Production Supervisor: Food Safety & Operations Leader

Handsome Brook Farms; Brooks (KY); On-site; USD 55,000 - 75,000; Full time

Job summary

Handsome Brook Farms in Brooks, KY, seeks a Production Supervisor to lead daily production activities, ensure safety, quality, and regulatory compliance, and drive improvements in productivity and employee development.

The role requires strong leadership, communication, and problem-solving skills; experience in a food manufacturing environment; ability to read schedules and SOPs; and willingness to work nights, weekends, and overtime as needed.

Qualifications

• High school diploma or equivalent.
• Previous supervisory or leadership experience in a manufacturing, food processing, warehouse, or similar production environment.
• Ability to lead employees in a fast-paced production environment.
• Strong communication, organizational, and problem-solving skills.
• Ability to work effectively with employees at all levels of the organization.
• Ability to read and understand production schedules, work instructions, SOPs, and safety/quality documentation.
• Ability to work flexible hours, including nights, weekends, holidays, and overtime as required by production needs.

Responsibilities

• Direct and supervise daily production activities to meet established production schedules, customer requirements, and company goals.
• Identify and resolve safety, quality, and production issues and communicate significant problems to management and appropriate support departments.
• Monitor production rates, yields, downtime, product flow, and labor utilization.
• Assist with troubleshooting production equipment and process issues. Coordinate maintenance activities to minimize production downtime.
• Ensure production employees are trained and follow all standard operating procedures, work instructions, SOPs, and safety/quality documentation.
• Maintain a strong food safety and quality culture throughout the production department. Support regulatory and customer audits and ensure production areas remain audit-ready.
• Ensure accurate production records, downtime reports, counts, and other required documentation are completed.
• Monitor employee performance, attendance, productivity, and adherence to company policies.

Skills

Leadership

Communication

Organizational skills

Problem-solving

Education

High school diploma or equivalent

Associate's or Bachelor's degree in Food Science/Manufacturing/Operations Management/Business

Job description

Handsome Brook Farms in Brooks, KY, seeks a Production Supervisor to lead daily production activities, ensure safety, quality, and regulatory compliance, and drive improvements in productivity and employee development.

The role requires strong leadership, communication, and problem-solving skills; experience in a food manufacturing environment; ability to read schedules and SOPs; and willingness to work nights, weekends, and overtime as needed.