Production Supervisor

Role Overview When you join Smithfield, you become part of a company that sustainably feeds people around the world. With opportunities across locations and functions, a culture grounded in our Core Four values—gratitude, communication, respect and accountability—and a strong commitment to learning, collaboration, and innovation, Smithfield offers challenging and rewarding careers where you can grow, contribute and make a real impact. Key Responsibilities You will be at the heart of our operations—leading the charge on the front lines. You’ll oversee the entire production process, from tracking yields to making real‑time adjustments to keep things running smoothly. Ensuring safety and USDA health standards are met at every stage of the manufacturing process will be in your hands. Your efforts will directly contribute to maintaining the trusted quality that brands like Smithfield, Eckrich, Nathan’s Famous, and others are known for. As a supervisor, you’ll guide and lead production employees during your shifts, ensuring production targets are met on time and to the highest quality standards. You’ll play a pivotal role in training, coaching, and motivating your team to achieve production goals while maintaining safety and quality. You’ll drive clear communication across all levels, keep the team aligned with daily objectives and results, and maximize efficiency while minimizing costs. Additionally, you’ll oversee the routine maintenance and setup of equipment and facilities to keep everything running at peak performance. Safety and Compliance: You will perform daily inspections on the production floor to identify unsafe conditions and take immediate corrective action as needed. You’ll also lead safety audits, champion ergonomic initiatives, and ensure adherence to HACCP and USDA regulations. Product Quality and Training: You will maintain product quality by enforcing the Food Safety and Food Quality plans, training employees on safe operating procedures (including lock‑out/tag‑out), and ensuring tasks are performed according to product specifications. Operational Efficiency: You will track and analyze production yields, efficiencies, and variances, working with Operations Managers and Supervisors to improve workflows and equipment use to minimize downtime and reduce costs. Team Leadership and Communication: You will direct and provide guidance to hourly production employees, ensuring alignment on safety, quality, and production goals. You’ll also lead monthly line meetings and walk the production floor daily. Continuous Improvement: You will analyze key product performance metrics, identify areas for improvement, and suggest changes to enhance production efficiency, minimize costs, and maintain high standards of quality. Qualifications Bachelor’s degree from an accredited four‑year college or university in Business or a related field and 2+ years of relevant experience, or an equivalent combination of education and experience, is required. Experience acting as a lead by providing training, coaching or mentoring to less experienced staff or managing a process or project is essential. Strong communication skills, problem‑solving abilities, solid analytical and mathematical skills, and the ability to motivate, train, and coach employees to achieve peak performance while fostering a positive, respectful, and team‑oriented work environment are required. The role requires adaptability to fast‑paced, dynamic environments, working in varied conditions (heat and cold), and willingness to work long hours and weekends when needed. Travel up to 5% of the time may be required. Preferred Skills Experience with SAP, internet tools, spreadsheets, Word, order processing, and inventory software is highly desirable. Knowledge of food processing, leadership, and manufacturing operations, including yields, plant efficiencies, and procedures, is valuable. Bilingual abilities are a bonus. Physical Demands & Work Environment The plant environment will include wet or humid conditions, extreme cold and heat, working near moving mechanical parts, exposure to fumes or airborne particles, and chemicals. Noise levels are typically moderate but can be loud in the production area. Occasionally lift or move up to 50 pounds. Required visual and general work abilities include close vision, distance vision, and the ability to adjust focus. Regular standing, walking, handling, reaching, stooping, kneeling, crouching, crawling, talking, and hearing are necessary. Salary Range: $55,000–$83,125. Relocation Package Available. No EEO Information Smithfield is an equal opportunity employer committed to workplace diversity. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, national origin, age, gender identity, protected veteran status, status as a disabled individual or any other protected group status or non‑job characteristic as directed by law. If you are an individual with a disability and would like to request a reasonable accommodation for any part of the employment selection process, please call us at View phone number on click.appcast.io. #J-18808-Ljbffr Smithfield Packaged Meats Corp