

• Bakery goods and desserts

Industrial processes and products experience

• Quality assurance and control

Area of work experience

• Quality assurance or control

Manufacturing sector experience

• Food

Area of specialization

• Process improvement

Regulations knowledge

• Good Manufacturing Practices (GMP)

Additional information Work conditions and physical capabilities

• Ability to work independently
• Fast-paced environment
• Attention to detail
• Work under pressure

Personal suitability

• Efficient interpersonal skills
• Excellent oral communication
• Excellent written communication
• Judgement
• Organized
• Team player
• Reliability

Benefits Health benefits

• Dental plan
• Health care plan
• Paramedical services coverage
• Vision care benefits

Financial benefits

• Bonus
• Group insurance benefits
• Life insurance
• Registered Retirement Savings Plan (RRSP)

Other benefits

• Wellness program