Plant Operations Supervisor — Food & Beverage

What your day looks like

You arrive to a fast-moving production floor, rally your team with a focused huddle, and set priorities around safety, quality, and output. You walk the line to verify compliance with procedures, conduct quick safety audits, and make sure startup checks are complete. Throughout the shift, you monitor production rates and scrap, coach operators, and step in to resolve process or equipment issues alongside maintenance and other support personnel. You document incidents and near-misses, keep the quality bar high, and close the loop with clear communication at changeover so the next team is set up to win.

Core responsibilities

• Lead, coach, and evaluate frontline employees to drive daily operations and a culture of continuous improvement.
• Champion proactive safety: conduct audits, file incident reports, and investigate close calls to prevent recurrence.
• Ensure products meet quality specifications and that all standard procedures are followed.
• Train the team on company procedures with emphasis on safety, quality, and hitting production goals.
• Partner cross-functionally with HR on payroll processing, staffing, and personnel/labor matters.
• Coordinate with peer supervisors to communicate key issues during shift changeover.
• Own performance metrics for throughput and scrap, and take action to achieve targets.
• Troubleshoot process, equipment, and material challenges with support teams to maintain steady operations.

What you bring

• 5+ years of successful production supervision experience, preferably within a unionized manufacturing environment.
• Strong communication skills (verbal and written) and the ability to build productive relationships with hourly employees, peers, and management.
• Proficiency in Microsoft Office and the aptitude to learn new systems.
• Demonstrated leadership and people management skills.
• Domain experience in food and beverage manufacturing.

Preferred qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree (not required).
• Six Sigma certification.

Physical requirements

• Ability to lift and carry 25 lbs., sometimes more.
• Comfort regularly standing and moving throughout the facility.

Proficiencies

• Leadership / People Management
• Food and Beverage Manufacturing