Production Supervisor

Brakebush Chicken; Hartwell (GA); On-site; USD 55,000 - 75,000; Full time

Job summary

Brakebush Chicken in Hartwell, GA is seeking a Production Supervisor for 1st shift. This exempt, on-site role focuses on optimal team utilization, equipment and resource management to deliver quality products and high line efficiency.

The supervisor collaborates with multiple departments and oversees line startups, changeovers, and sanitation while maintaining GMP, HACCP and SQF standards. Strong communication and leadership are essential.

Qualifications

• Three years supervisory or leadership experience in a food-processing or manufacturing setting, or a bachelor’s degree with a related internship.
• Demonstrated production knowledge and strong interpersonal skills.
• Ability to communicate effectively, write reports, and use MS Office.
• Capability to manage time and organize work in a fast-paced environment.

Responsibilities

• Supervise production team on assigned line to ensure safety, quality, yield and efficiency.
• Ensure compliance with GMP, HACCP, SQF and company policies.
• Coordinate line startups, changes, and sanitation; drive performance improvements.
• Conduct performance appraisals and develop team members.
• Provide guidance and support to cross-functional teams as needed.

Skills

Leadership

Supervisory experience

Interpersonal skills

Written communication

Time management

Safety awareness

Education

Bachelor’s degree in Food Science or Poultry Science

Tools

SAP

Infinity

Microsoft Office

Job description

Production Supervisor, 1st Shift

City, State: Hartwell, GA
Reports to: Production Manager
Classification: Exempt
Work Arrangement: On-site

Job Description

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.
• Coordinate and guide team through production situations e.g. startups, shutdowns, product changeovers, change management concerns and sanitation.
• Facilitate performance appraisal and progressive corrective action steps to promote positive and safe teamwork environments. Identify areas for individual/team development.
• Improve quality, yields and throughput on their designated line.

Required Qualifications

• Demonstrated three years supervisory or leadership skills with a food-processing or manufacturing company leading a production team OR 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

Successful completion of a pre-employment drug test and background check are required. The 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.

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.