3rd Shift Production Leader — Food Safety & Quality

Meiji America Inc.; Spring Garden Township (York County); On-site; USD 55,000 - 75,000; Full time

Job summary

D. F. STAUFFER BISCUIT CO., INC. in York, PA is seeking a Production Supervisor to oversee 3rd shift operations, maintain a positive atmosphere, and drive safety, quality, and continuous improvement.

The role leads production operators and technicians, trains staff on safety and quality checks, monitors shift KPIs, ensures a sanitary, audit-ready plant, and collaborates with maintenance and quality teams to reduce downtime and waste.

Qualifications

• Minimum 5 years in manufacturing with 4+ years in leadership in bakery/food & beverage manufacturing.
• 2 years of production leadership experience.
• Experience with HACCP, AIB, NSF, and SQF standards preferred.
• Strong teamwork and problem-solving skills; ability to write routine reports.

Responsibilities

• Drives Safety as a core value for all employees in the plant.
• Establishes Quality as a goal for all product produced.
• Responsible for the schedule attainment and overall plant KPIs impacts of their area for their shift.
• Trains and instructs all department personnel on the requirements of their job, to include safety training, quality checks, and operation of equipment.
• Works with Management to provide required training to improve technical and vocational skills of the staff.
• Manages and provides strong leadership, direction, support and development to all production operators and techs.
• Ensures a safe working environment for all personnel through enforcement of safety policies and procedures. Supports the plants safety process to insure a behavioral-based safety.
• Maintains, adheres to, and administers company policies and programs in the area of Human Resources, Food Safety and Quality Control.
• Drives food safety initiatives with the plant management team and quality control team.
• Monitors, oversees, and improves the quality of the finished product by maintaining the equipment and facility in a sanitary condition, “Audit Ready Everyday”.
• Notify maintenance regarding work orders, follow up repairs, or improvements.
• Ability to assist in the finding and troubleshooting of problems in all plant areas.
• Completion of all necessary reports and documentation, electronically, related to shift results and activity.
• Understanding and development of shift responsibilities and goals. Communication as to the status of shift results to the following shift and to production management.
• Makes department recommendations for improvements in inefficiencies and safety.
• Reports daily production deficiencies and follow up with recommendations for improvements.
• Leads the plant in identifying areas of improvement. Create plans to drive waste out of the operations.
• Supervises the workforce, processes, and procedures being used on the production floor.
• Ensures employee compliance with work rules. Makes recommendations on disciplinary action and otherwise participates in the disciplinary action process as necessary.
• Effective communication with all departments Mixing, Processing, Packaging, Quality, Maintenance, Sanitation and Warehousing ensuring fulfillment of work schedule.
• Focus on the reduction of downtime, scrap, and bottlenecks, constant improvement in quality and processing methods. Must take responsibility to initiate corrective actions.
• Production supervisor will oversee production floor employees.

Skills

Production leadership

Teamwork

Planning & organization

Problem solving

Reporting

HACCP familiarity

Safety compliance

Quality standards

Education

Associate degree or equivalent

Tools

HACCP compliance

AIB/NSF/SQF standards

Sanitation procedures

Job description

D. F. STAUFFER BISCUIT CO., INC. in York, PA is seeking a Production Supervisor to oversee 3rd shift operations, maintain a positive atmosphere, and drive safety, quality, and continuous improvement.

The role leads production operators and technicians, trains staff on safety and quality checks, monitors shift KPIs, ensures a sanitary, audit-ready plant, and collaborates with maintenance and quality teams to reduce downtime and waste.