Description
Alliance Workforce Management is hiring a Production Supervisor – 2nd Shift for a leading food manufacturing facility in Owasso, OK. This position is responsible for overseeing production operations, leading production teams, ensuring food safety and quality compliance, and driving operational efficiency within a fully cooked meat processing environment. The Production Supervisor plays a key role in meeting production goals, developing employees, maintaining regulatory compliance, and supporting continuous improvement initiatives throughout the facility.
Responsibilities
- Oversee daily production activities and ensure production schedules are met safely and efficiently.
- Assign employee duties and manage staffing levels to support production requirements.
- Coordinate production startup activities and ensure timely completion of customer orders.
- Adjust production schedules as needed to meet changing production demands and inventory requirements.
- Enforce company policies, workplace safety programs, USDA regulations, and food safety standards.
- Train, coach, mentor, and develop production employees, operators, and team leads.
- Monitor employee performance and provide ongoing feedback and support.
- Ensure accurate employee timekeeping, attendance tracking, and production documentation.
- Collaborate with Quality Assurance, Maintenance, Warehouse, and Logistics departments to resolve operational issues.
- Coordinate equipment repairs, maintenance requests, and work orders to minimize downtime.
- Monitor production efficiency, product quality, yields, and labor performance.
- Identify opportunities to improve production methods, workflow efficiency, employee productivity, and equipment performance.
- Maintain accurate production reports and operational records.
- Support special projects and continuous improvement initiatives.
- Perform additional duties as assigned.
Qualifications
- Bachelor’s degree in a related field preferred, or equivalent combination of education and experience.
- Minimum of 5 years of supervisory experience in meat processing, food manufacturing, or a similar production environment.
- Strong knowledge of meat processing operations, production systems, and manufacturing processes.
- Knowledge of USDA regulations, food safety standards, GMPs, HACCP, and quality control requirements.
- Proven leadership experience managing production teams in a fast-paced environment.
- Strong organizational, decision-making, and problem-solving skills.
- Ability to effectively manage priorities and meet production deadlines.
- Experience utilizing Microsoft Office applications, including Word, Excel, and Outlook.
- Strong verbal and written communication skills.
- Ability to motivate, coach, and develop employees.
- Ability to read, write, and communicate effectively in English.
- Spanish language skills are considered an asset but are not required.
- Reliable attendance and strong commitment to workplace safety and food quality.
Requirements
Work Environment
- Frequent lifting, carrying, pushing, and pulling of materials weighing up to 50 lbs. without assistance.
- Extended periods of standing and walking on concrete production floors.
- Repetitive physical movements including bending, twisting, reaching, pushing, pulling, and intensive hand and wrist activity.
- Work surfaces may occasionally be wet or slippery due to water, marinades, and production-related materials.
- Exposure to refrigerated and temperature-controlled production environments.
- Exposure to raw and seasoned meat products and related odors.
- Hearing protection required in designated high-noise production areas.
- Must possess adequate corrected vision for production oversight, product inspections, and documentation review.
- Required PPE includes hair nets, beard nets (where applicable), smocks, hard hats, hearing protection, and slip-resistant or rubber-soled footwear.
Open Positions
- Full-Time Opportunity
- Shift Available: 2nd Shift
- Schedule: 3:30 PM to 3:00 AM
- Weekends as Needed