Production Supervisor

niagarawater; Hamburg (Berks County); On-site; USD 55,000 - 75,000; Full time

Job summary

Niagara is seeking a Production Supervisor to oversee daily production operations, ensuring safety, quality, and throughput targets are met. The role requires coaching and developing a manufacturing team, coordinating with maintenance, and maintaining strict adherence to GMP and food safety standards.

The candidate will lead shift activities, manage schedules, and produce accurate reports while driving a culture of safety and continuous improvement within a dynamic manufacturing environment.

Qualifications

• 4+ years experience in field or similar manufacturing environment
• 4+ years experience in the position
• 4+ years experience managing people/projects
• Understanding of production processes and controls
• 6+ years experience in field or similar manufacturing environment
• 6+ years experience working in the position
• 6+ years experience managing people/projects

Responsibilities

• Supervise daily production floor operations to meet safety, quality, and throughput goals.
• Direct shift activities and maintain positive working relationships to maximize safety and productivity.
• Adjust worker assignments based on schedule to meet production targets and verify systems data.
• Coach and develop team members; participate in recruitment, training and performance reviews.
• Ensure inventory accuracy, correct changeovers, and perform first-pass quality checks.
• Collaborate with Maintenance to resolve downtime and improve equipment performance.
• Prepare shift reports on production, downtime, attendance, and quality for leadership.
• Lead safety talks, meetings, and ensure GMP and food safety standards are followed.

Skills

Experience in manufacturing

People management

Quality control

Safety awareness

Production processes

Job description

At Niagara, we're looking for Team Members who want to be part of achieving our mission to provide our customers the highest quality most affordable bottled water.

• Work in an entrepreneurial and dynamic environment with a chance to make an impact.
• Develop lasting relationships with great people.
• Have the opportunity to build a satisfying career.

We offer competitive compensation and benefits packages for our Team Members.

Production Supervisor

This position is responsible for supervising daily operations of the production floor; ensuring the shift meets the established safety, quality, and production goals in compliance with all applicable legal and food safety requirements.

• Manages and directs activities of assigned shift, ensuring product adheres to Niagara's standard of safety, quality, and throughput.
• Maintains effective working relationships with team members through open communication, visibility, and involvement to promote a positive working environment that maximizes safety, employee engagement, productivity, and throughput.
• Analyzes the production schedule prior to shift start and adjusts team member assignments to meet production targets. Verifies discrete jobs are correct in Oracle (including quality and bill of material list), Warehouse Management System, and/or Line Management System.
• Responsible for team member coaching and development, employment decisions, and resolving issues through conflict resolution. Hires, trains, coaches and reviews performance of team members. Partners with Human Resources and Production Manager for recruitment, corrective actions, and terminations.
• Inspects raw materials prior to changeovers to ensure correct inventories for production runs. Performs first pass quality checks after changeovers to prevent non-conforming product.
• Collaborates with the Maintenance Department to resolve downtime occurrences on the production lines.
• Completes shift reports for production numbers, downtime, attendance, overtime and quality checks for submission to the Production Manager.
• Conducts walkthroughs throughout the shift to ensure safety, quality, and housekeeping compliance by team members.
• Interfaces with multiple departments within the organization to ensure customer deadlines are met.
• Participates in interviews with hiring managers.
• Collaborates with plant leadership and shift team members to champion a world-class safety culture.
• Conducts weekly safety talk trainings, daily safety/quality/production meetings, and hourly safety walks.
• Adheres to the highest standards of company and plant safety programs, guidelines, rules, and regulations.
• Abides by Niagara's Good Manufacturing Practices (GMP) and Food Safety Standards at all times. Develops, recommends, and implements measures to improve production methods, equipment performance, and quality of product.
• Suggests changes in working conditions and use of equipment to increase efficiency of shift team members.
• Monitors and reviews assigned team members time and attendance for accuracy. Utilizes the Efficiency Improvement Tools to understand and comment on line downtime and communicate appropriately per the escalation plan.
• Regular and predictable attendance is an essential function of the job.
• Ability to work 12 hour shifts, day or night, on a rotating 2-2-3 schedule or schedule as dictated by production demand.

Please note this job description is not designed to contain a comprehensive list of activities, duties or responsibilities that are required of the employee for this job. Duties, responsibilities and activities may change at any time with or without prior notice.

Qualifications

Minimum Qualifications

• 4 Years - Experience in Field or similar manufacturing environment
• 4 Years - Experience in Position
• 4 Years - Experience managing people/projects
• *experience may include a combination of work experience and education
• Understanding of production processes and controls

Preferred Qualifications

• 6 Years- Experience in Field or similar manufacturing environment
• 6 Years - Experience working in Position
• 6 Years - Experience managing people/projects
• *experience may include a combination of work experience and education

Competencies

This position embodies the values of Niagara's LIFE competency model, focusing on the following key drivers of success:

• Lead Like an Owner Identifies safety issues and takes prompt corrective action
• Coaches/corrects unsafe team behavior
• Effectively prioritizes quality, productivity, and cost
• Encourages honest feedback from direct reports, peers, and up-line manager
• Uses customer feedback to improve service levels and internal/external customer relationships

• InnovACT Understands the concepts of process consistency and waste minimization
• Modifies goals based on changing business needs
• Promotes sharing of opposing viewpoints

• Find a Way Anticipates problems and opportunities within functional area, and recommends proactive solutions
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