Manufacturing Plant Superintendent

Location Birmingham - Corporate Headquarters

Buffalo Rock is an award-winning Pepsi and Keurig Dr Pepper bottler founded in Birmingham, AL more than 123 years ago. Buffalo Rock manages the best beverage portfolio in the country, which includes several beloved global and regional brands.
The Manufacturing Plant Superintendent is a key member of the Corporate Manufacturing Team responsible for exercising independent judgment and discretion in managing all areas of the plant, and in supervising the employees working in all areas of the plant.

Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform these essential functions.

• Direct the work of employees assigning tasks and positions as necessary.
• Ensure that the employees perform their jobs properly and as safely as possible.
• Evaluate employees and provide input as to whether they should be retained in or advanced from the labor pool or production positions or should be removed from positions to which they had been promoted.
• Coach and consistently provide feedback opportunities for developing skillsets for the Production Supervisor(s) career path.
• Correct employees as necessary, initiate discipline, initiate work performance and conduct-related corrective actions and recommend suspensions and terminations as necessary.
• Deal with employee concerns and complaints and refer them to upper management or other resources when appropriate.
• Assure that the attire of the employees is in line with company policy.
• Gather information before the start of the shift from the previous shift supervisors and plant superintendent on production schedule status and if there are any raw material or machine issues/problems as well as communicate such information to the incoming supervisors and plant superintendent of the next shift.
• Check emails at the beginning and end of every shift.
• Manage production work assignments and filling out crewing rosters and other paperwork as necessary including but not limited to production reports, assignment reports, and clean up reports.
• Ensure that the lines for which they are responsible run efficiently, and that the total output of those lines is acceptable to management.
• Perform flavor changeovers and supervise all employees involved in that process during the changeover and ensure that flavor changeover is “in-range/on target” under applicable standards.
• Manage employees and the production areas in a manner consistent with Good Manufacturing Practices in an effort to maintain the facility to a standard that would be conducive to an audit environment.
• Coordinate with Quality Control on any quality issues that arise and meet on any issues if needed.
• Coordinate with Maintenance on any mechanical issues that arise and meet on any issues if needed.
• Coordinate with Supply Chain department when issues arise with raw materials.
• Exercise independent judgment and discretion in dealing with problems that arise on the lines, and involving management and/or upper management as necessary.
• Must enforce and adhere to all applicable policies and procedures.
• Ensure that employees are properly trained on all production tasks.
• Ensure that employees timely complete quarterly training curriculum, including but not limited to web-based and facilitated training.
• Ensure that production schedules are met and quality is maintained.
• Communicate with employees as needed.
• Assist with communication and implementation of new policies and procedures.
• Update/Review time sheets and supports payroll in gathering/clarifying payroll data.
• Complete all documents pertaining to accidents/incidents as well as notifying all parties on the contact list.
• Knowledge of and ability to perform Prerequisite and Food Safety Programs (Screen Checks) as required for audits.
• FOOD SAFETY: Required to follow the Good manufacturing Program GMPs as listed in Code of Federal Regulations CFR 21 section 110. Requires participation in various Food Safety related training that Buffalo Rock utilizes. Required to report potential issues related to Food Safety.
• Carry out other duties as assigned.

• Must exhibit a high level of ethical and…