Production Supervisor

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Job Title:

Production Supervisor

Location:

Souderton, PA, Mid-Atlantic United States, USA

Company:

The Wenger Group

Industry Sector:

Agribusiness

Industry Type:

Input Retail, Cooperative and Related Crop Services

Career Type:

Job Type:

Full Time

Minimum Years Experience Required:

N/A

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USA Notify me of jobs like this I agree to receive alerts from AgCareers.com and to the Terms of Service. Production Supervisor Follow Company More Jobs from The We... Send to Friend Who we are: We're a leading Northeast family-owned food, agricultural products, and agricultural services organization headquartered in Pennsylvania. We provide animal nutrition and feeds; specialty protein production, processing, and marketing; on-farm protein production services; and grain, fertilizer, and ingredient procurement. Leidy's is a wholly owned subsidiary of the Wenger Group since 2022. Leidy's is a 130-year-old pork company located on the family farm in Pennsylvania, where Jacob Leidy was deeded the original land grant by William Penn in 1753. We're a stable company with strong core values, great benefits, competitive wage structure, and a safe and healthy work environment. With over 1000 team members, we're a growing company in an essential sector

• agriculture!

Learn more here: https://www.thewengergroup.

com / https:

//www.leidys.com Position Summery Th is position converts customer demand into executable daily/weekly production schedules across harvest, fabrication/deboning, grinding, and packaging/ case

• ready operations. This role balances material availability, labor/crewing, line capacity, yields, and shelf
• life constraints to meet service (OTIF), quality, and cost targets while maintaining

USDA/FSIS

compliance. The Planner partners closely with Sales/Customer Service, Operations, QA/FSQA, Procurement, and Logistics to keep plans aligned and achievable . Key Responsabilities

Responsibilities:

• Enforce all safety programs, including LOTO, machine guarding, PPE, and ergonomic standards.
• Ensure compliance with

USDA/FSIS , HACCP , SSOP , GMP

, and other regulatory requirements.

• Verify pre
• operational inspections, metal detector checks, scale calibrations, and label accuracy.
• Protect cold
• chain integrity and maintain sanitary conditions throughout production.
• Lead shift activities to meet production schedules, line rates, and output goals.
• Monitor line performance, yields, labor efficiency, giveaway, waste, and first
• pass quality.
• Adjust staffing, line setups, and machine settings to maintain flow and minimize downtime.
• Communicate plan changes and production updates to team members and cross
• functional partners.
• Supervise, coach, and support production employees; address performance concerns and attendance issues.
• Train employees on equipment use, knife safety, product specs, and standard operating procedures.
• Promote teamwork, accountability, and a positive work culture.
• Lead start
• up , mid
• shift , and end
• of•shift meetings.
• Ensure product specifications (cuts, weights, pack sizes, labeling) are consistently met.
• Partner with QA to address deviations, product holds , and consumer/customer complaints.
• Monitor CCPs, process controls, and rework to prevent non
• conformances .
• Support corrective action implementation and verification.
• Identify opportunities to improve yield, line performance, changeover times, and waste reduction.
• Participate in root
• cause investigations, 5
• Why, or basic industrial problem
• solving efforts.
• Support Lean/5S initiatives and standard work improvements.
• Encourage team ideas for efficiency, safety, and quality enhancements.
• Complete daily production reports, downtime logs, labor tracking, and yield summaries.
• Ensure ERP/MES entries are accurate (production counts, yields, rework, scrap).
• Maintain documentation required for USDA/QA audits and traceability

Qualifications:

High school diploma required ; Associate or Bachelor's degree preferred. 2-5 years of production leadership experience in meat or food processing strongly preferred. Knowledge of

USDA/FSIS

, HACCP, SSOP, GMP, and food safety principles. Ability to lead teams in a fast

• paced , cold
• chain environment. Strong communication , problem
• solving , and decision
• making skills.

Comfortable working in cold environments (35-45°F / 1-7°C) and occasionally in freezer conditions. Ability to lift up to 50 lbs and stand/walk for extended periods. Experience with ERP/MES systems is a plus.

Work Environment :

Cold, wet, high

• speed production environment with exposure to raw meat and USDA oversight. Required PPE ( cut
• resistant gloves, jackets, hearing protection, etc.

). May require early mornings, late evenings, weekends, or overtime depending on production needs.

Job Post Date:

04/24/26 13 people are interested in this job. X