Production Supervisor 1st Shift

As a premier global food provider, the OSI Group partners with the world’s leading food service and retail food brands to provide concept-to-table solutions that delight consumers around the globe.

Join us and discover a work experience where diverse ideas are met with enthusiasm, and where you can learn and grow to your full potential. We’re looking for individuals who thrive in an entrepreneurial environment and who enjoy working as a team to deliver unparalleled service and solutions to our customers.

The salary range posted represents the low and high end of OSI’s salary range for this position. Salaries will vary based on various factors, including but not limited to, location, education, skills, experience and performance. Base salary is one component of OSI’s overall total rewards package. Other components may include bonuses, special pay programs, comprehensive time off, 401k with match and a full suite of benefit offerings for you and your family.

This job is responsible for leading and developing a team of production employees to consistently deliver high-quality meat products in a safe, sanitary, and efficient environment. This role ensures daily production goals are met by effectively managing people, equipment, and processes while maintaining full compliance with company policies, regulatory requirements, and food safety standards.

• Job supervises a team, has authority to hire and performance-manage a team.
• Job leads/supervises/manages 21-25 employees.

• Plan and allocate daily resources—including labor, equipment, materials, and systems—to safely and cost-effectively meet production targets.
• Document daily production activities, analyze performance against established goals, and communicate variances during shift meetings and production reviews.
• Facilitate smooth production flow and maintain effective shift-to-shift handoffs by communicating key information to peers, team members, and Production Management.

• Review daily maintenance results and partner with Operations and Maintenance teams to identify issues and opportunities for improvement.
• Prioritize and request maintenance work orders; follow up to ensure timely completion to maximize equipment uptime and reliability.
• Continuous Improvement & Problem Solving
• Apply focused improvement and root-cause analysis tools to resolve production issues and prevent recurrence.
• Identify and recommend process improvements within the area of responsibility to support continuous improvement initiatives.

• Ensure strict compliance with quality programs, HACCP, GMPs, and all food safety requirements.
• Conduct sanitation audits, food safety checks, and product quality inspections as required.
• Actively engage in the identification, prevention, and correction of quality-related issues.

• Maintain a safe working environment by adhering to all safety policies, procedures, regulations, and required use of personal protective equipment.
• Promote a culture of safety by coaching employees and reinforcing safe work practices.
• This role has the responsibility to understand and places in practice appropriate safety procedures. This responsibility is achieved through education, training, use of protective equipment (as applicable) and by following safety policies, regulations, standards, and laws.
• Perform other duties as assigned.

• 3-5 years of experience in related field is preferred.
• Experience in a food manufacturing environment preferred.
• Working knowledge of good manufacturing practices, hazard analysis and critical control points, lean manufacturing and other food safety, quality, and manufacturing principles.
• Ability to communicate effectively in writing and verbally with employees at all levels of the organization.
• Ability to work with employees at all levels and to motivate direct reports; specifically mentoring and coaching individuals and identifying short- and long-term development needs and providing appropriate support.
• Ability to manage multiple priorities at one time using…