Production Supervisor - Lewiston, ME - Military Veterans

For more than 100 years, the people of Flowers Foods have worked with honesty, integrity, and a true passion for baking. Flowers Foods is one of the largest baking companies in the United States with 46 highly efficient bakeries producing a wide range of delicious bakery foods under trusted, best-selling brands like Nature’s Own, Dave’s Killer Bread, Wonder, Canyon Bakehouse, and Tastykake.

Full-time employees are offered: 
Comprehensive health and medical benefits
401(k) Retirement savings plan
Professional growth and leadership training
Paid vacation, holidays, and parental leave

Directs the operation of shift production, including checking formulas, assigning work tasks, monitoring procedures and schedules to ensure adherence to standards. Position requires demonstration of competency for all on-the-job activities that may have a direct or indirect affect on product safety, legality and/or quality.

Job Responsibilities:

- Ensures that production technicians and outsourced labor are properly instruct-ed in the care and safe operation of equipment and monitors employee use of such equipment. 
- Reviews records and procedures to ensure proper use of time and materials. Performs continuous inspections of the product to ensure quality standards are met. 
- Ensures that all equipment is in good operating condition. 
- Promotes positive employee relations and interdepartmental communication and cooperation. 
- Ensures a safe working environment for all personnel through enforcement of safetypolicies and procedures, including inspections and periodic safety meetings, etc. 
- Plans and adjusts work assignments of personnel to cover all phases of production. 
- Position may be responsible for operating the facility metal detector(s). For this job responsibility, operator must be fully trained and certified. 
- Ensures employee compliance with work rules. 
- Assists with employee training. 
- Makes recommendations on disciplinary action and otherwise participates in the disciplinary action process as necessary. 
- Maintains cleanliness of work area. 
- Ensures compliance with all company policies and procedures (EEO, Sexual Harassment, Safety, Sarbanes Oxley, etc.) 
- Performs other duties which are deemed by management to be an integral part of the job, including but not limited to fulfillment of work schedules, adherence to attendance policies, and other applicable operating rules, policies and procedures