Senior Ops Lead — 2nd/3rd Shift, Food Manufacturing

Trillium Foods; Brundidge (AL); On-site; USD 90,000 - 130,000; Full time

Job summary

Trillium Foods (SCF) is seeking an Operations Manager for the Brundidge, AL plant to oversee 2nd/3rd shift manufacturing operations. You will lead safety, quality, productivity and continuous improvement initiatives while coaching production supervisors and hourly staff.

You will partner with plant leadership to ensure staffing, equipment readiness and on‑time production, with a strong focus on GMPs and food safety policies.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree preferred in Engineering, Food Science, Operations Management, Business, or a related field; equivalent manufacturing leadership experience will be considered.
• 5–8+ years of progressive manufacturing leadership experience.
• Experience directly supervising production supervisors and frontline manufacturing teams.
• Food, beverage, ingredients, consumer packaged goods (CPG), or related manufacturing experience required.
• Experience leading operations across multiple shifts preferred.
• Demonstrated ability to lead manufacturing operations with limited onsite senior leadership support and make sound, timely decisions during off‑shift operations.
• Strong knowledge of GMPs, HACCP, SQF, OSHA, FDA regulations, and food safety systems.
• Demonstrated success driving operational performance, employee engagement, and continuous improvement initiatives.
• Strong analytical, organizational, and problem‑solving skills with the ability to leverage data and KPIs for decision‑making.
• Advanced communication, coaching, and leadership capabilities.
• Proficiency in Microsoft Office, including Excel.

Responsibilities

• Lead daily manufacturing operations to meet safety, quality, service, labor, productivity, and customer requirements.
• Supervise, coach, and develop Production Supervisors and hourly teams.
• Monitor performance, labor utilization, efficiency, downtime, waste, and throughput.
• Lead daily production meetings and ensure cross-shift communication.
• Support labor planning, staffing effectiveness, and deployment.
• Collaborate with Maintenance, Quality, Warehouse, Planning, and Supply Chain to resolve issues.
• Use KPIs to monitor performance and drive action planning.
• Act as senior operations leader during assigned 2nd/3rd shift hours and make timely decisions.

Skills

5–8+ years of progressive leadership

Supervising production Supervisors

GMPs, HACCP, SQF, OSHA, FDA knowledge

Shift leadership across 2nd/3rd

Data-driven decision making with KPIs

Excel proficiency

Education

Bachelor's degree preferred in Engineering, Food Science, Operations Management, Business, or a related field; equivalent manufacturing leadership experience will be considered

Job description

Trillium Foods (SCF) is seeking an Operations Manager for the Brundidge, AL plant to oversee 2nd/3rd shift manufacturing operations. You will lead safety, quality, productivity and continuous improvement initiatives while coaching production supervisors and hourly staff.

You will partner with plant leadership to ensure staffing, equipment readiness and on‑time production, with a strong focus on GMPs and food safety policies.