Production Supervisor - New Hamburg, Canada - Maple Leaf Foods

Maple Leaf Foods
Maple Leaf Foods
Verified Company
New Hamburg, Canada

3 weeks ago

Sophia Lee

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The Opportunity:

Reporting to the Hatchery Manager, the Production Supervisor - PM Shift is responsible for effective shift start-up, end of day activities and effective transition of shift.

The Production Supervisor is responsible for managing of all front-line workers during scheduled shift.

This position requires coordination and planning with other Production Supervisors, hatcheries, and managers to ensure all staffing, supplies, scheduling, yields, and equipment are meeting production demands and customer service levels.

Production Supervisors are responsible for adhering to all quality, safety, and legislative guidelines as well as ensuring direct reports are following facility rules and regulations.


Snapshot of a Day-in-the-Life:


  • Maintain safe and clean work environment by educating and directing employees on the use of equipment and resources while maintaining compliance with established policies and procedures
  • Develop, direct, manage, train, and motivate employees by communicating job expectations, appraising job results, managing attendance, coaching, counseling, and disciplining employees in conjunction with the Human Resource Department
  • Submit work orders for the repair and maintenance of equipment with follow up
  • Audit and report noncompliance, taking corrective actions to assure compliance to all quality assurance and food safety requirements on a regular and daily basis
  • Maintain quality and legislative requirements by adhering to, correctly and completely documenting, and enforcing Good Manufacturing Practices, Standard Operating Procedures, and all requirements within the framework of the HACCP Food safety program
  • Represent your designated shift on the HACCP team
  • Participate in audits, accountable for action plan resulting from audits
  • Incident reporting and investigations of Investigate all incidents/hazards that are reported and submit suggestions to the appropriate team (ex. Health & Safety, Animal Welfare)
  • Complete daily/weekly/monthly task observations with the hourly employees
  • Supports a work environment of continuous improvement with safety as a priority
  • Followup and investigate any animal welfare issues brought to your attention
  • Support internal and thirdparty animal welfare audits
  • Measure performance and achieve Continuous Improvement in processes to implement cost reductions while maintaining quality
  • Strive to continuously improve performance: employee relations, yields, labour results, equipment, sanitation, personal and employee job knowledge, etc.
  • Participate and support in Continuous Improvement projects
  • Contribute actively with project ideas and project planning and implementation to the overall achievement of the process business plan
  • Contribute to teamwork and foster positive employee relations by communicating effectively with peers, employees, and managers
  • Build and maintain a collaborative team with coworkers and hourly staff
  • Participate and assist in hosting companysponsored social events for the benefit of associates
  • Maintain working relationship with the plant and employees by following the terms of the Employee Handbook and other company policies
  • Develop and maintain SOPs and SWIs in respect to processes on PM Shift
  • Responsible for the administration of attendance program, vacation schedules, timecard approval and organization of department meetings
  • Support SOPs, Regulatory Compliance, Reporting and Document Control processes
  • Accurately review daily reports and make necessary adjustments
  • Assist in preparation and execution of business plan
  • Organize period end and yearend inventory counts as needed
  • Other duties as assigned by Management

What You'll Bring:


  • Meet/exceed Food Safety & Product Quality Metrics and requirements
  • Meet/exceed Staff Performance requirements
  • Meet/exceed Safety Scorecard targets
  • 23 years of supervisory or related leadership experience in a manufacturing environment
  • Postsecondary education in Operations Management or related field is an asset
  • Ability to work as a team with all functional areas to support a common goal.
  • This individual will regularly share information and work closely with various Leaders and functional areas including Hatchery Manager, Human Resources, FSQA, Maintenance/Reliability, Sanitation Supervisor, Logistics Supervisor, and Day shift Production Supervisor to ensure their area is running effectively and efficiently.
  • Intermediate computer skills in Microsoft Word, Excel, and Outlook
  • SAP Experience an asset
  • Effective communication skills to lead, motivate, coach, mentor and resolve employee conflict
  • Selfstarter with good analytical, troubleshooting, and problemsolving skills
  • Continuous learner and willingness to embrace change
  • Flexible to cover other Production Supervisors as needed

What We Offer at Maple Leaf Foods:

  • Being part of a high-performance, people-focused company that has an inspiring and unique vision to be
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