Supervisor, Production 2nd Shift

Surlean Foods; San Antonio (TX); On-site; USD 55,000 - 75,000; Full time

Job summary

Surlean Foods in San Antonio, TX, seeks a Production Supervisor to direct and coordinate activities related to manufacturing products, ensuring output meets quality and efficiency standards.

You will work with management to establish production standards, budgets, and priorities; supervise line staff; enforce safety procedures; and coordinate across departments to keep production on target.

Qualifications

• High School Diploma or GED required; equivalent combination of education and experience.
• Experience in manufacturing with familiarity of GMPs and SOPs.
• Ability to supervise, train, and take disciplinary actions as needed.

Responsibilities

• Direct and coordinate production activities to meet product specifications.
• Confer with management to establish production standards, budgets, and schedules.
• Ensure employees follow customer specifications, GMPs, SOPs, and safety procedures.
• Discipline employees not following procedures.
• Maintain production communications across departments for efficient output.
• Oversee training of new hires and line setup/breakdown.
• Address equipment issues by revising production schedules and priorities.

Skills

Leadership

Communication

GMP/SOP adherence

Safety procedures

Production scheduling

Education

High School Diploma or GED

Job description

Directs and coordinates activities concerned with production of company products(s) by performing the following duties personal or through subordinate line lead person.

• Confers with management personnel to establish production and quality control standard develop budget and cost controls, and to obtain data regarding types, quantities, specifications, and delivery dates of products ordered.
• Ensures all employees are following customer specifications, GMP’s, SOP’s, and safety procedures at all times.
• Responsible for taking disciplinary action on employees who fail to follow proper procedures.
• Responsible for production –related communication flow in the plant and coordination between all departments to ensure products are produced to spec in an efficient manner.
• Assist in the revision of productions schedule(s) and priorities as result of equipment failure or operating problems.
• Oversees the placement and training of new hires.
• Oversees the set and breakdown of productions lines to ensure tasks are performed safely, properly, and efficiently.
• Responsible for evaluating line employee’s progression through the Pay for Skills program and promoting or demoting when individuals are not meeting the demands.
• Consults with maintenance personnel relative to modification of machines and equipment in or to improve production and quality of products.
• All other tasked assigned by management.

Essential Physical Demands:

Frequently stands, lifts, walks, reaches, stoops, bends over, handles product, smells, listens, speaks and sees to perform the essential job duties.

Reasoning Ability:

Ability to solve practical problems and deal with a variety of concrete variables in situations where only limited standardization exists. Ability to interpret a variety of instructions furnished in written, oral, diagram, or schedule form.

Education and/or experience:

High School Diploma, (GED) or 3 to 5 years related experience and/or training; or equivalent combination of education and experience.

Working Conditions:

Report to work at assigned time. Ending time will vary based upon production requirements for the day. Flexibility in work hours and days is crucial. The temperatures range from 30 to 110 degrees in rooms. There is exposure to equipment and machinery that are considered to be hazardous. Potential electrical, mechanical, chemical, and heat hazards are also present. The level of noise is high and constant. Floors are damp and slick.

Personal Protective Equipment:

Hard hats, ear plugs or muffs, frocks, non-porous steel toed boots, hair nets, must be worn at all times within the plant. Frocks are to remain in productions areas unless they are to be replaced when soiled. Latex gloves must be worn when handling product or contacting sanitary surfaces.