Overnight Dairy Plant Operations Supervisor

UNC Dairy; City of Batavia (NY); On-site; USD 75,000 - 90,000; Full time

Job summary

Upstate Niagara Cooperative, Inc. is seeking an Operations Supervisor for the Overnight Shift to support a 24/7 dairy processing facility in New York.

The role requires supervising hourly staff, ensuring a safe work environment, and coordinating with Maintenance, Quality Assurance, HR, and Finance to meet production goals. Candidates should have a Bachelor's degree plus 5 years of direct manufacturing supervisory experience, experience with high‑volume automated equipment, and strong leadership,

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree plus 5 years direct manufacturing supervisory experience and/or training; or equivalent combination of education and experience.
• Experience working with high volume, automated processing equipment.

Responsibilities

• Supervise and assist employees including; assigning and directing work, investigating incidents & issues, effectively resolving conflict.
• Train and ensure employees follow job and safe work requirements.
• Use root cause analysis tools to identify preventative and corrective actions to eliminate problems.
• Recommends measures to improve quality of service, increase efficiency of department, work crews and equipment performance.
• Maintains standards of health, safety, food and security including GMP, HACCP, SQF, as per Company policies and applicable regulations.
• Meet functional responsibilities by effectively interacting with Maintenance, Quality Assurance, Human Resources, Material Handling and Finance departments.

Skills

Leadership

Communication

Problem solving

Organization

Team supervision

Microsoft Excel

Microsoft Word

Outlook

Education

Bachelor's degree

Tools

Microsoft Excel

Job description

Upstate Niagara Cooperative, Inc. is seeking an Operations Supervisor for the Overnight Shift to support a 24/7 dairy processing facility in New York.

The role requires supervising hourly staff, ensuring a safe work environment, and coordinating with Maintenance, Quality Assurance, HR, and Finance to meet production goals. Candidates should have a Bachelor's degree plus 5 years of direct manufacturing supervisory experience, experience with high‑volume automated equipment, and strong leadership,