Production Supervisor

Job summary

The Production Supervisor oversees day-to-day shift operations, ensuring safety, quality, and throughput targets are met. They are responsible for coaching staff, enforcing compliance standards, and leading process improvement initiatives.

Job details

About the Company A well-established name in food manufacturing, known for operational excellence, rigorous quality standards, and a culture that puts its people first. This is a fast-moving, high-volume production environment with a strong reputation across the industry. About the Role This organization is looking for a Production Supervisor to oversee the day-to-day operations. Reporting into the Production Manager, you'll take ownership of shift performance — keeping safety, quality, and throughput on track while developing the people underneath you. Responsibilities Own the day-to-day enforcement of production standards — safety, quality, yield, labour costing, union relations, HACCP, and BRC compliance Deliver hands-on training and coaching to production staff, ensuring GMP practices and procedures are consistently followed across the shift Contribute to ongoing process improvement, helping shape SOPs and departmental policy Represent the shift during internal and external audits, leading investigations and corrective action plans when issues arise Qualifications Hands-on supervisory background in a food or beverage manufacturing setting Working knowledge of GMP, HACCP, BRC, and broader food safety compliance frameworks A track record of coaching and developing frontline teams, with the ability to hold people accountable

What you’ll do

The Production Supervisor oversees day-to-day shift operations, ensuring safety, quality, and throughput targets are met. They are responsible for coaching staff, enforcing compliance standards, and leading process improvement initiatives.

Requirements

Candidates must have hands-on supervisory experience within a food or beverage manufacturing environment. A strong working knowledge of GMP, HACCP, and BRC food safety frameworks is required.

Listed skills

• Quality assurance · Preferred
• Process Improvement · Preferred

Other relevant skills

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• Production Supervision
• Food Manufacturing
• GMP
• HACCP
• BRC Compliance
• Safety Management
• Quality Assurance
• Team Coaching
• Process Improvement
• SOP Development
• Audit Representation
• Union Relations
• Yield Management
• Labour Costing

Job areas

• Manufacturing
• Food & Beverage
• Management & Leadership