Night Shift Production Lead — Food Safety & Team Growth

De Wafelbakkers; McDonough (GA); On-site; USD 50,000 - 70,000; Full time

Job summary

De Wafelbakkers in McDonough, GA seeks a Production Supervisor for the overnight shift to direct and develop a team of production staff. You will ensure safe, compliant, and efficient operations, hitting quality and productivity goals while coaching employees and coordinating with other departments.

The role requires 2–4 years of food production experience, strong leadership and communication skills, and the ability to manage staffing, training, and performance.

Qualifications

• 2-4 years of food production experience.
• Demonstrated excellent communication, teamwork, and partnership skills.
• Ability to effectively resolve conflicts and manage challenging situations.
• Working knowledge of MS Office products
• Solid team leadership experience and demonstrated effectiveness in a leadership role.
• Very strong planning, organizing, prioritization, and multitasking skills.
• Solid judgment, decision making and problem-solving skills.
• Proactive and results focused.
• Experience developing and/or conducting production, safety, or quality training.
• Experience providing performance feedback and working with employees to improve performance.

Responsibilities

• Implements overall shift deliverables including employee performance and production goals (quality, cost, safety, efficiency, sanitation, productivity, morale).
• Resolves production issues and employee issues as they arise.
• Assures appropriate staffing levels for efficient operations through hiring, training, and scheduling of employees.
• Adheres to and administers fairly and consistently all policies.
• Supervises and performs training for employees on proper GMPs, Lock-out/tag-out, HACCP, HAZCOM, other safety training, preventing harassment and orientation.
• Works with other departments to coordinate production activities and accomplish plant goals.
• Communicates daily with other shift supervisors to ensure smooth hand-off between shifts and/or efficient use of resources.
• Serves as the first point of contact and a reliable resource for all employee and team needs. This includes timely and meaningful follow-up to all questions, concerns & ideas, and being very visible and approachable to employees.
• Performs area-specific process improvement activities including identification of opportunities, project planning and execution.
• Conducts performance management and individual skill development of all employees, including performance reviews and disciplinary actions.
• Delivers attendance and other counseling and when needed seek assistance from the Production Manager, Production Superintendent and/or Human Resources Manager for complex, or terminable offenses.
• Ensures effective training, assessment, and feedback for new employees during the probation/orientation period, for employees transferring between areas or other training opportunities.
• Assesses, identifies, and addresses opportunities to increase the team’s effectiveness including skill training, goal setting, facilitating effective team meetings, to include rewarding and recognizing the team’s progress.
• Provides leadership by demonstrating a positive, respectful, resilient and results oriented approach.
• Records and ensures accuracy of daily production results.
• Works with employees on effectively minimizing downtime and yield loss.
• Performs physical inventory tasks as needed.
• Manages break schedule and ensure process to provide relief as needed along with approving time off requests.
• Reports production incidents, food, and other safety incidents.
• Reviews and approves employee hours worked/punch detail in Enhanced Time by ADP.
• Special Projects and other duties as assigned.

Skills

Communication

Teamwork

Leadership

Problem-solving

Education

HS diploma or equivalent

BA/BS in Food Science, Engineering, Business and/or related program

Tools

MS Office

Job description

De Wafelbakkers in McDonough, GA seeks a Production Supervisor for the overnight shift to direct and develop a team of production staff. You will ensure safe, compliant, and efficient operations, hitting quality and productivity goals while coaching employees and coordinating with other departments.

The role requires 2–4 years of food production experience, strong leadership and communication skills, and the ability to manage staffing, training, and performance.