Production Supervisor, 2nd shift

Brakebush Brothers, Inc.; Hartwell (GA); On-site; USD 50,000 - 70,000; Full time

Job summary

Brakebush Brothers, Inc in Hartwell, GA is seeking a Production Supervisor for 2nd shift to optimize staffing, equipment use and processes. You will collaborate with multiple departments to ensure food safety, high yields and low downtime while supporting continuous improvement across the line.

The role requires a minimum of three years in supervision within food processing, strong production knowledge, and proficiency in MS Office; SAP or Infinity experience is a plus.

Qualifications

• Three years of supervisory or leadership experience in food processing.
• Bachelor's degree in Food Science or Poultry Science or related internship.
• Strong communication and organizational skills; able to write reports.

Responsibilities

• Supervise production teams to meet productivity and quality targets.
• Coordinate with Safety, QA, Maintenance and Sanitation departments.
• Drive line efficiency, yields and waste reduction on the assigned line.
• Performance appraisals and coaching for continuous improvement.

Skills

Supervisory experience

Production knowledge

MS Office

Education

Bachelor's degree in Food Science or Poultry Science

Tools

SAP

Infinity

Job description

Job Description

Title: Production Supervisor, 2nd shift, 2nd Shift Req ID: 10554

City, State: Hartwell, GA

Reports to: Production Manager

Classification:Exempt

Summary: The Production Supervisor is responsible for the effective placement and utilization of team members, equipment, and other resources to ensure quality product, consistently high yields, and line efficiency. Utilizing a "One Team, One Mission" approach, this position collaborates with and supports the efforts of multiple departments (e.g. other Production lines, Safety, Quality Assurance, Maintenance and Sanitation), to achieve food/personal safety and minimize downtime, inedible, seconds and excessive costs.

Essential Functions

• Use effective supervision, training, and ongoing feedback to empower teams to meet/exceed expectations for productivity, quality assurance, waste management and food/personal safety.
• Ensure compliance of company policies and procedures, safety regulations, GMP’s, SOP’s, SSOP’s, HACCP and SQF.
• Coordinates and guides team through production situations e.g. startups, shutdowns, product changeovers, change management concerns and sanitation.
• Facilitates the performance appraisal and progressive, corrective action steps to promote positive and safe teamwork environments. Identifies areas for individual/team development.
• Improves quality, yields and throughput on their designated line.

Required Qualifications

• Demonstrated three years supervisoryor leadershipskills with afood-processing or manufacturing companyleading a production teamOR a bachelor’s degree with a prior Food Science or Poultry Science (or closely related) internship.
• Demonstrated production knowledge.
• Strong interpersonal skills, to include professional oral and written communication, a team-focused approach, and the ability to model composure/make decisions in stressful situations.
• Proven time-management and organizational/office skills including competency in Microsoft Office Suite (Word, Outlook, Excel, Teams); ability to write reports and create spreadsheets with formulas.

Preferred Qualifications

• Poultry facility experience
• Supervisory experience in a food processing setting (Water Jet Cutting, Further Processing experience preferred)
• Experience with SAP or Infinity
• Bilingual (English/Spanish) strongly preferred
• Knowledge of general First Aid and CPR

Supervisory Responsibility: This position will supervise the production team members at the Hartwell facility.

Work Environment: Wide variations in environment temperature (-10 freezer, 32-degree coolers, 40-degree plant, wet cold environment) noise, slippery floors and moving equipment.

Physical Demands: Position will include extensive standing, sitting, lifting, wearing factory required equipment while working in production, walking, visual, responding quickly to sounds and driving.

Position Type: This is an exempt position.The shift varies: first, second, third or floater. Some Saturday work required.

Travel: Travel is not required.

Other Duties: Please note this job description is not designed to cover or contain a comprehensive listing 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 notice.

Successful completion of a pre-employment drug testand background check arerequired.

Brakebush provides equal employment opportunities to all employees and applicants for employment and prohibits discrimination and harassment of any type without regard to race, color, religion, age, sex, national origin, disability status, genetics, protected veteran status, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, or any other characteristic protected by federal, state or local laws. This policy applies to all terms and conditions of employment, including recruiting, hiring, placement, promotion, termination, layoff, recall, transfer, leaves of absence, compensation and training. We are unable to provide or assume work sponsorship of employment visas.

Brakebush is committed to adhering to compliance and applicable pay transparency laws in all states where we operate and any other states where we have a legal obligation.

Please see our Benefits Page to learn more about the amazing Health and Wellness Benefits offered to our employees!

Brakebush Brothers, Inc is an equal opportunity employer. We do not discriminate in our hiring, training, or promotion policies. We will not discriminate against job applicants or employees for reasons of race, religion, color, sex, handicap, age, national origin, or any other basis prohibited by law.