Plant Production Leader: Lean Ops & Safety

JBS Foods; Moberly (MO); On-site; USD 85,000 - 110,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Health care

Life insurance

401(k) plan

Job summary

Swift Prepared Foods in Moberly, MO, seeks a Production Superintendent to supervise all phases of plant operations and lead a team toward safety, quality, and productivity goals. You will coordinate with maintenance and HR to hire, train, and retain shift supervisors while ensuring adherence to budgets and schedules.

The role requires strong leadership, lean manufacturing knowledge, and excellent communication skills to drive continuous improvements and optimize production flow.

Qualifications

• 5–10 years in a food manufacturing plant or similar; meat experience preferred.
• College degree preferred or an equivalent combination of related experience and education.
• Experience in leading groups of employees, including setting team and individual objectives, managing performance and building a team approach to problem solving.
• Extensive knowledge and technical skill in a variety of production jobs.
• Supervisory skills; good interpersonal relations; ability to handle conflict.
• Good verbal and written communication skills.
• May be required to work long hours and weekends.

Responsibilities

• Directs processing operations and personnel to meet established processing and quality control standards, to control budget and costs, and to provide data regarding types, quantities, specifications, and delivery dates of products produced.
• Promotes a safe working environment for our employees. Conducts accident investigations as required, including making and implementing any recommendations for policy changes, operational impacts or procedural changes.
• Sets and tracks performance to targets, budgets and operating plans. Tracks and monitors hourly staff attendance and administers constructive discipline in line with Company’s discipline policy.
• Establishes short-term activities directed toward processing continuity and balance such as shift schedules, ensuring requisition of materials, machine loading, grievance resolution, and equipment maintenance.
• Coordinates and integrates with other plant function areas to ensure support in attaining output, productivity, and quality.
• Assist HR with hiring and training all shift supervisors and provide support to all plant manager activities.
• Works with the maintenance group to ensure production staff are appropriately trained in how to operate equipment, the equipment is operated properly and equipment downtime can be minimized.
• Selects, organizes, trains, and motivates processing labor force to ensure consistent attainment of processing schedules at optimum productivity and cost levels.
• Recommends improvements in processing flow or methods.
• Ensures effective use of operating methods and procedures designed to eliminate operating problems and to improve product quality.
• Recommends modification of machines and equipment in order to improve processing and quality of products.
• Responsible for working relations between USDA, FSQA and plant personnel.

Skills

Leadership

Lean manufacturing

Communication

Training

Problem solving

Organized

Interpersonal skills

Bilingual (Spanish/English)

Education

College degree preferred

Tools

Microsoft Office Suite

Job description

Swift Prepared Foods in Moberly, MO, seeks a Production Superintendent to supervise all phases of plant operations and lead a team toward safety, quality, and productivity goals. You will coordinate with maintenance and HR to hire, train, and retain shift supervisors while ensuring adherence to budgets and schedules.

The role requires strong leadership, lean manufacturing knowledge, and excellent communication skills to drive continuous improvements and optimize production flow.