Production Supervisor - Night Shift

Actus Nutrition; Norfolk (NE); On-site; USD 65,000 - 85,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Medical insurance

Dental insurance

Vision insurance

Life insurance

401(k) plan

Job summary

Actus Nutrition is seeking a Production Supervisor - Night Shift to lead the plant’s production team in Norfolk, NE. The role focuses on directing shift personnel to ensure consistent manufacture of finished products that meet customer volume and quality requirements.

Responsibilities include training, scheduling, KPI reporting, inventory control, sanitation, and coordinating maintenance. Strong communication and bilingual Spanish/English abilities are a plus.

Qualifications

• 2+ years supervisory experience in a dairy processing plant.
• Excellent communication and interpersonal abilities.
• Strong organizational and planning skills.
• Proficient with common computer software applications.
• Bilingual Spanish and English preferred.

Responsibilities

• Train and develop employees to maximize strengths and meet daily workload.
• Build a culture of positivity and recognition within the team.
• Coordinate activities across process areas to meet scheduling and quality requirements.
• Organize materials, including raw materials and rework, for production.
• Monitor physical characteristics hourly and ensure specs are met.
• Enforce safety and regulatory programs for long-term safe operation.
• Lead production personnel and develop education and SOPs, quality specs, safety expectations.
• Communicate performance/KPIs to the team daily.
• Maintain inventory accuracy and complete shift reports; coordinate records.
• Prepare production reports and evaluate efficiency to improve outputs.
• Assist in weekly/monthly production scheduling and staffing.
• Maintain sanitation and keep the plant clean and orderly.
• Coordinate equipment repairs with Maintenance and preventive maintenance.
• Ensure compliance with company, state, and federal safety policies.

Skills

Supervisory experience

Communication skills

Organizational skills

Computer software knowledge

Bilingual in Spanish and English

Job description

At Actus Nutrition, our focus is to create high-quality ingredients designed to optimize health and nutrition. We are passionate and dedicated people. Each day, we collectively explore new, innovative ways to enhance product performance and value through our broad human and animal nutrition portfolios. Both divisions are backed by the speed, execution, and passion it takes to exceed the expectations of our customers.

The Production Supervisor - Night Shift has the responsibility for directing shift personnel in the operation of the facility, ensuring consistent manufacture of finished products meeting all customer volume and quality requirements.

Essential Responsibilities

• Train and develop employees to maximize their strengths while ensuring daily workload is accomplished.
• Build a culture of positivity and recognition amongst the team.
• Coordinate activities within all process areas ensuring product meets all defined scheduling and quality requirements.
• Work with Operators to organize and maximize inclusion of all raw materials and rework to be utilized in production process.
• Ensure that physical characteristics are monitored hourly. Evaluate products for specs, grits, flavor, density, mix abilities and moisture, ensuring finished product meets all quality specifications.
• Implement and enforce safety and regulatory programs to ensure long term safe operation of the facility.
• Lead and supervise all production personnel in functional areas constantly raising the standard of performance. Establish education and development programs for employees including SOP’s, quality specifications, safety and job expectations.
• Responsible for communicating performance/KPI’s to the team on a daily basis.
• Ensure inventory accuracy and timely completion of all shift reports including Inventory levels as the plants KPI matrix. Coordinate all record keeping with Production Manager such as production, quality assurance, inventory control, production planning and administrative personnel.
• Responsible for production reporting with Process Manager and Production Manager with the continual evaluation of production and efficiency records to improve equipment capabilities and outputs.
• Help develop the weekly and/or monthly production schedule and employee staffing in accordance to business needs.
• Maintain and improve all plant sanitation programs. Responsible for keeping the plant clean and orderly at all times.
• Coordinate and schedule equipment repairs with Maintenance department as necessary and coordinate preventative maintenance.
• Ensure compliance with all company, state and federal safety and regulatory policies and practices.

Position Requirements

• 2 plus years previous supervisory experience, preferably in a dairy processing plant
• Excellent communication skills and interpersonal skills
• Strong organizational skills
• Strong working knowledge of computer software applications
• Bilingual in Spanish and English is preferred

Actus Nutrition prides itself on advancement opportunities for our current workforce to promote from within. We offer a comprehensive benefits package which includes medical, dental, vision and life insurance as well as a healthy 401(k) company match program.