Food Manufacturing Plant Supervisor

Job Title: Food Manufacturing Plant Supervisor

Location: Beaumont, TX

Job Type: Onsite, Full-Time

About the Job:

We are seeking an experienced Food Manufacturing Plant Supervisor to lead daily production operations in a fast-paced food manufacturing environment. This role is responsible for overseeing production teams, driving operational efficiency, ensuring food safety and regulatory compliance, maintaining product quality, and supporting continuous improvement initiatives. The ideal candidate has a strong background in food or beverage manufacturing, team leadership, and production management.

Key Responsibilities:

Supervise daily manufacturing operations to achieve production schedules, maximize efficiency, and minimize downtime.

Lead, coach, train, and develop production employees, team leads, and machine operators.

Monitor production performance, yields, scrap, and labor utilization while identifying opportunities for process improvements.

Ensure compliance with all food safety, quality, sanitation, and regulatory standards, including GMP, HACCP, SOPs, and SSOPs.

Conduct quality inspections, verify packaging integrity, temperature controls, and sanitation procedures.

Enforce OSHA safety regulations and company safety policies through audits, safety meetings, and incident investigations.

Coordinate staffing, shift scheduling, employee performance evaluations, and disciplinary actions in partnership with Human Resources.

Maintain accurate production records, inventory counts, shift reports, and operational documentation.

Analyze production data to identify root causes of operational issues and implement corrective actions.

Collaborate with Quality Assurance, Maintenance, Engineering, Warehouse, and other cross-functional teams to improve productivity and product quality.

Support continuous improvement initiatives focused on reducing waste, improving efficiencies, and optimizing production processes.

Perform additional duties as assigned.

Required Qualifications:

2–5+ years of supervisory or leadership experience in a food, beverage, consumer packaged goods (CPG), or agricultural processing manufacturing environment.

Experience managing production teams within a manufacturing facility.

Strong knowledge of food manufacturing operations and industrial production equipment.

Experience with production planning, reporting, process improvement, and performance metrics.

Excellent leadership, coaching, communication, and team-building skills.

Strong analytical and problem-solving abilities with a data-driven approach.

Ability to work effectively in a fast-paced manufacturing environment while managing multiple priorities.

Preferred Qualifications:

HACCP, GMP, BRCGS, or other food safety certifications.

Experience with food processing software and manufacturing systems.

Knowledge of fillers, packaging equipment, wrappers, conveyors, and other food processing machinery.

Experience with processed meat manufacturing and smokehouse operations is a plus.

Core Competencies:

Food Manufacturing Operations

Production Supervision

Team Leadership & Employee Development

Continuous Improvement

GMP, HACCP, SOP & SSOP Compliance

OSHA & Workplace Safety

Quality Assurance

Lean Manufacturing Principles

Root Cause Analysis

Production Planning & Scheduling

Performance Management

Inventory & Production Reporting

Cross-Functional Collaboration

Data Analysis & Problem Solving

Organizational & Communication Skills

Physical Requirements:

Ability to stand and walk for extended periods throughout the production facility.

Frequently lift, reach, bend, stoop, crouch, and climb as required.

Ability to work in a manufacturing environment while wearing required personal protective equipment (PPE).

Must be able to work around industrial machinery and varying production conditions.