As a Production Shift Supervisor at Skretting, you'll play a critical role in overseeing daily production activities, ensuring efficiency, quality, and safety in our manufacturing processes. At Skretting, we believe that our success is built on values that drive a culture of trust, inclusivity, curiosity, integrity, and passion. We offer a supportive and dynamic environment where everyone is encouraged to bring forward ideas and make a difference. Skretting is a world leader in providing sustainable feed solutions to aquaculture, making a positive impact on global food production.
Joining Skretting means becoming part of a team that values collaboration and continuous growth. We are committed to fostering an inclusive environment where diverse perspectives are embraced, and innovation thrives. If you are passionate about leading teams, ensuring operational excellence, and making a meaningful impact, Skretting is the ideal place for you.
Job Description:
Reporting to the Production Manager, the Production Shift Supervisor is responsible for overseeing the efficient, safe, and high-quality operation of production processes at Skretting. This role leads a team on shift to meet daily targets while ensuring adherence to Skretting’s values. The Production Supervisor is integral to achieving key production objectives in safety, quality, productivity, and continuous improvement.
Responsibilities
1. Safety:
This position is responsible for maintaining a safe and compliant work environment across all production shifts. The Production Shift Supervisor ensures adherence to safety regulations and work procedures, immediately addressing non-conformances and escalating unresolved issues to the process and production team as needed. Continual development of process optimization is encouraged to reinforce safety practices and minimize risk.
2. Quality:
The Production Shift Supervisor is tasked with ensuring all quality-related issues in shift are investigated and resolved in a timely manner. This includes continuous monitoring of asset performance KPI to maintain high standards, completing process control check sheets, and verifying the availability of quality raw materials necessary for consistent production output.
3. Productivity:
A key component of this role is leading the production crew to meet throughput and yield targets, while upholding safety and quality standards. The Production Shift Supervisor is responsible for troubleshooting production delays, documenting waste and inefficiencies, investigating material variance in shift, and communicating unresolved issues in the shift with recommended actions. This position also plays a key role in production improvement plans and leads team meetings to address challenges and set goals for each shift.
4. Housekeeping:
Maintaining cleanliness and organization on the production floor is essential to Skretting’s commitment to quality and safety. The Production Shift Supervisor enforces 5S housekeeping principles within the department, ensuring that all equipment and surrounding areas are organized and clear of unused items. At each shift change, the Supervisor ensures a thorough handover, updating the incoming team on machine status and any relevant information. Additionally, the Supervisor ensures housekeeping checklists are available and completed by the shift crew.
5. Human Resources:
This role involves direct oversight of the operating team on shift, fostering a collaborative and high-performing team environment. The Production Shift Supervisor is responsible for identifying team development needs, conducting performance management activities, conducting regular 1:1s with team members to understand gaps and support, and coaching team members to optimize performance.
6. Technical Development:
Supporting ongoing technical development is a vital aspect of this position. The Production Shift Supervisor assists in planning, conducting root cause analysis, driving lean culture in the team, setting up equipment for product and process trials, sharing technical knowledge with the process team, and continually building the team’s process knowledge through coaching and assessments. Ensuring best practices are implemented to ensure efficient operation and process reliability.
Our organisation:
Skretting is a global leader in providing innovative and sustainable nutritional solutions and services for the aquaculture industry. Skretting has production facilities in 18 countries on five continents to manufacture and deliver high-quality feeds from hatching to harvest for more than 60 species. The total annual production volume of feed is close to 2.5 million tonnes. Our mission is Feeding the Future.
Equal Opportunity Employer:
Skretting is an equal opportunity employer; applicants are considered for all roles without regard to race, color, religious creed, sex, national origin, citizenship status, age, physical or mental disability, sexual orientation, marital, parental, military status or any other status protected by applicable local law. Please advise us at any point during the recruitment and selection process if you require accommodation. Skretting is committed to compliance with all applicable legislation, including providing accommodation for applicants with disabilities.
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