Production Supervisor

DSJ Global; York (York County); On-site; USD 55,000 - 75,000; Full time

Job summary

DSJ Global is seeking an experienced Production Supervisor for a leading food manufacturer on the night shift. You will lead hourly production teams, ensure safe, efficient operations, and uphold quality standards.

Night shifts are 12-hour rotations with regular days off and alternating weekends. Responsibilities include staffing, coaching, coordinating with quality, maintenance, and engineering, monitoring output and downtime, and driving continuous improvement while maintaining accurate

Qualifications

• High school diploma or equivalent required; further education helps.
• 3–5 years in manufacturing, production, or similar industrial environment.
• Experience leading hourly employees strongly preferred.
• Food/beverage or high-volume manufacturing experience advantageous.
• Strong leadership and communication skills.

Responsibilities

• Lead and support hourly production employees across assigned manufacturing areas.
• Coordinate daily staffing and work assignments to meet production schedules.
• Monitor operations and ensure equipment, materials, and resources are available.
• Promote safety culture and enforce safety procedures and practices.
• Coach, develop, and onboard new team members.
• Provide feedback and address performance or workplace issues as needed.
• Ensure production outputs meet specifications and quality standards.
• Collaborate with quality, maintenance, engineering, and other teams to resolve issues.
• Identify opportunities to reduce scrap, downtime, and losses.
• Coordinate basic equipment troubleshooting and preventive maintenance with technical teams.
• Maintain a clean, organized, and safe environment.
• Participate in safety inspections, incident reviews, and corrective actions.
• Track output, downtime, staffing, quality, and equipment performance.
• Prepare routine operational reports and communicate issues and improvements to management.
• Support investigations into safety incidents or quality concerns.
• Contribute to continuous improvement initiatives to boost productivity and quality.
• Maintain accurate timekeeping and production documentation.
• Ensure compliance with site policies and labor requirements.

Skills

Leadership

Communication

Problem solving

Time management

Safety culture

Coaching

Adaptability

Education

High school diploma or equivalent

Further manufacturing education beneficial

Tools

ERP systems

Manufacturing software

Job description

Production Supervisor Needed for Leading Manufacturer

Food Manufacturing | Night Shift

About the Opportunity

We are seeking an experienced Production Supervisor to join a well-established food manufacturing operation. This position will lead night-shift production activities, with responsibility for ensuring the team operates safely, efficiently, and in line with established quality and production standards.

The Production Supervisor will provide hands‑on leadership to hourly production employees while coordinating day‑to‑day manufacturing activities. The successful candidate will focus on meeting production goals, improving operational performance, reducing downtime and waste, and maintaining a strong culture of safety, quality, and accountability.

Key Responsibilities

• Lead and support hourly production employees across assigned manufacturing areas.
• Coordinate daily staffing and work assignments to achieve production schedules and output requirements.
• Monitor manufacturing operations and ensure employees have the equipment, materials, and resources needed to perform effectively.
• Promote a strong safety culture and ensure employees follow established safety procedures and operating practices.
• Train, coach, and develop employees, including supporting the onboarding of new team members.
• Provide regular feedback to employees and address performance or workplace issues when necessary.
• Monitor product quality and ensure production consistently meets established specifications and standards.
• Partner with quality, maintenance, engineering, and other operational teams to resolve production issues.
• Identify opportunities to reduce scrap, waste, equipment downtime, and other operational losses.
• Coordinate basic equipment troubleshooting and planned maintenance activities with technical teams.
• Maintain a clean, organized, and safe production environment.
• Participate in safety inspections, employee safety discussions, incident reviews, and corrective-action activities.
• Track key production information such as output, downtime, staffing, quality, and equipment performance.
• Prepare routine operational reports and communicate production issues, results, and improvement opportunities to management.
• Support investigations involving safety incidents, near misses, quality concerns, or operational disruptions.
• Participate in continuous improvement initiatives focused on productivity, quality, cost, and overall manufacturing performance.
• Maintain accurate employee timekeeping and production documentation.
• Ensure compliance with applicable site policies, procedures, labor requirements, and operating standards.

Schedule

• Night shift
• 12‑hour shifts
• Rotating schedule providing regularly scheduled days off and alternating weekends off.

Qualifications

• High school diploma or equivalent required. Additional education in manufacturing, operations, engineering technology, or a related discipline is beneficial.
• Approximately 3 to 5 years of experience within manufacturing, production, or a similar industrial environment.
• Previous experience leading or supervising hourly employees is strongly preferred.
• Food, beverage, consumer products, or other high‑volume manufacturing experience is advantageous.
• Strong people leadership skills with the ability to coach, develop, and hold team members accountable.
• Working knowledge of manufacturing safety practices, quality systems, production processes, and material management.
• Strong troubleshooting, problem‑solving, and decision‑making capabilities.
• Effective written and verbal communication skills.
• Comfortable working with manufacturing, inventory, timekeeping, or enterprise resource planning systems.
• General proficiency with standard business and productivity software.