DEPARTMENT: Production POSITION: Plant Supervisor REPORT TO: General Manager CLASSIFICATION: Exempt WORKING HOURS: Full Time, Shift may vary, Overtime as needed Kentucky is an employment at will state. POSITION SUMMARY: This position will oversee and monitor all operations, functions, and employees working in the plant. This will be done in a professional manner, paying special attention to production, employee issues, quality, communication, safety, and concerns the overall efficiency of our plant DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES: Including, but not limited to, the following: • Responsible for smooth operation of entire production process including receiving, evaporating, drying, and bagging • Oversee all production aspects of the plant and production workers. • Responsible for all product produced on their shift • Responsible for all incoming raw materials received on their shift • Guides and directs warehouse staff when necessary • Ensures all products are manufactured according to instructions • Ensures all testing parameters are met and documented. • Responsible for all personnel issues during their shift • Perform supervisor checklist daily and in timely manner; notify the Maintenance Manager or Maintenance Supervisor on any equipment not working properly and follow through to ensure that the issue is resolved in timely manner. • Perform and oversee CIP checks are followed • Supervise all sanitation of equipment and plant to ensure all is done correctly. • Confirm wastewater pit is operating correctly • Ensure all safety procedures are being properly followed • Train all employees and all records are kept up to date/ • PRODUCTION / SERVICE • Responsible for all duties and responsibilities of all direct reports, • Train, retain, develop, and monitor all employees that work in all departments. • Responsible to provide training/cross training of employees • Complete weekly schedules understanding efficient/effective use of man-hours to control overtime. • Ensure products are being produced to company and customer specifications. Review data to ensure that processes are capable of meeting customer expectations. • Hold people accountable to doing their jobs. • Responsible for scheduling and maintaining an accurate and efficient inventory system. • Maintain an accurate inventory of finished goods, • Work with other departments in ordering, receiving, and monitoring the usage of materials, ingredients, chemicals, and supplies • Call in and follow up on the prompt issuance and completion of work orders. • Work with maintenance on a preventative maintenance program • Help to minimize downtime • Troubleshoot to improve overall efficiency. • Be on call and come into the plant as needed, which may include any time outside of the normal shift and weekends. • Other duties as assigned. • • QUALITY • Maintain customer satisfaction at all levels. • Maintain a good working relationship with suppliers, employees, and customers, • Maintain a high level of appearance and pride within the department. • Play an active role to inspect, review, and follow up on all plant and department audits. • Responsible for identifying and addressing any food safety hazards or quality threats. In the event that a food safety hazard or quality threat is identified, the employee is to notify their supervisor, a member of Quality, or a member of the Leadership Team. Employees are empowered to immediately address a food safety hazard or quality threats if they have the ability. • Responsible for attending all required safety and food safety training. • EMPLOYEE RELATIONS • Emphasize, train, and comply with all Good Manufacturing Practices (GMP’s). • Enforce and train employees on all company and department policies and procedures, including attendance, safety, and discipline. • Promptly report occurrences observed or addressed during this shift to the proper department head and/or plant manager. • Continually monitor progress, performance, and capabilities of staff with consistent and realistic expectations. • Observe the moral and understand its impact on other departments. • Understand EEOC employment practices and limit turnover by retaining qualified employees. • Supervise and coach direct reports. • Identify key employees and develop them for the future promotion. • Provide accurate and detailed documentation on all employee and safety related issues. • • COMMUNICATION • Work professionally and effectively cross departmentally, recognize and respect all levels of management. • Communicate and address all employee concerns promptly, consulting with human resources when needed, • Communicate daily with other supervisors and employees on plant issues. • Communicate with employees on a regular basis to explain changes/modifications and generally on how we run our business, listening to their concerns, and communicating their ideas to management. • Uphold a high level of confidentiality. • Possess good listening and presentation skills. • Accept criticism professionally, consult before reacting, and move on after resolution. • Provide timely and accurate information as requested at all levels of the organization. • Follow up on progress of any open issues. • Maintain positive relationships with other departments. • • ABILITY TO WORK WITH PEOPLE • Must be punctual, prepared, and respectful of others. • Must work well with others, understanding personality differences. • Must hold people accountable. • Must internally work well with all departments. • Set realistic time frames on projects and follow them through. • Be a self-starter • Must be willing to accept company and department changes by adapting to new procedures and ultimate solutions for a continuous improvement of operations. • • SAFETY • Be an active participant in loss control and food safety. • Actively participate in the HAZMAT team and training, at a minimum for the operations level. • Promote safety, support, help solve, and understand all company safety policies and practices. • Daily monitor plant conditions to create and maintain a “safe working environment”. • Conscientiously look for solutions and root causes to first reports of injury and near misses • Make recommendations for possible engineering controls or any other way to prevent future incidents. • Enforce all safety policies fair and consistently; investigate fact not fault. • Update, monitor, and keep current all LOTO, confined space, forklift, and other safety programs. • Oversee for proper completion of all work comp reports that occur during this shift, investigate, and be the person in charge of taking the employee to the hospital, if needed. • Be able to prioritize and timely process work orders as they relate to safety concerns. • QUALIFICATIONS, EDUCATION, AND WORK EXPERIENCE: Certificates and/or Licenses Required The warehouse supervisor must understand (GMP) good manufacturing practices, (HACCP) hazard analysis critical control points, must work well with individuals, must be a team player at all levels of the organization, and must be willing to accept, at the operations level, a main role on the company emergency response team. Prior management experience is preferred, but not required, depending on other qualifications. ACCOUNTABILITY: In the absence of the Plant Supervisor, the Plant Lead Man will be responsible for all plant supervisor duties. Other Job Requirements: This job description in no way states or implies that these are the only duties to be performed by this employee. He/she will be required to follow any other instructions and to perform any other duties requested by management. CCP AWARENESS: Plant Supervisors should be aware of all CCPs at the facility. Below is a breakdown of all CCPs.