Line Supervisor

Overview: The Production Line Supervisor is responsible for leading, training, and motivating a cross-functional team to safely maximize output while maintaining high-quality standards in a fast-paced beverage manufacturing environment. This role oversees production processes, equipment functionality, and plant cleanliness, ensuring operational excellence and continuous improvement

Key Responsibilities:

• Excellence in Leadership: Take charge of the production line, lead personnel by example, and manage processes and equipment, while fostering a positive culture of accountability and teamwork.
• Optimize Performance: Ensure equipment operates at peak efficiency, minimizing downtime while meeting or exceeding productivity, safety, and quality targets.
• Drive Continuous Improvement: Identify bottlenecks, creatively problem-solve, and implement solutions to enhance productivity, safety, and quality.
• Coach, Train, and Develop: Guide, mentor, and assist production team members in performing tasks safely, efficiently, and in compliance with standardized procedures—with a special emphasis on developing machine operators to assist in and take over certain maintenance and sanitation functions such as CIPs and preventative maintenance.
• Prioritize Team Well-Being: Place the safety and development of team members above all else, ensuring a positive and disciplined work environment.
• Cross-Team Collaboration and Cohesion: Communicate effectively with Quality, Sanitation, and Maintenance teams to ensure seamless coordination.
• Set and Enforce the Standard: Ensure compliance with all operational and safety protocols, to include Good Manufacturing Practices (GMPs), PPE compliance, forklift safety, break times, and production and equipment SOPs.
• Supervise and Lead Daily Operations: Lead Shop Floor Meetings, update efficiency boards, ensure all production records are accurately completed.
• Oversee Training: Monitor training progress, maintain documentation, and ensure adherence to job standards and regulatory requirements.
• Problem Solving and Resource Allocation: Assist in and allocate resources to equipment maintenance, troubleshooting, line changeovers, and sanitation as needed.
• Maintain Cleanliness: Ensure work areas meet hygiene standards and leave the production line in better condition than found.
• Other duties as assigned.  

Education and Experience:

• High school diploma or equivalent required; associate degree in Manufacturing Supervision or related field preferred.
• 3+ years of manufacturing experience (food/beverage industry and machinery experience preferred).  
• 1–2 years of supervisory/management experience preferred.  

Skills and Abilities:

• Demonstrated leadership success in a manufacturing setting.
• Strong analytical skills with high attention to detail.  
• Ability to prioritize tasks based on business needs with a proactive, high-urgency approach.  
• Excellent interpersonal, verbal, and written communication skills.  
• Ability to coach, mentor, and develop team members while fostering trust and collaboration.
• Proficient in reading and explaining job standards, quality specifications, and regulatory requirements.  
• Forklift certification (provided by Krier Beverage, Inc.).
• Food Safety Training required.