Production Supervisor, 2nd shift

Brakebush Chicken; Mocksville (NC); On-site; USD 55,000 - 75,000; Full time

Job summary

Brakebush Chicken in Mocksville, NC is seeking a Production Supervisor for the 2nd shift. The role includes ensuring high productivity while promoting team collaboration and compliance with safety regulations. You will lead team members and manage production situations effectively.

The ideal candidate holds a Bachelor's in Poultry or Food Science and possesses supervisory experience in a food-processing environment. This is an exempt position with varying shifts and responsibilities.

Qualifications

• Three years supervisory experience in food processing or related internship.
• Demonstrated production knowledge.
• Strong interpersonal and communication skills.

Responsibilities

• Supervise and empower team members to meet productivity expectations.
• Ensure compliance with safety regulations and company policies.
• Lead performance appraisals for team members.

Skills

Supervisory skills

Food processing knowledge

Interpersonal skills

Microsoft Office Suite

Bilingual (English/Spanish)

Education

Bachelor's degree in Poultry Science or Food Science

Three years of supervisory experience

Tools

SAP

Microsoft Word

Microsoft Excel

Microsoft Outlook

Job description

Title: Production Supervisor, 2nd shift, 2nd Shift

Req ID: 9844

City, State: Mocksville, NC

Reports to: Production Manager

Classification: Exempt

Job Description

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

Essential Functions

• Empowers team members, through supervision, training, and feedback opportunities, to meet and 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 on a variety of production situations including start-ups, shutdowns, product changeovers, change management concerns and sanitation.
• Leads the performance appraisal and progressive, corrective action steps to promote positive and safe teamwork environments.
• Improves quality, yields and throughput.

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 verbal and written communication, a team-focused approach, and the ability to model composure/make decisions in stressful situations.
• Able to organize and coordinate work within schedule constraints and handle emergent requirements in a timely manner.
• Competent in Microsoft Office Suite: Word, Excel, and Outlook.

Preferred Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in poultry science, food science, biological sciences, or closely related field.
• Prior supervisory experience in a food processing setting (Further Processing experience preferred).
• Prior 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 Mocksville 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 test and background check are required.

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. Applicants must have the legal authorization to work for any employer in the United States. 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.