Production Supervisor

Interested applicants can apply directly to Wade Mayer at Wade_Mayer@rainbowagro-us.com .

Title: Production Supervisor

Department: Production

Location: Champaign, Illinois

Direct Reports: Production Technicians

Reports To: Plant Production Center – Champaign

FLSA Status: Salaried Exempt

• •Maintain a strong safety culture and ensure employees follow all company safety policies, procedures, and PPE requirements.
• •Lead by example and immediately address unsafe behaviors and conditions.
• •Conduct or participate in safety meetings, inspections, incident investigations, and corrective actions.
• •Ensure employees are properly trained before performing assigned tasks.
• •Enforce chemical handling, spill prevention, emergency response, lockout/tagout, forklift, and other applicable safety requirements.
• •Ensure production areas remain clean, organized, and free of unnecessary hazards.
• •Stop work when an unsafe condition exists and ensure appropriate corrective action is taken.

• •Execute daily and weekly production schedules while maintaining safety and quality requirements.
• •Assign employees to production lines and tasks based on production needs, employee qualifications, and available resources.
• •Monitor production progress throughout the shift and adjust priorities as necessary.
• •Ensure raw materials, packaging materials, equipment, and personnel are available to meet production requirements.
• •Monitor production rates, downtime, material usage, yields, and other key performance indicators.
• •Identify production bottlenecks and take appropriate action to minimize downtime.
• •Ensure production records, batch documentation, and other required documentation are completed accurately and on time.
• •Coordinate with Maintenance & Instrument/Controls Technicians when equipment problems affect production.
• •Communicate production status, problems, and priorities to management.

• •Ensure production is performed according to approved procedures, work instructions, batch records, and quality requirements.
• •Work closely with Quality to investigate and resolve production-related quality issues.
• •Ensure proper line clearance, equipment cleaning, material identification, and prevention of cross-contamination.
• •Investigate process deviations and participate in root-cause analysis and corrective actions.
• •Identify opportunities to improve consistency, efficiency, and product quality.

• •Provide daily direction, coaching, and feedback to production employees.
• •Establish clear expectations for attendance, performance, safety, quality, housekeeping, and teamwork.
• •Train and develop employees so they can perform their jobs safely and independently.
• •Cross-train employees to increase flexibility and operational coverage.
• •Address performance and behavioral issues promptly and professionally.
• •Recognize good performance and reinforce positive behaviors.
• •Develop employees who demonstrate the potential to take on additional responsibility.
• •Hold employees accountable for following company policies and established procedures.
• •Build a team environment based on communication, respect, accountability, and cooperation.

• •Conduct shift meetings and communicate daily production priorities.
• •Maintain clear communication between Production, Quality, Logistics, and Management.
• •Escalate significant safety, quality, equipment, personnel, or production issues promptly.
• •Ensure important information is communicated between shifts to prevent problems from being repeated.
• •Maintain accurate production and employee-related documentation.
• •Participate in production planning and scheduling discussions.

• •Identify opportunities to improve productivity, safety, quality, and employee effectiveness.
• •Encourage employees to identify problems and suggest improvements.
• •Participate in process-improvement projects and implementation of corrective actions.
• •Look for opportunities to reduce waste, downtime, rework, material loss, and unnecessary labor.
• •Help establish and maintain standard work practices.
• •Promote a culture of solving problems at the root cause rather than repeatedly addressing the symptoms.

Leadership Expectations

The Production Supervisor is expected to lead rather than simply direct .

• •Be visible and engaged on the production floor.
• •Make decisions within their area of responsibility.
• •Take ownership of problems and follow them through to resolution.
• •Teach employees how and why work should be performed.
• •Anticipate problems rather than waiting for them to occur.
• •Hold employees accountable while treating them fairly and respectfully.
• •Communicate problems early rather than allowing them to become larger issues.
• •Work collaboratively with other departments.
• •Maintain composure and professionalism