Production Supervisor - Night Shift

Aurora Dairy Corp.; Platteville (CO); On-site; USD 70,000 - 85,000; Full time

Job summary

Aurora Dairy Corp. in Platteville, CO seeks a Production Supervisor to lead safety, quality, and productivity on a night shift. You’ll oversee production, warehouse, and maintenance crews, ensuring adherence to HACCP, SQF, and company policies.

Requires a bachelor’s in Food/Dairy Science, Eng or Business and 3–5 years as a supervisor, with UHT/UP dairy experience and Lean/World Class Manufacturing exposure. Competitive salary $70k–$85k plus $8k night shift premium.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in Food Science, Dairy Science, Engineering or Business preferred.
• 3–5 years of supervisor or frontline leadership experience.
• Experience in UHT or UP dairy products; HTST a plus.
• Knowledge of World Class Manufacturing, TPM and Lean practices.
• Regulatory knowledge for food processing; Organic standards exposure.

Responsibilities

• Lead production, warehouse, receiving and supervisory crews.
• Ensure safety, quality, and adherence to HACCP/SQF and company policies.
• Coach teams to hit performance, cost, and service goals.
• Train employees in safety, food quality, HACCP and CCPs.
• Direct Quality and Maintenance personnel as needed.
• Drive continuous improvement and safe working environment.

Skills

Leadership

Safety compliance

Quality control

Lean manufacturing

TPM

Regulatory compliance

Team leadership

Problem solving

Decision making

Education

Bachelor’s in Food/Dairy Eng/Business

Job description

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Plant Overhead Regular Full-Time Platteville, CO, US

2 days ago Requisition ID: 1812

Salary Range: $70,000.00 To $85,000.00 Annually

Purpose:

The Production Supervisor is responsible to provide leadership to the team in the areas of safety, quality, productivity, costs related to operating a production shift in the milk plant.

Schedule -

6pm - 6am

Thursday - Saturday and alternating Wednesdays OR Sunday - Tuesday and alternating Wednesdays

This position includes a night shift premium of an additional $8000.00 annually on top of base salary.

• All plant personnel have the responsibility to monitor and report any deviations from our Food Safety and Food Quality (HACCP & SQF) programs to your immediate supervisor.
• Take ownership and provide leadershipfor production, warehouse, receiving, and supervisory crews.
• Ability to coach and lead work teams to achieve performance, quality, cost, and service goals.
• Ensure adherence to company policies, procedures, practices.
• Administrative duties related to supervising a production block.
• Design, monitor and maintain a safe working environment.
• Cultivate a positive and innovative work environment.
• Strive for fast, continuous systematic planned improvement.
• Direct Quality and Maintenance personnel as needed.
• Train all employees in the areas of safety, food quality, HACCP, Food Safety including CCP’s and specific job functions.
• SQF Support – Responsible for development, training, implementation and compliance to the SQF program.

Competencies Required for Success:

• Judgment / Decision Making
• Organization / Planning
• Integrity
• Initiative
• Follow Through
• Stress Management

Knowledge & Experience:

• Bachelor’s degree in Food Science, Dairy Science, Engineering or Business preferred.
• Minimum 3-5 years professional experience as a supervisor or frontline leader.
• Prefer experience in UHT or UP dairy products.
• Experience implementing/exposure to World Class Manufacturing, TPM and/or Lean philosophies.
• Experience preferred in UHT/UP processing with HTST experience a plus.
• Knowledge of regulatory requirements for food processing, dairy preferred.
• Knowledge of Organic Standards for food processing.
• Detail oriented, team member, team leader and experienced in team problem solving.
• Strong, honest work ethic with ability to handle multiple tasks daily.
• Ability to provide organization to all plant activities.
• Ability to identify the right problem and develop correction action.

Physical Requirements:

Must possess the physical ability to work the entire shift on the plant floor working in a cool, wet environment with temperatures ranging between 34-38 degrees will be a requirement. Standing, walking, climbing, repetitive bending, repetitive stooping, repetitive reaching with arms and repetitive grasping with hands and fingers. Must have the ability to lift up to 30 pounds frequently and up to 50 pounds occasionally. Must be able to work safely in a fast-paced environment working around production machines, warehouse equipment, forklifts, large trucks and tankers.