Job Details
LHH Recruitment Solutions has a 2nd Shift Processing Supervisor opening for our client in the Seabrook, NJ area! This direct hire role allows you to utilize your training and experience of food and beverage processing and supervision of hourly processing employees as well as scheduling, assigning workloads and identify any issues that may lead to quality issues. You will be a critical component in resolving issues related to safety concerns, inspections, trainings and foster a proactive safety-first culture.
You will be responsible to work collaboratively with other department supervisors and upper management to deliver successful accountability measures and key objectives consisting of continuous improvements and trainings as well as PSM – Process Safety Management.
Salary range: $70,000 to $90,000 DOE.
RESPONSIBILITIES:
- Manage and coordinate the schedule of employees and machinery due for maintenance including but not limited to – scheduling of employees, scheduling downtime of machinery, training, budget and cost management, etc.
- Possess the ability to understand and stay up to date on the blending processes regarding ingredients, weights, mixing, process flow, and the quality checks to go along with it.
- Maintain clear and consistent communication with processing associates to ensure understanding of the production schedule, issues, and challenges such as maintenance downtime, etc.
- Oversee ingredient and raw material inventory.
- Provide supervision of staff throughout their assigned shift assuring the implementation and monitoring of good manufacturing practices, quality, and safety standards.
- Assure daily documentation and analysis, of issues regarding batching, ingredients, waste, safety maintenance, and staff issues.
- Ensures all processing materials, equipment, and people resources are available as needed to maintain production schedules on time and in full.
- Ensure all staff are current and consistently trained in all standards and expectations, including temporary employees and/or vendors as well.
- Work with the management to ensure safe work practices and implement them for effective safety and safety training.
- Exudes interpersonal skills and has the ability to work well with everyone at all levels of staffing.
- Follows, enforce, and maintain standards for food safety and food quality of vendors and governmental agencies such as OSHA, FDA, and EPA.
- Adhere to and promote a culture of food safety and maintain quality.
- Be willing and able to taste test products as needed, up to a couple of ounces per test.
- All other duties as assigned.
REQUIREMENTS:
- Associates degree in production or engineering related field.
- GMP certifications highly preferred.
- Minimum 4-5 years in a production supervisor role with a minimum of 5 direct reports to manage in a food or beverage manufacturing setting.
- Proven ability of planning, administrative and leadership/supervisory skills.
- Must have MS Office and time keeping measures/approvals experience.
- Proven knowledge and implementation of continuous improvement techniques such as 5S, Lean, TPM.
- Knowledge of good manufacturing practices (GMP).
- Thorough and current understanding of OSHA/FDA/USDA/EPA requirements in a food and/or beverage manufacturing environment highly preferred.
- Sufficient physical ability to work in a manufacturing production environment.
- Ability to speak and hear; ability to stand, walk, climb stairs, stoop, bend, and/or crouch; push/pull; lift up to 50 pounds as needed.
- Able to have the use of hands and fingers to operate machinery/equipment and all manual and electronic equipment as needed/required.
- Exposure to seasonally wet and humid conditions and fluctuations in seasonal temperature.
- Ability to squat, kneel, and must have the ability to reach above and at shoulder height.
- Must have the ability to wear a mask if needed and/or dust mask.
- Must be able to maintain knowledge of and exposure to toxic and corrosive chemicals.
- Must have the ability to use close and distance vision including color and peripheral vision with or without vision correction means.
- Must be able to visually and auditorily detect obstacles and potential dangers in a production environment setting.
This posting is a representative sample of the types of roles we typically place with our clients. Depending on the specific client, location, and role, the hourly pay range is estimated to be $70,000 to $90,000 DOE, and benefits may include medical, dental, vision, 401k+match and PTO.