Production Supervisor- Sunnyside

US Lawns; Sunnyside (WA); On-site; USD 70,000 - 100,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Medical Insurance

Dental Insurance

Vision Insurance

401(k) plan after 12 months

Life Insurance

Disability coverage

Job summary

Milne Fruit Products is seeking a Production Supervisor to lead a multi-shift team in our Sunnyside, WA facility. The role emphasizes coaching, training, and directing work to uphold our integrity, safety, and excellence culture.

The ideal candidate will have 3–10 years in production supervision, strong technical knowledge of juice production, and proven ability to recruit and motivate staff while maintaining quality and efficiency.

Qualifications

• 3-10 years of experience in production and increasingly responsible supervisory positions.
• Production supervisor experience is required.
• Knowledge of business administration principles and personnel practices and employment laws.
• Technical knowledge of fruit/vegetable ingredient production and fluid flow in a juice/puree facility.
• Proven ability to recruit, train, and motivate personnel for staffing vs profitability.
• Strong supervision and training knowledge.
• MS Office (Word, Excel, Outlook) proficiency.
• Excellent communication and interpersonal skills.
• Strong math skills for unit conversions and calculations.
• Able to work in a fast-paced environment with multiple deadlines.

Responsibilities

• Manages and monitors activities of assigned freezer, blending, aseptic, vegetable, and production personnel.
• Maintains adequate finished goods materials for packaging and blending operations and executes the workload efficiently.
• Provides job orientation and training for newly hired or reassigned employees.
• Completes 60- and 100-day evaluations with probationary employees.
• Mentors and coaches probationary employees to improve performance and engagement.
• Assists retention decisions for staff.
• Supports safety posture with the EHS Supervisor and conducts training.
• Investigates accidents when EHS Supervisor is unavailable.
• Coordinates communication between departments and shift leaders.
• Documents production procedures and creates shift notes.

Skills

Leadership

Training

Recruitment

Interpersonal skills

Professional writing

Math skills

MS Office

Education

BS/BA in Food Science/Science/Bacteriology

Experience may substitute for degree

Tools

Word

Excel

Outlook

Job description

Job Description

The Production Supervisor at Milne Fruit Products engages with smart, hard-working people to make fruit and vegetable juices of the highest quality. On a typical day, the Supervisor will demonstrate his/her ability to lead a team, coach employees, teach skills, and direct work in a manner that supports and extends our company culture of integrity, safety, and excellence.

This position will work in coordination with the current Production Supervisors and will alternate day and swing shifts with some graveyard hours. This is an opportunity to be part of a growing company that values its workforce and has a track record of excellence that spans over 60 years.

Essential duties and responsibilities:

• Manages and monitors the activities of assigned freezer, blending, aseptic, vegetable, and production personnel.
• Maintains adequate finished good materials for packaging and blending operations and executes the assigned workload to personnel in the most efficient manner.
• Provides job orientation and training of newly hired or newly assigned employees (including temporary personnel), learning and enhancement of job skills, safety and quality awareness, and ensures knowledge of plant and department policies and procedures.
• Completes 60- and 100-day evaluations with probationary employees.
• Mentors and coaches’ probationary employees to improve performance and employee engagement.
• Makes recommendation to retain or dismiss employees.
• Assists the EHS Supervisor to monitor the overall safety and security posture of the facility, providing correctional measures and periodic safety training to individual employees or employee groups.
• Conducts thorough and comprehensive accident investigations when the EHS Supervisor is not available.
• Coordinates communication between departments and operators and facilitates information transfer at daily leader/shift change meetings.
• Freely initiates sharing information with other Production Supervisors, QA, and Maintenance to ensure smooth operations.
• Document production thoroughly following all established procedures and create detailed shift notes.
• Develops strong interpersonal communication with production staff to facilitate bi-lateral information exchange.
• Performs other duties as assigned and directed.

The ideal candidate will have:

• BS/BA from an accredited college or university with major course work in Food Science, Science, Bacteriology, or closely related field; experience may be substituted for a degree on a year-for-year basis.
• 3-10 years of experience in production and increasingly responsible supervisory positions
• Production supervisor experience is required.
• Sound knowledge and experience with the principles and practices of business administration (including personnel practices, employment laws, and fiscal management practices) and the appropriate methods and means of dealing with human behavior situations in a variety of circumstances.
• Technical knowledge of fruit/vegetable ingredient product production and knowledge of fluid flow in a juice/puree production facility
• Proven ability to recruit, train, and motivate personnel in order to balance staffing strength with profitability and growth.
• Demonstrated knowledge of the principles of supervision and training.
• PC-based computing experience (word processing/Word, spreadsheet/Excel, email/Outlook)
• Communication and interpersonal skills to interact well with and maintain positive relationships with others.
• Professional writing skills to compose memos, letters, and other business correspondence, observing all rules of grammar, spelling, and punctuation.
• Math skills, including the ability to add, subtract, multiply, and divide into all units of measure using whole numbers, common fractions, and decimals; able to compute rate, ratio, and percent.
• Able to work in a fast-paced environment, managing multiple deadlines and unscheduled interruptions.
• Able to manage details and comprehend the full scope of duties.

Company Description

With a reputation built on our employee’s commitment to outstanding product quality and customer service, Milne utilizes innovative technologies and rigorous quality controls to provide healthy fruit products that are 100% natural to meet the needs of a diverse consumer marketplace. Founded in 1955, Milne Fruit Products is the industry leader in creating fruit juices, concentrates, purees and custom blends for the industrial food and beverage markets.

Benefits

• Medical Insurance
• Dental Insurance
• Vision Insurance
• 401(k), after 12 month eligibility period
• Life insurance
• Short-term Disability
• Long-term Disability
• Paid Vacation
• Sick Pay
• Holiday Pay