First Line Production Supervisor-(2nd shift)
Cargill · Temple, TX
- Level
- Supervisor
- Team
- Production
- Degree
- Required
- Industry
- Food & beverage
- Posted
- 22 days ago
The role in 30 seconds
A supervisor production role at Cargill (food & beverage) in Temple, TX. Develop, supervise and provide coaching to direct reports including coaching company core values and guiding principles for assigned facilities or region.
- They ask for
- degree required
- Tools it names
- Lean, Six Sigma
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From the plant jobs report · week of October 19, 2026
Production Supervisor roles in Texas: typical posted base $85k–$118k.
Median of the low and high ends of 9 live postings that list pay, out of 69 production supervisor openings in Texas, read from manufacturers' own careers sites.
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How this role compares
Against 71 other live production postings in Texas.
- Base pay
- Not listed in this posting
- Experience asked
- Not stated
Typical $80k–$118k, from 5 postings that list pay.
Similar roles usually ask 4+ years.
Skills these teams ask for most
- ✓ Team leadership 86%
- ✓ Lean 40%
- Root cause 31%
✓ = this posting asks for it too. % = share of similar postings that mention it.
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This plant: Cargill in Temple
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Key Accountabilities
- ◆Execute routine operations of assigned area, ensuring direct reports are following policies and procedures related to employee, food and feed safety and environmental compliance.
- ◆Monitor production outcomes, quantity, and quality to ensure customer and food safety
requirements
are within specifications.
- ✓Partner with production supervisors to meet customer specifications and timeline.
- ✓Administer production budget for a department, process, or shift and executes purchase orders and ensures timely payment of invoices
- ✓Develop operational plans and monitors routine operations for all production processes for multiple departments, processes and shifts.
- ✓Develop, supervise and provide coaching to direct reports including coaching company core values and guiding principles for assigned facilities or region.
- ✓Responsible for personnel decisions related to hiring, performance and disciplinary actions for your direct reports. You will also spend time completing the same tasks as employees on your team.
- ✓Other duties as assigned
Qualifications
- ✓Bachelor’s degree in a related field or equivalent experience
- ✓Minimum one year of directly related work experience
- ✓Basic computers skills
Preferred Qualifications
- ✓One year of supervisory experience
- ✓Lean six sigma
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Cargill is a family company committed to providing food and agricultural solutions to nourish the world in a safe, responsible, and sustainable way. We sit at the heart of the supply chain, partnering with producers and customers to source, make and deliver products that are vital for living. By providing customers with life’s essentials, we enable businesses to grow, communities to prosper, and consumers to live well.
This position is in our specialized portfolio enterprise where we serve diverse businesses who support unique customers or markets, including animal nutrition and health, bioindustrial, road safety salt and Cargill joint ventures.
Job Purpose and Impact
The First Line Production Supervisor (2nd shift) will provide strategic operational oversight for all production operating facilities with moderate presence in multiple regions or moderate degree of complexity. In this role, you will oversee and hold operating facilities accountable to standards for safety, quality, operational effectiveness and financial performance.