Bakery Production Lead - 3rd Shift, Safety & Quality

Meiji America Inc.; York (York County); On-site; USD 60,000 - 90,000; Full time

Job summary

D. F. STAUFFER BISCUIT CO., INC. is seeking a Production Supervisor for the York, PA plant on the 3rd shift to manage daily operations, drive safety, and uphold quality standards. You will train staff, oversee maintenance coordination, and ensure adherence to company policies.

The role emphasizes leadership of production operators and technicians, driving continuous improvement, and maintaining a sanitary, audit-ready facility while reporting shift results to management.

Qualifications

• Minimum of 5 years of manufacturing experience with a minimum of 4 years of experience in a leadership role in a bakery and/or food & beverage manufacturing environment.
• 2 years of production leadership experience
• Experience with HACCP, AIB, NSF, and SQF standards preferred.
• Experience in working in a team environment.
• Strong planning/organization and time management skills a must
• Demonstrated problem solving skills.
• Ability to write routine reports and correspondence.

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.
• 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.
• 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.
• 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

Leadership

Safety

Quality control

Production planning

Training

Education

Associate degree

Job description

D. F. STAUFFER BISCUIT CO., INC. is seeking a Production Supervisor for the York, PA plant on the 3rd shift to manage daily operations, drive safety, and uphold quality standards. You will train staff, oversee maintenance coordination, and ensure adherence to company policies.

The role emphasizes leadership of production operators and technicians, driving continuous improvement, and maintaining a sanitary, audit-ready facility while reporting shift results to management.