Production Supervisor

BrightFarms; Macon (GA); On-site; USD 60,000 - 90,000; Full time

Job summary

BrightFarms seeks a Production Supervisor to lead night-shift greenhouse operations from 6pm to 6am on a 2-2-3 schedule. You will supervise hourly staff, plan production, and drive lean improvements while ensuring strict food safety compliance.

The ideal candidate has 3–5 years in food production, strong data skills, and solid decision-making and troubleshooting abilities. Join a dynamic team focused on safe, efficient, and high-quality production.

Qualifications

• 3–5 years of experience in food production
• Proficiency with Microsoft Office (Outlook, Word, Excel) and Access
• Strong decision-making and troubleshooting skills

Responsibilities

• Supervise greenhouse operations and ensure high performance
• Plan and execute the production schedule, providing supervision and direction to production leads
• Allocate resources to minimize downtime and complete scheduled activities
• Prioritize and manage workload to meet goals and objectives
• Be accountable to KPIs tied to labor expenses and other operating expenses
• Lead lean initiatives and kaizen activities to improve system efficiencies
• Maintain a neat, orderly, and safe greenhouse facility and operation
• Ensure compliance on all food safety practices and logs
• Assist with onboarding new hires and training of associates
• Plan and execute all aspects of greenhouse management and provide labor/resources as needed
• Collaborate with peers to develop cross-shift team relationships

Skills

Decision making

Troubleshooting

People leadership

Tools

Microsoft Office

Access

Data tracking systems

Job description

Overview

The Production Supervisor will be responsible for day to day management and organizing workflow of a greenhouse production area by assigning schedules, and leading and managing an hourly workforce. This is a night-shift role (6pm-6am) on a 2-2-3 schedule.

Responsibilities

• Supervise greenhouse operations and ensure high performance
• Plan and execute the production schedule, providing supervision and direction to production leads
• Allocate resources to ensure minimum downtime and completion of scheduled activities
• Prioritize and manage workload to ensure assignments address goals and objectives
• Be accountable to KPIs tied to labor expenses and other operating expenses
• Work on areas of improvement and lead our efforts to be a LEAN organization and will guide us through kaizen activities to improve system efficiencies
• Maintain a neat, orderly, and safe greenhouse facility and operation
• Ensure compliance on all food safety material, food safety best practices, as well as maintaining, monitoring, and verifying all food safety logs
• Assist with the onboarding process of new hires, conducting reviews for associates, ensuring training of associates
• Assist in planning and execution all aspects of the greenhouse management and provide labor and resources to assist as needed
• Work closely with peers to develop good team working relationship and cross shift team relationships

The Ideal Candidate

• Has 3-5 years experience directly working in food production
• Proficiency with computer operations and programs such as Microsoft Office (Outlook, Word, Excel), Access or other data tracking systems
• Strong decision-making and troubleshooting skills and methods are essential