Production Supervisor, 2nd shift - Hartwell

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

Job summary

Brakebush Brothers, Inc. in Hartwell, GA is seeking a Production Supervisor to lead on-site teams, optimize line performance, and ensure quality, safety, and yields across the production line.

You will collaborate with Safety, QA, Maintenance, and Sanitation to reduce downtime and costs while upholding GMPs and HACCP standards. The role covers multiple shifts (1st, 2nd, 3rd or floater) with occasional Saturday work, and requires strong leadership, communication, and organizational skills.

Qualifications

• Demonstrated at least three years of supervisory or leadership experience 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 including professional oral and written communication, team focus, and ability to stay composed under pressure.
• Proven time‑management and organizational skills including Microsoft Office Suite; ability to write reports and create spreadsheets with formulas.

Responsibilities

• Lead and train teams to meet productivity, quality, waste management, and safety targets.
• Ensure compliance with policies, safety regulations, GMPs, SOPs, SSOPs, HACCP and SQF.
• Coordinate and guide the team through startups, shutdowns, product changes, and sanitation.
• Conduct performance appraisals and implement corrective actions; foster safe teamwork.
• Improve quality, yields, and throughput on the designated line.

Skills

Supervisory experience

Production knowledge

Interpersonal skills

MS Office

Education

Bachelor's degree in Food Science or Poultry Science

Tools

SAP

Infinity

Job description

Title: Production Supervisor, 2nd Shift - Hartwell

Location: Hartwell, GA

Reports to: Production Manager

Classification: Exempt

Work Arrangement: On-site

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 (eg other production lines, Safety, QA, 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 or exceed expectations for productivity, quality assurance, waste management and food/personal safety.
• Ensure compliance with company policies and procedures, safety regulations, GMPs, SOPs, SSOPs, HACCP and SQF.
• Coordinate and guide the team through production situations such as 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 and team development.
• Improve quality, yields and throughput on the designated line.

Required Qualifications

• Demonstrated at least three years of supervisory or leadership experience 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 and 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 temperature (-10°F freezer, 32‑degree coolers, 40‑degree plant, wet cold environment), noise, slippery floors, and moving equipment.

Physical Demands

Position requires 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 is required.

Travel

Travel is not required.

Successful completion of a pre‑employment drug test and background check is required.

EEO and Legal Statements

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.

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.