Production Supervisor

Archer Daniels Midland; England; On-site; GBP 45,000 - 60,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading food production company in England seeks an experienced Production Supervisor to oversee and ensure safe and efficient production operations. Responsibilities include managing teams, ensuring compliance with health and safety regulations, and optimizing resources for performance excellence. The ideal candidate has over 5 years' experience in a manufacturing environment and strong people management skills, along with proficiency in Microsoft Office.

Qualifications

• At least 5 years' experience in a manufacturing environment.
• Line managerial experience with employee relations appreciation (optional).
• Good experience with Health & Safety in a manufacturing environment.

Responsibilities

• Ensure compliance with safety, health, and environmental procedures.
• Manage and develop direct reports for performance and motivation.
• Optimize equipment, people, and resources for efficiency.

Skills

People management skills

MS software packages (Outlook, Word, Excel, PowerPoint)

Change management capabilities

Education

5+ years' experience in a manufacturing environment

Job description

Overview

To oversee and ensure the safe and efficient production operation at FDL Stafford, support Performance Excellence Lead whilst managing the interface between the processing, logistics and Maintenance. Provide proactive support to the Production Manager, deputising for them in their absence.

Key Responsibilities

• Health & Safety — Ensure company safety, health & environmental procedures are followed and enforced by Shift superintendents in relation to those under their remit.
• People Management — Manage and develop direct reports to ensure their quality of work, performance and motivation meet required standards; ensure reports understand their roles and expectations, providing support to achieve business objectives; address employee relations and sickness absence per FDL policies for direct reports; drive Performance Excellence within manufacturing teams.
• Following Performance Excellence principles — Optimize use of equipment, people and resources; provide proactive leadership; review manufacturing performance with recommendations for improved efficiencies and reduced costs; ensure procedures promote safe, efficient working; continually review operation performance via KPIs and take action to improve where necessary.
• Compliance Systems — Ensure compliance with GMP, HACCP and Food Safety Policies.
• Communication — Provide a centralized communication link between production, commercial and logistics; maintain good communications at all levels of employees.

Skills & Abilities

• Strong people management skills.
• Intermediate level in MS software packages including Outlook, Word, Excel & PowerPoint.
• Strong change management capabilities.

Education & Experience

• At least 5 years' experience in a manufacturing environment.
• Line Managerial experience with an appreciation of employee relations issues (Optional).
• Good experience working with H&S in a manufacturing environment.