Production Superintendent
$95,020–$142,520 year
On-siteHermiston, Oregon, United States
Job Summary
Oversee all shift activities and manage plant production across multiple departments to safely meet quality, safety, and cost metrics. Direct employees through safety huddles, audits, and program participation while identifying and correcting potential risks. Lead improvement initiatives using the LOC program and Master Production Scheduling systems to optimize capacity, manpower utilization, and loss elimination. Collaborate with Food Safety Quality and warehouse teams to execute clean-ups, start-ups, and cycle run orders that maximize plant efficiency. Enforce departmental rules and drive cost-effective work streams to achieve APQC performance goals.
Required Qualifications
- Bachelor's degree
- Five (5) to ten (10) years manufacturing experience
- Five (5) years supervisory experience
- 5-10 years related experience or training
- Knowledge of Microbiology, Food Science or Chemistry
- 3-5 years' experience in sanitation supervisory and/or production
- CPR and First Aid certifications
- Understanding of various chemicals and sanitation procedures
- Ability to read, analyze, and interpret common scientific and technical journals, financial reports, and legal documents
- Ability to respond to common inquiries or complaints from customers, regulatory agencies, or members of the business community
- Ability to write speeches and articles for publication that conform to prescribed style and format
- Ability to effectively present information to top management, public groups, and/or boards of directors
- MATHEMATICAL SKILLS: Ability to work with mathematical concepts such as probability and statistical inference, and fundamentals of plane and solid geometry and trigonometry
- MATHEMATICAL SKILLS: Ability to apply concepts such as fractions, percentages, ratios, and proportions to practical situations
- REASONING ABILITY: Ability to define problems collects data, establish facts, and draw valid conclusions
- REASONING ABILITY: Ability to apply concepts such as fractions, percentages, ratios, and proportions to practical situations
- Ability to occasionally stand
- Ability to occasionally walk
- Ability to occasionally sit
- Ability to use hands to finger, handle, or feel
- Ability to reach with hands and arms
- Ability to climb or balance
- Ability to stoop, kneel, crouch, or crawl
- Ability to talk or hear
- Ability to taste or smell
- Ability to occasionally lift and/or move up to 50 pounds
- Ability to have close vision
- Ability to have distance vision
- Ability to have color vision
- Ability to have depth perception
- Ability to adjust focus
Desired Qualifications
- Bachelor's degree is preferred
- Good verbal, written, and technical skills
- Drive plant APQC performance – understand and work with Corporate APQC Leader to drive changes and optimize system
- Demonstrate ownership of the LOC program; provide leadership to various Pillar teams as assigned
- Provide coaching on LOC principles and behaviors to supervisory staff and hourly employees
- Identify and implement cost effectiveness work streams
- Understand Site Loss Analysis (SLA) and Master Production Scheduling (MPS) systems
- Work with Food Safety Quality to deliver safe and effective clean-ups and efficient start-ups
- Work with Warehouse Manager and Demand Planning to create cycle run orders to optimize plant efficiencies
- Work with FSQ to maintain food safety standards and deliver on QIP initiatives
- Enforce departmental and plant rules and regulations
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