Position Title: Supervisor Production Plover Apps Nights

Position Type: Regular - Full-Time

Requisition ID: 44925

In every role, McCainers are ambitious, curious, and passionate about creating exceptional work experiences - together. With a customer-first mindset, we make doing business with McCain easy.

About the role.

The Production Supervisor is a hands-on leadership role responsible for leading, planning, organizing, and directing daily production operations. Reporting to the Centric Line Manager, this role works alongside the production team to deliver safe, efficient, high-quality production while meeting schedule and output requirements.

The Production Supervisor provides daily direction to employees, anticipates and resolves operational challenges, and ensures the people, materials, and equipment needed to meet production objectives are available. This role also owns key Daily Direction Setting activities and plays an important role in continuously improving line performance, food safety, quality, and workplace safety.

What you’ll be doing.

Lead day-to-day production activities across assigned lines, working alongside the team to achieve production, quality, food safety, and safety objectives.
Organize and assign work, provide daily direction to production employees, and communicate schedule or operational changes to the team.
Review production orders and schedules, ensuring appropriate materials, equipment, and staffing resources are available to meet production requirements.
Own the Daily Direction Setting process, including developing and executing the Plan for the Day and ensuring effective handoffs and plans for off shifts.
Maintain the health of the CIL system and support the implementation and continued evolution of planned stops.
Monitor production performance, proactively identify bottlenecks or operational problems, troubleshoot issues, and take appropriate action to maintain smooth-running production lines.
Ensure product specifications and quality requirements are met, daily manufacturing documentation is complete and accurate, and employees consistently follow Good Manufacturing Practices and established food safety guidelines.
Maintain strong housekeeping standards and enforce safe work practices, including lockout/tagout, proper lifting techniques, PPE requirements, and other applicable safety procedures.
Anticipate and resolve personnel and workflow issues to minimize production disruption while demonstrating positive leadership, strong work ethics, and effective communication.
Support all applicable food safety and quality programs, including responsibilities associated with the Business Continuity Plan, and promptly escalate concerns involving employee, product, equipment, food quality, or food safety.

What you’ll need to be successful.

High school diploma or equivalent required.
Four-year college or university degree and/or five years of production experience preferred.
At least two years of production supervisory experience, preferably within a food manufacturing environment.
Demonstrated ability to lead employees effectively in an active, hands-on production environment.
Ability to adapt to changing production schedules and coordinate staffing, equipment, and materials on an ad-hoc basis.
Strong troubleshooting, problem-solving, organizational, and decision-making capabilities.
Excellent verbal and written communication skills.
Standard computer skills and knowledge of basic mathematics and its practical application in a manufacturing environment.
Ability to consistently follow and reinforce Good Manufacturing Practices, food safety requirements, quality standards, and safe working procedures.
Ability to work a full-time schedule of approximately 45 hours per week on a 12-hour, 2-2-3 shift schedule.
Ability to lift up to 50 pounds and regularly stand, walk, bend, stoop, reach, and twist for extended periods.
Ability to wear required PPE and work around products and production environments with different temperature ranges.
Willingness and ability to perform additional duties assigned by management within safe working and operating conditions.

About the team.

This role supports our Plover Snacking Plant and is reporting to the Centric Line Manager. The Production Supervisor is a frontline, working leader who partners closely with production employees and other plant functions to keep operations running safely and efficiently. The role provides direct leadership on the production floor, helping the team execute the daily production plan, solve problems, maintain standards, and continuously improve performance.

About McCain.

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Leadership principles.

At McCain, our leadership principles guide how we engage with customers, collaborate as a team, and achieve success. We focus on understanding customer needs, driving innovation, empowering people, and taking ownership to clear obstacles and deliver results.

AI & Digital Capabilities.

At McCain, AI and digital capabilities are part of how we work and innovate. We value curiosity toward emerging technologies and the thoughtful, responsible use of AI-enabled tools to improve outcomes as part of our future-ready culture.

The McCain experience.

We are McCain. This statement is a testament to our collective strength and our individual value. Your contributions play a vital role in our success. Our winning culture is rooted in authenticity and trust, empowering us to bring out the best in one another. Here, you’ll find opportunities to learn, grow, and thrive. Join us and experience why we’re better together.

Our purpose is grounded in building meaningful relationships. We’re big believers in the power of working together in person—it helps us stay connected, collaborate more effectively, and grow as a team. At the same time, we recognize the importance of flexibility. Most office-based roles follow a hybrid model, with the option to work remotely two days a week. There may be exceptions depending on the role and location, so we encourage you to speak with your recruiter for more details.

Compensation Package: $65,500.00 - $87,400.00 . USD annually + Bonus eligibility

The above reflects the target compensation range for the position at the time of posting. Hiring compensation will be determined based on experience, skill set, education and training, and other organizational needs. This posting is for an existing vacancy.

Benefits: At McCain, we’re on a mission to create a winning culture that puts employee safety and well-being at the heart of what we do, every day. We understand and appreciate that each person’s needs are unique and ensure our benefits & well-being programs reflect that. Employees are eligible for the following benefits: health coverage (medical, dental, vision, prescription drug), retirement savings benefits, and leave support including medical, family and bereavement. Well-being programs include vacation and holidays, company-supported volunteering time, and mental health resources. Coverages are aligned with applicable law and can vary by work level, location, and nature of the role. Additional benefit detail available during the application process.

Your well-being matters to us, and we’re here to provide you with the necessary resources to support you in being your best self at work — and at home.

McCain Foods is an equal opportunity employer. As a global family-owned company, we strive to be the employer of choice in the diverse communities around the world in which we live and work. We recognize that inclusion drives our creativity, resilience, and success and makes our business stronger. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, religion, color, national origin, sex, age, veteran status, disability, or any other protected characteristic under applicable law.

McCain is an accessible employer. If you require an accommodation throughout the recruitment process (including alternate formats of materials or accessible meeting rooms), please let us know and we will work with you to find appropriate solutions.

Your privacy is important to us. By submitting personal data or information to us, you agree this will be handled in accordance with McCain’s Global Privacy Policy and Global Employee Privacy Policy, as applicable. McCain leverages AI in the hiring process, though all final decisions are made by humans. You can understand our approach to AI and how your personal information is being handled here.

Job Family: Manufacturing
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Company: McCain Foods USA, Inc.

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