Production Supervisor

Vienna Beef; Chicago (IL); On-site; USD 70,000 - 90,000; Full time

Job summary

Vienna Beef is seeking a Supervisor to oversee pickle production, ensuring compliance with FDA and FSIS directives, customer orders, and company specs. The role focuses on optimizing labor, equipment and materials to meet tonnage goals while maintaining quality and safety standards.

You will develop staffing plans, training, and scheduling to meet product requirements, while coordinating with sanitation and QA to support continuous improvement and efficient operations.

Qualifications

• Experience with HACCP and SOP protocols.
• Knowledge of Good Manufacturing Practices (GMP).
• Ability to monitor sanitation and quality control.

Responsibilities

• Schedule, direct and supervise production of pickles according to FDA regulations, FSIS directives, company specs and customer orders.
• Maximize labor, equipment and raw materials to meet tonnage goals and customer demand.
• Develop staffing, workload, and scheduling to meet product requirements and quality demands.
• Evaluate demand, in-process inventory, raw materials and available labor to plan production lines.
• Collect weekly tonnage data and monitor inventories to support production needs.
• Coordinate with sanitation and QA to maintain a wholesome work environment and compliance.
• Monitor HACCP and SOP compliance, train operators, and document control measurements.

Job description

Objective: Supervisor Responsibilities including

• Schedule, direct and supervise the production of pickles responsibilities according to FDA regulations, FSIS directives, company specifications, and customers order requirements.
• Maximize the effect of labor, equipment and raw materials to positively impact company profits and to achieve departments tonnage goals based on seasonal customers ordering volume.
• Develop and administer Pickle Production departments staffing training, workload and staff scheduling to meet customer product requirements, processing needs, and quality demands.

Functions

• Customer demands / workload
• Prior to each shift evaluate customer product demand information, in-process inventory levels, raw materials on hand, the scheduled labor, processing equipment and machinery available to plan the production lines according to departmental standards.
• Collect and retain weekly tonnage and volume data.
• Evaluate historical volume data, pending orders and raw materials in-process quantities and order raw material on a weekly basis. Adjust request for raw materials to be purchased as necessary.
• Schedule the week as balanced as possible to maximize Production capabilities to meet companies volume profit potential.
• Pre-stage and rotate raw materials based on oldest used first.
• Schedule and maintain working inventory levels according to processing demands.
• During the shift continue to evaluate and adjust labor and line set ups as customer demand, product and machinery availability changes.
• Conduct product yield and time efficiency studies to continue improvement on labor and product out put.
• Help coordinate support from other departments / divisions of Vienna Beef.
• Support various departments with labor and machinery
• Monitor inventories levels and produce when necessary items which supports the production demands of other departments.
• Monitor and communicate with the sanitation team the required support as needed during the shift. Identify areas in the department, which require deep cleaning schedules to maintain a wholesome work environment.
• Quality
• Assign designated operators to support quality related functions for the company Hazard Analysis of Critical Control Points (HACCP) and Standard Operating Procedures (SOP).
• Qualify the HACCP and SOP operators through Quality Assurance Department continuing training and licensing program.
• Direct and supervise the qualified HACCP and SOP operators to record the time and control measurements as required by the company HACCP and SOP plans.
• Monitor and verify on a shiftily basis the HACCP and SOP information gathered during the shift. Take actions and document activities as necessary to avoid deviations to the plans.
• Respond to departmental HACCP and SOP deviations and help develop and implement corrective actions in a timely manor.
• Monitor environmental sanitary conditions and employee Good Manufacturing Practices (GMP).
• Monitor, evaluate and approve the raw materisl. The raw material must meet the company quality standards.
• Record operational sanitational events daily on shift Standard Sanitational Operating Procedures (SSOP) form.
• Record deviations and action taken to abate the occurrence on the Standard Operational Procedures (SOP) Corrective Action Report.
• Collect lot control and store all lot and vat control numbers to fulfill department data retention responsibility to the company recall program.
• Administrate the following Pickle Production paper work functions.
• The procurement, maintaining and issuance of assigned employee personal protective gear and job specific hand tools used in the department as per Quality Assurance and safety guidelines.
• Review and file accordingly all departmental quality control records on a shiftily basis.
• Oversee and direct the ordering and documentation of supplies needed for Pickle production
• Oversee and direct the ordering and documentation of supplies needed for pickle production from Dry Storage.
• Contribute to the departmental period end and year-end inventory responsibility.
• Equipment
• Develop and implement machine operators training program to identify and record various settings on machinery to achieve a consistent produced product.
• Oversee, direct and maintain the machine elements
• Target maintenance support as needed during the shift to assist in line set-ups, changeovers and to repair breakdowns.
• Assist in developing a preventive maintenance schedule of the equipment with in the department.
• Equip machine operator properly with tools to meet the changeovers and minor repairs to the equipment.
• Assign designated shift forklift operators to facilitate production and movement with in the department.
• Qualify the forklift operator through the company forklift training and qualification program.
• Monitor and direct the scales and metal detectors used. The scales must be calibrated properly and left plugged in over night to keep them in good working order.
• Document machinery breakdowns and excessive wear and tear. Inform all shifts of any and all breakdowns, which may run into their shift. Contact maintenance personnel when such repairs are necessary.
• Evaluate environmental issues, machinery conditions and workers general attitudes to ensure workers safety.
• Training
• Train, evaluate and develop assigned staff utilizing job rotation to maintain a versatile labor force.