Production Supervisor (Night Shift Shift: 11pm-7:30am)

As a Production Supervisor you will play a key role in contributing to the continued success of One Degree Organics. You will be working in a fast-paced and dynamic production work environment and will have the opportunity to learn new skills and work in a team setting. In this role, you are responsible for completing the duties listed below as well as other duties as assigned by your manager or their designate.

Important: Although the position is assigned to a specific shift, employees may be required to work different hours from time to time to support operational and business needs.

Detailed Description of Duties:

Administration, Safety, Food Safety, People & Culture (20%)

• Daily Shift Huddles
• Investigates and addresses employee conflicts and relationship issues as they arise
• Leads and documents investigations into workplace injuries or near-misses as required
• Prepares and submits daily shift reports and summaries; reviews and addresses emails as needed
• Communicates corporate updates and announcements to the team as needed
• Ensures accurate and timely approval of team members' worked hours, with diligent follow-up and appropriate disciplinary measures for absenteeism and call-offs

Line Operations (80%)

Line operations focused and result-oriented

• Closely follows and monitors line operations to ensure efficiency and waste key performance indicators meet or exceed set targets. Launches investigations and collaborates with lead hands to implement corrective actions
• Hourly audits of line performances to achieve standards and reviews/updates current operational standards across all production areas, ensures complete compliance and consistency among lead hands and team members
• Key decision maker for off hour downtime decisions
• Responsible to enforce safety standards
• Depending on the situation, makes proper escalations and recommendations to the Production Manager
• Monitors and ensures operator adherence to all process specifications
• The supervisor is fully responsible for the shift performance

Departmental collaboration

• Acts as a key and instrumental member in collaboration between production, warehouse, quality, safety, and maintenance departments
• Provides adequate leadership in problem-solving
• Offers valuable recommendations to reporting and senior managers

Improve and enhance food quality

• Understands quality standards thoroughly and provides coaching and training to lead hands and team members on these standards
• Coordinates with Production, R&D, QC/QA, and Maintenance departments when quality deviations are discovered beyond controllable limits. Escalates issues to the Production Manager following guidelines
• Assists in waste variance analysis, provides feedback and suggestions for countermeasures

Training and succession planning

• Provides training to lead hands and operators on technical knowledge
• Trains lead hands and operators on equipment operations and basic troubleshooting as needed
• Assists in establishing and maintaining the skill matrix program for lead hands and line operators
• Works with lead hands to maintain or improve performance based on their skill matrix assessment
• Identifies potential new lead hands and develops appropriate training and arrangement plans accordingly

Departmental collaboration

• Acts as a key and instrumental member in collaboration between production, warehouse, quality, safety, and maintenance departments
• Provides adequate leadership in problem-solving
• Offers valuable recommendations to reporting and senior managers

Salary - $65,000 - $84,000