Production Supervisor
Visa sponsorship
Manufacturing · Auckland, New Zealand · Full-Time · $28 - $31/hr · Visa: Employer sponsored
Based in Auckland, this Production Supervisor job is with a food producer that is expanding. You would organise the day’s output, share tasks across a small crew and make sure each batch meets the standard, while staying hands-on with ingredient preparation, batching, machinery, quality checks and cleaning. Sponsorship is offered to a suitably qualified overseas candidate.
Supervisors are hired on the plants and machines they know, so list the food sites you have worked in, the equipment you have run and the team you have led. When that is done, put it together with Build AI CV and keep the layout plain and direct.
Key Responsibilities
- Organise daily production and distribute tasks among team members
- Deliver safe, efficient manufacturing on time, monitoring daily targets and helping raise efficiency
- Prepare batches and products to approved recipes, first weighing, measuring and checking the ingredients
- Operate mixers, fillers and similar food manufacturing equipment while keeping watch on machines and processes
- Hold product quality steady through routine quality checks, raising problems promptly
- Comply with food safety and Good Manufacturing Practice requirements, keeping production processes and recipe controls accurate
- Handle cleaning, sanitation and daily equipment washdowns so production areas stay clean and orderly
- Train and support production team members, and work with the Production Manager to resolve operational issues
- Ensure orders and production needs are completed accurately and on time
- Follow Health & Safety procedures, report hazards and help out across other production activities as required
Requirements & Eligibility
- Proven history in food manufacturing or commercial food production
- Past experience as a Production Supervisor, Team Leader, Senior Production Operator or a comparable role
- Has worked in an approved food control plan environment
- Strong grasp of food safety, hygiene and quality expectations
- Practical experience operating machines in food manufacturing, such as mixers, fillers or similar equipment
- Accurate in following recipes, measurements and procedures
- Close attention to detail and a commitment to consistent product
- Capable of leading and supporting a small production team
- At ease in a hands-on production setting and efficient at meeting daily production targets
- Reliable and hardworking, physically able to do production and cleaning work, including repetitive tasks and washdown duties
- Strong organisational and communication skills, and quick to pick up new machinery and production systems
- Dedicated to keeping the workplace clean and safe
- A current forklift licence is advantageous
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