Food Production
Production Supervisor
Reports To: Production Manager
Job Status: Full time, Permanent, Salary
Work Hours: Monday - Friday, 8:00am-4:00pm
Work Location: On-site, Sautler Street
Compensation: $55,000 - $58,000, Dependant on Experience
About Real Food For Real Kids
Real Food for Real Kids (RFRK) is a growing company on a mission to make real food the standard rather than the exception.
A multiple award-winning company recognized for excellence and innovation, we’re a leading healthy catering company for child care centres, schools and camps. RFRK proudly serves nutritious meals and snacks to thousands of children throughout the Greater Toronto & Hamilton Area every day. We’re well poised for growth into new markets and planning for significant expansion over the coming years.
Our Production Team is looking for a fantastic person to join us as a Production Supervisor. If you like the sound of us so far, keep reading to see if you have the experience and skills needed for this rewarding role!
The Position
The Production Supervisor is responsible for overseeing production activities on their assigned shift, ensuring daily operations run smoothly and production requirements are met. This role focuses on effective team leadership, development, and the execution of change management and continuous improvement initiatives. The Production Supervisor’s deep understanding of production processes supports the identification of efficiency gains and cost-saving opportunities.
Key Responsibilities
Production Supervision
- Oversee daily operations, ensuring accurate set-up, order fulfillment, labeling, reporting, and inventory tracking
- Collaborate cross-functionally to resolve production issues and maintain efficient workflows
- Support development and enforcement of production standards and continuous improvement initiatives
- Monitor quality, investigate deviations, and recommend corrective actions
- Ensure workspaces are adequately stocked and maintained with materials and PPE, in partnership with relevant departments
- Ensure the Team Lead coordinates workflow effectively, stepping in to fill labor shortages, and making recommendations to improve
- Resolve problems by analyzing data, investigating issues, identifying solutions and recommending action plans
- Communicate all pertinent information concerning production, issues, and related action plans with all relevant stakeholders and departments
- Support duties for staff meal sampling program
- Work with the Maintenance department to assist in prevention and rectification of equipment failures and other service disruptions
- Other duties as assigned
People Management & Continuous Improvement
- Lead, schedule, and support a diverse team across varying start times
- Support hiring, onboarding, training, coaching, and performance evaluation
- Communicate objectives, expectations, and key metrics to team leads and staff
- Foster a positive and collaborative team culture
- Approve timesheets for payroll in an accurate and timely manner
- Active involvement and leadership in the implementation and execution of continuous improvement initiatives
Health, Safety, and Quality
- Enforce adherence to health & safety policies, procedures, and PPE requirements
- Ensure compliance with OHSA, JHSC, and internal safety programs
- Execute accident investigations in a timely and accurate fashion, and carry out any follow up required as a result of the investigation
- Play a key role in the development and maintenance of a safety culture by ensuring effective management of RFRK’s safety program, utilizing best practices in safety leadership
- Conduct root cause investigations of incidents where teams deviate from protocol and recommend corrective actions
- Identify and flag quality issues that arise from various teams, report on quality trends and make recommendations
- Work in partnership with the Quality Assurance department to prevent and resolve any quality issues and ensure adherence to all quality requirements
- Oversee and ensure proper cleaning and sanitation procedures for machines, equipment, and general production facility are adhered to
- Perform product quality inspections & measurements to ensure standards are met or exceeded
About You
Required Education & Experience
- Post-Secondary Degree or Diploma in Food Science, Technology, Manufacturing/Industrial Engineering, or a related field
- Minimum of 3-5 years of experience in food manufacturing or related industry
- Knowledge and commitment to health and safety standards, regulations, supervisory responsibilities and best practices
- Demonstrated ability to schedule employees and production shifts within a multi-shift environment
- Proficiency with Microsoft 365 (Word, Excel, PowerPoint) or G-Suite (Sheets, Docs, Slides)
- Comprehensive understanding of OHSA
Additional Skills
- Ability to communicate effectively across multiple departments
- Demonstrated ability to lead, motivate, coach, and mentor teams
- Strong conflict resolution and employee relations skills
- Structured, self-directed approach to project and task execution
- Ability to consistently meet targets and deadlines
- Strong critical thinking, problem-solving, and decision making skills
- Excellent written and verbal communication skills
Nice-to-have
- Food Handler’s Certificate
- HACCP Certificate
- First Aid Certificate
Role Specific Competencies
- Process Management & Improvement
- Coaching & Developing Others
- Effective Communication
- Problem Solving
- Resource Management
- Change Management
Working at RFRK comes with other perks too:
Benefits & Savings Programs
- Group Health Plan including $500 Health Spending Account
- Employee Savings Program (RRSP and RESP Matching)
- Performance Bonus Program
- Employee & Family Assistance Program
- Wellness Spending Account
Time Off
- Begin with three weeks of vacation and unlock additional weeks as you achieve service milestones
- 8 paid sick and wellness days per year
Continuous Growth
- $500 each year towards professional development
- Mentorship program
This position is being advertised because the role is currently vacant and requires staffing. As required under Ontario’s employment-standards regulations, this publicly advertised posting is for an existing vacancy. Interested applicants are welcome to submit their application for consideration.
To apply, please upload your résumé. If you meet almost all of the requirements and are not sure if you should apply, apply anyway! We may see something special in your application that sets you apart from the rest.
Real Food for Real Kids is an equal opportunity employer. We value diversity and inclusion in our workplace and at all levels of our organisation. We strongly encourage applications from diverse backgrounds and communities.
We welcome and encourage applications from people with disabilities. Accommodations are available on request for candidates taking part in all aspects of the selection process.
No phone calls, emails or drop in visits, please. We’ll contact applicants who fit the bill, and invite them in for an interview.
We appreciate the interest from the Staffing industry however respectfully request no calls or unsolicited resumes from Agencies.
Please note: As part of our recruitment process, we use automated tools and artificial intelligence technologies to assist with application review. These tools are used to support, not replace, the hiring team’s evaluation of your qualifications and fit for the role.
Thanks for your interest in Real Food for Real Kids!
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