Production Supervisor - Night Shift

Aurora Organic Dairy; Platteville (CO); On-site; USD 70,000 - 95,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Night shift premium

Job summary

Aurora Organic Dairy in Colorado seeks a Production Supervisor to lead safety, quality and productivity on our milk plant's night shift.

You will supervise production, warehouse, receiving and supervisory crews, coach teams to hit performance, quality, and cost targets, and ensure policy adherence. The role includes coordinating training in HACCP/SQF and food safety, with opportunities for growth.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in Food Science, Dairy Science, Engineering or Business preferred.
• 3–5 years professional experience as a supervisor or frontline leader.
• Experience in UHT or UP dairy products preferred.
• 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.

Responsibilities

• Monitor and report deviations from HACCP & SQF programs to your supervisor.
• Take ownership and provide leadership for production, warehouse, receiving, and supervisory crews.
• 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 safety, food quality, HACCP, and CCPs.

Skills

Intelligence

Judgment

Organization

Integrity

Initiative

Follow Through

Stress Management

HACCP & SQF

Regulatory Knowledge

Organic Standards

UHT/UP Processing

Lean/TPM

Problem Solving

Team Leadership

Safety Leadership

Detail Orientation

Education

Bachelor’s degree in Food Science, Dairy Science, Engineering or Business

Tools

World Class Manufacturing

TPM

Lean

HTST

Job description

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.

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.
Essential Responsibilities

• 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 leadership for 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

• Intelligence
• 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.