Production Supervisor
Key Skills for This Role
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Snapshot of a Day-in-the-Life:
Ensure daily production targets are met while maintaining quality, safety, and efficiency standards.
Supervise and coordinate floor staff, including assigning tasks, monitoring performance, and providing coaching or corrective action as needed.
Enforce food safety, hygiene, and GMP (Good Manufacturing Practices) in compliance with regulatory and company standards.
Monitor production processes and equipment to identify issues or inefficiencies and ensure minimal downtime.
Complete and verify production records, batch sheets, and shift reports with accuracy and timeliness.
Support implementation of HACCP, BRCGS, and Maple Leaf food safety standards, ensuring team compliance during operations.
Facilitate daily shift meetings and communicate updates, changes, or concerns to team members and management.
Train new employees and cross-train existing staff on equipment, procedures, and safety protocols.
Promote a culture of safety by ensuring proper PPE use, conducting safety audits, and responding to incidents appropriately.
Collaborate with maintenance, FSQA, H&S and planning teams to resolve issues and maintain a smooth production flow.
Demonstrate an active involvement/commitment to a progressive health and safety program and food safety program.
Perform other duties as assigned.
What You’ll Bring:
Relevant work experience within a unionized manufacturing environment.
Effectively supervises, motivates, and develops frontline staff to achieve production goals and maintain a high-performing team.
Strong interpersonal, oral and written communication skills.
Strong understanding of manufacturing processes, equipment, and workflow optimization to ensure consistent output and quality.
Skilled in using SAP to track performance, report issues, and support data-driven decision-making and strong competency in Microsoft Office tools.
Ability to identify issues on the floor, analyzes root causes, and implements corrective actions to minimize downtime.
What We Offer at Maple Leaf Foods:
- Being part of a high-performance, people-focused company that has an inspiring and unique vision to become the most sustainable protein company on earth, and a deep commitment to sustainable protein across North America.
- An inclusive company culture and a work environment that keeps our people safe, rewards excellence, and empowers everyone to learn and contribute their best.
- Competitive Health and Wellness benefits that offer flexibility to meet your individual or family needs, including programs focused on improving mental health and wellbeing. These benefits start on your first day of employment.
- Defined Contribution Pension Plan with company matching that starts on your first day of employment.
- Learning and development opportunities, including workshops, ‘speaker series’ events, and resources that allow you to develop your skills and progress your career.
- Comprehensive tuition reimbursement program that supports continuous learning and development of our team members through investment in eligible degrees, diplomas, professional certification, or trades programs.
- Supporting our deep commitment to community impact, we offer up to two paid days annually to volunteer at a cause of your choice.
About Us:
We are carbon neutral.
We are one of the only food companies in Canada to set science-based targets.
We embrace a strong, values-based culture
Doing What’s Right
Shared Value
High Performance
Diverse and Inclusive Teams
Disciplined Decision Making
Our Accountability
Intense Curiosity
Transparency and Humility
We thank all applicants for their interest in exploring employment opportunities with Maple Leaf Foods; however, only those selected for an interview will be contacted. Applicants may be subject to a background check and must meet the security criteria designated for the position. Championing diversity and inclusion is a critical component to advancing our collective purpose and vision, living the Maple Leaf Leadership Values, and delivering winning results. Accommodation is available upon request for applicants with disabilities in the recruitment and assessment process and when hired; please contact our Talent Attraction Team at [email protected] . Disclaimer: Please note that salaries posted on sites other than the MLF Careers Page are not a reflection of Maple Leaf Foods and are an estimated salary range provided by that particular job board. Maple Leaf Foods offers competitive wages and an attractive total rewards package, which will be discussed during an interview with our Talent Team.
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A leading Canadian producer of meat and protein products.
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