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Michigan Milk Producers Association 2nd Shift Production Supervisor in Ovid, Michigan
Join our Ovid, MI team as a 2nd Shift Production Supervisory. You will be responsible for supervising/leading a team of production employees during the assigned shift. This position plans and assigns work, implements policies and procedures, and recommends improvements in production methods, equipment, operating procedures, and working conditions.
*About Us: *
The Michigan Milk Producers Association (MMPA) -- established in 1916 -- is a dairy farmer-owned and operated milk marketing cooperative and dairy processor. As the 10th largest dairy cooperative in the U.S., MMPA serves dairy farmers throughout Michigan, Wisconsin, Ohio, and Indiana, employing approximately 625 people in four states. In addition to a cheese plant in Indiana called the Middlebury Cheese Company, and a dairy product plant in Ohio called Superior Dairy, MMPA operates two SQF Level 3 dairy ingredient plants in Michigan. Products made at MMPA's plants include fluid milk, cheese, ultra-filtered milk, ice cream, butter, nonfat dry milk, cream, and condensed skim milk.
Why you'll love working here:
- Competitive salary
- health and wellness benefits with medical coverage through Blue Cross Blue Shield, including mental health benefits
- Disability insurance
- Paid time off
- Retirement including 401k with employer contributions
- Personal and professional growth opportunities
- Employee appreciation events and recognition awards
- Employee wellness initiatives
- Employees feedback and suggestion forums
Responsibilities & Duties:
Plan and organize available resources (employees, materials, time, equipment) to best meet shift production, quality, and safety goals. Monitors and adapts plans throughout the shift as needed.
Develop, coach, and counsel employees to ensure a motivated and competent workforce on the shift.
Work cooperatively with other production supervisors to ensure effective shift-to-shift transitions and minimize disruption due to unplanned absences. This includes conducting a pre-shift briefing with the supervisors to be relieved, completing shift notes for the current shift, and briefing the incoming supervisor when done with the change.
Keeps other Departments within the organization informed of the status of work items.
Continually develops a stronger understanding of the operation of our milk balancing plant to include: equipment operations, workflow, and labor contract features. This includes developing hands-on familiarity with operating processing equipment and the ability to update the production plan.
Evaluate and maintain the effective application of the SQF plan to ensure product quality.
Evaluate and maintain the effective application of the MMPA Safety System to ensure worker and workplace safety.
Evaluate and maintain the effective application of the FSMA plan to ensure manufactured products are safe from contamination.
Maintain the plant's manufacturing equipment in sanitary condition (ensure employees clean and sanitize tanks and pipe routings, hook up and load / unload raw/finished material delivery tankers, and clean work areas according to plant SSOPs to assure the quality of the manufactured product.
Inspect facility (production, warehouse, grounds) to assure adherence to safety and operating policies and Good Manufacturing Practices (GMP) using Company policies and procedures.
Coordinate changes in production staffing and/or processes to ensure proper manufacturing communication.
Ensure regulatory compliance is achieved daily.
Evaluate leadership, direction, and coaching skills to achieve work objectives and improve performance skills.
Take action to improve one's kn