Production Supervisor - 3rd Shift

If you are currently employed at Smithfield, please log into Workday and submit your application through the Jobs Hub. A great job-and a great future-awaits you at Smithfield Foods. We are an American food company with a leading position in packaged meats and fresh pork products. We?re looking for motivated people who want to join our team and grow lasting and meaningful careers with us. Apply Now! Our team members receive industry-competitive salaries and are eligible for great benefits packages: Competitive Pay Annual Bonus Earning Potential Earn up to 30% additional pay weekly with our Extended Work Week Compensation Program!* Earn up to 10% additional pay weekly for 2nd and 3rd shift positions!* Comprehensive Health Insurance, Retirement Benefits and More Education benefit available to full and part time Smithfield team members on their first day of employment. *Program eligibilities apply Open to moving? We will help! Ask about our Relocation Assistance packages! In addition, we offer opportunities for career growth, professional development, and tuition assistance. THE VALUE YOU?LL BRING In this role, you'll 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, keeping the team aligned with daily objectives and results, all while maximizing efficiency and minimizing costs. Plus, you'll oversee the routine maintenance and setup of equipment and facilities to keep everything running at peak performance. This is your chance to make a real impact in a dynamic environment where your leadership and expertise will shape the success of the operation. WHAT YOU?LL DO 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. WHAT WE?RE SEEKING Bachelor?s degree from an accredited four-year college or university in Business or a related field and 2+ years of relevant experience, or equivalent combination of education and experience, required. Experience acting as a lead by providing training, coaching or mentoring to less experienced staff or through managing a process or project. Strong communication skills (oral and written) while leading problem-solving efforts for complex process issues with solid analytical and math abilities. Skilled at motivating, training, and coaching employees to achieve peak performance while fostering a positive, respectful, and team-oriented work environment. Adaptable to fast-paced, dynamic environments, capable of working in varying conditions (heat and cold), and willing to work long hours and weekends when needed. This role offers the opportunity to travel up to 5% of the time. OTHER SKILLS THAT MAKE YOU STAND OUT If you're savvy with SAP, internet tools, spreadsheets, Word, order processing, and inventory software, we want to see your skills in action! Bring your experience in food processing, leadership, and manufacturing to the table?your knowledge of yields, plant efficiencies, and operations procedures will be key to driving success. Bonus points if you're bilingual! We love diverse skills that help us connect and thrive. PHYSICAL DEMANDS & WORK ENVIRONMENT The plant environment will include wet or humid conditions (non-weather related), extreme cold and heat (non-weather related), working near moving mechanical parts, exposure to fumes or airborne particles, and chemicals. Noise level in the work environment is usually moderate but can be loud when in the production area. Occasionally lift and/or move up to 50 pounds. Specific vision abilities required include close vision, distance vision and ability to adjust focus. Frequently required to stand; walk; use hands to finger, handle, or feel; reach with hands and arms; stoop, kneel, crouch, or crawl and talk or hear. IndSPR-Ops Informations relatives ? l??galit? des chances et ? l?action positive (EEO/AA) Smithfield est un employeur respectueux de l??galit? des chances dans l?emploi et soucieux de la diversit? sur le lieu de travail. La candidature de tous les candidats qualifi?s sera ?tudi?e pour un poste sans ?gards ? leur race, couleur de peau, religion, sexe, orientation sexuelle, origine nationale, ?ge, identit? de genre, statut d?ancien combattant prot?g?, statut de personne handicap?e ou tout autre statut de groupe prot?g? ou caract?ristique non professionnelle en vertu de la loi. Si vous ?tes une personne en situation de handicap et que vous souhaitez demander un am?nagement raisonnable pour une partie du processus de s?lection, veuillez nous appeler au 757-357-1595. At Smithfield, good food starts with good people. "Good food. Responsibly.?" is more than just our tagline; it's what we do. We provide good jobs. We take good care of our animals. We are good stewards of the environment. We do good in our local communities. Smithfield is proud to offer robust, flexible and affordable benefit plans and programs to support our team members and their loved ones, and with out-of-pocket costs, on average, 20 percent less than plans offered by other employers. Beyond our medical plans, our Be Well programs offer tools and resources to enhance your quality of life, at no additional cost. These programs are uniquely tailored to our Smithfield team and provide support for elective surgeries, weight loss, mental health, cancer, kidney disease, diabetes, smoking cessation, asthma, maternity management and more. In addition, Smithfield offers tuition assistance and tuition reimbursement. In partnership with Guild, Smithfield provides upfront tuition assistance, covering up to 100% of tuition costs for various degree and certificate programs and offering partial funding for other learning programs to help team members accomplish their personal and professional goals. Smithfield offers more than 200 fully or partially funded programs across 60+ learning partners, including college degrees and certificates in high-growth areas like business, technology, engineering, sustainability and more; high school completion and college preparatory programs; and English language learning. Full-time and part-time Smithfield team members are eligible on their first day of employment. Learn more at smithfield.guildeducation.com. Smithfield?s Education Reimbursement Program provides financial reimbursement to team members who want to further their formal education by obtaining a GED/High School Equivalency (HSE) Diploma or by pursuing an academic degree at an accredited college or university that is not a Guild learning partner. Headquartered in?Smithfield, Virginia,?since 1936,?Smithfield Foods, Inc. is an American food company with a leading position in packaged meats and fresh pork products. With a diverse brand portfolio and strong relationships with U.S. farmers and customers, we responsibly meet demand for quality protein around the world. For more information, visit www.smithfieldfoods.com. We believe in the power of protein to end food insecurity and have donated hundreds of millions of food servings to our communities. Smithfield boasts a portfolio of high-quality iconic brands, such as Smithfield?, Eckrich? and Nathan's Famous?, among many others. For more information, visit www.smithfieldfoods.com and connect with us on Facebook, X, formerly known as Twitter, LinkedIn, and Instagram. Not finding the right fit? Let us know you're interested in a future opportunity by clicking Get Started below or create an account by clicking 'Sign In' at the top of the page to set up email alerts as new job postings become available that meet your interest!

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