Off-Shift Plant Supervisor: Safety, Quality & Production

Hood Packaging Corporation; Tifton (GA); On-site; USD 60,000 - 78,000; Full time

Job summary

Hood Packaging Corporation seeks a Plant Supervisor for off-shift operations covering all plant departments. The role emphasizes safe operation, quality, and productivity, ensuring orders meet customer specs while minimizing scrap.

You will supervise multiple departments, coordinate with maintenance, and uphold HACCP and SQF quality system requirements in a fast-paced food-packaging plant environment.

Qualifications

• Minimum of High School Diploma or GED.
• 5–7 years of experience in a manufacturing environment.

Responsibilities

• Supervise employees across training, quality, safety, production, and orders.
• Schedule shift crews for proper running conditions.
• Communicate with Supervisors on other shifts and with Maintenance on equipment.

Skills

Fast-paced environment experience

Supervisory background

Knowledge of computers and systems

Labor environment knowledge

Decision making/judgment

Autonomy with minimal supervision

Troubleshooting machinery

Multi-wall bag operation knowledge

Education

High School Diploma or GED

Tools

Computers & manufacturing systems

Job description

To oversee and supervise plant operations and personnel on the off shifts, covering all departments in the plant. This position's major function is to make sure all operations continue to run, with emphasis on the safe operation of the plant and personnel, quality and productivity of all departments and to ensure that orders are run to customer specifications and scrap is kept minimal. This includes print, tubers, webers, sewing, palletizers, bottomers, inspectors, fork grab, feeders, stackers and assisting maintenance when and where necessary.

• PRINCIPAL RESPONSIBLITIES

Within the limits of applicable policies, procedures and established plans, he/she has authority to take action and make decisions. The assignment of work or delegation or responsibility does not relinquish responsibility for results. Performance will be measured by the extent to which the responsibilities have been fulfilled.

Functional Responsibilities

• Supervising employees-training, quality, safety, production, orders, issues
• Communication with Supervisors on other shifts
• Work and communications with Maintenance regarding equipment and repairs
• Scheduling shift crews for proper running conditions
• Assist in assuring HACCP, GMP’s, Work Instructions and Food Safety Quality system requirements (SQF) are in compliance.

Managerial Responsibilities

• Leads, Operators and Production Employees
• KEY WORKING RELATIONSHIPS
• Maintenance, as needed, to keep machinery and equipment operational and repaired
• Quality, daily, to ensure product quality
• Plant Operations Manager/Supervisors, as needed, to communicate issues, problems, status of orders and equipment
• Day Shift Supervisors/Managers, as needed, for department's status, order status, problems, issues, manning, and equipment status
• Human Resources, as needed, for personnel issues, problems, policies, procedures, and labor issues
• FUNCTIONAL REQUIREMENTS
• Regular use of computers, telephones and miscellaneous office equipment
• Ability to work under pressure and meet deadlines
• PHYSICAL DEMANDS
• Some physical effort required
• WORK ENVIRONMENT
• Office and Manufacturing/Production Floor
• QUALIFICATIONS

Education & Experience

• Minimum of High School Diploma, or GED, and
• 5-7 years’ experience in a manufacturing environment

Skills

• Experience in a fast paced manufacturing environment
• Previous supervisory background
• Knowledge of computers and manufacturing systems
• Knowledge of organized labor environments
• Sound decision making and judgment ability
• Ability to work successfully with little direct supervision
• Ability to analyze and trouble shoot machine problems
• Knowledge of multi-wall bag operation desired