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1st Shift-Production Supervisor-Humboldt, TN

Humboldt, TNOnsiteFull TimeEntry-level (exp-based)Posted 1 month agoVisa sponsorship available

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Required skills

  • production orders
  • shipments
  • inventory management
  • production line
  • machinery
  • USDA Inspection
  • safety
  • company benefits
  • compensation policies
  • training

Nice to have

  • vocational or college courses
  • manufacturing environment
  • ergonomics
  • AI tools

Role summary

The Production Supervisor in the Poultry Division is responsible for maintaining high production, quality, and yields while ensuring a safe working environment. This role involves deep understanding and control of the production process, accurate record keeping, overseeing line maintenance and staffing, and ensuring compliance with regulatory standards. Key responsibilities include verifying daily production orders, managing inventory, ensuring workstations meet USDA inspection standards, promoting safety, and performing human relations functions such as training and counseling. The supervisor is expected to spend 80% of their time on the production floor, providing continuous education on quality importance.

Management Level:

84

Work Shift:

1ST SHIFT (United States of America)

Summary: 

  • The Production Supervisor role within the Poultry Division is responsible for maintaining high production, quality, and yields while ensuring the safest working environment possible. Responsibilities encompass a d 
  • Travel: 1-5 trips per year. 

Deep understanding and control of the production process, accurate record keeping, overseeing line maintenance, and staffing, and ensuring compliance with regulatory standards. 

Key Responsibilities: 

  • Checking and verifying daily production orders to ensure fulfillment of customer requirements and accurate shipments and inventory management. 
  • Ensuring every position is filled before start-up of production line. 
  • Overseeing Team Member exercises and job rotation to facilitate ergonomics. 
  • Ensuring all machinery is performing to the highest standard possible. 
  • Ensuring all workstations have passed USDA Inspection. 
  • Promoting safety daily and through monthly safety meetings. 
  • Knowing and communicating company benefits, compensation policies, and other relevant information to team members. 
  • Providing encouragement to Team Members to build the best team possible. 
  • Ensuring accurate shipments, rotation of inventory, and proper coding of products. 
  • Performing human relations functions such as training, retaining, and counseling. 
  • Overseeing various processing operations and collaborating with other supervisors to solve problems. 
  • Keeping records of reworked or returned product. 
  • Front line supervisors are expected to spend 80% of their time on the production floors 
  • Providing continuous education on the importance of quality. 
  • Performing other responsibilities as the need arises. 

Requirements: 

  • Education: High school diploma; additional vocational or college courses preferred. 
  • Experience: 1+ years in a manufacturing environment and prior supervisory experience preferred.
  • Computer Skills: Basic proficiency. 
  • Communication Skills: Strong verbal and written communication skills. 
  • Special Skills: Strong leadership abilities, problem-solving skills, and a commitment to maintaining high standards in a fast-paced environment. 
  • Supervisory: This position is responsible for supervising a group of 
    personnel who perform somewhat identical and related tasks or 
    activities. 

Please attach resume. 

The Humboldt F


Internal Management & Management Support Applicants:

Automatic notification to your current manager will be initiated upon selection for interview. This applies to all candidates who are level 79 or above.


All professional team members are expected to demonstrate responsible use of approved AI tools, including safeguarding sensitive information, adhering to company policies, and validating AI-generated outputs. Individual Contributors should demonstrate the ability to integrate AI into daily work, improve efficiency through AI-enabled solutions, evaluate outputs critically, and apply professional judgment when using AI. People Leaders should demonstrate the ability to drive responsible AI adoption, enable effective use of approved solutions, identify opportunities to improve team performance through AI, and ensure accountability for the quality and accuracy of AI-supported outcomes.

Relocation Assistance Eligible:

Yes

Referral Payout Eligible:

No

For Professional Management levels, internal applicants should either upload a resume to their application OR complete their application fully showing current and past work experience in the sections provided.


The successful candidate(s) must be willing and able to perform the physical requirements of the job with or without a reasonable accommodation.


We provide our team members and their families with paid time off; 401(k) plans; affordable health, life, dental, vision and prescription drug benefits; and more.


Tyson is an Equal Opportunity Employer. All qualified applicants will be considered without regard to race, national origin, color, religion, age, genetics, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, disability or veteran status.


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