Production Supervisor

The Production Supervisor – Feed Mill oversees daily feed manufacturing operations to ensure safe, efficient, and cost-effective production while meeting quality standards, production targets, and regulatory requirements. This role leads production teams, coordinates equipment and maintenance activities, and drives continuous improvement across feed mill operations.

Responsibilities:

Production Operations

• Supervise end-to-end feed manufacturing, including raw material receiving, grinding, batching, mixing, pelleting, cooling, crumbling, and bagging.
• Ensure production meets volume, quality, formulation, and delivery targets.
• Monitor equipment performance and coordinate production changeovers.
• Minimize downtime, waste, rework, and material losses.

Team Leadership

• Lead and supervise production operators and support personnel.
• Plan shift manpower, conduct shift handovers, and ensure effective task allocation.
• Train employees on SOPs, equipment operation, feed safety, and housekeeping.
• Promote accountability, discipline, and compliance with company policies.

Quality & Feed Safety

• Ensure compliance with feed formulations, quality specifications, and batching accuracy.
• Implement GMP, HACCP, ISO, and feed safety standards.
• Prevent cross-contamination and investigate quality issues with corrective actions.
• Partner with Quality Assurance on inspections, sampling, testing, and documentation.

Safety, Health & Environment

• Enforce workplace safety procedures, PPE usage, and safe handling of materials.
• Conduct safety inspections, hazard identification, toolbox meetings, and incident investigations.
• Ensure compliance with occupational health, environmental, and fire safety requirements.

Inventory & Maintenance

• Coordinate with Warehouse and Purchasing to ensure raw material availability.
• Monitor inventory usage, material handling, FIFO practices, and product segregation.
• Work closely with Maintenance on preventive and corrective maintenance.
• Report equipment issues and support troubleshooting to maximize equipment reliability.

Continuous Improvement & Reporting

• Drive initiatives to improve productivity, yield, pellet quality, energy efficiency, and operational costs.
• Support Lean Manufacturing, 5S, and Kaizen activities.
• Track key production KPIs including output, downtime, yield, and reject rates.
• Prepare production reports, maintain accurate documentation, support audits, and communicate operational issues and improvement opportunities.

Your Profile:

• Bachelor's degree or diploma in Agriculture, Animal Science, Engineering, Feed Technology, or a related discipline.
• 3-5 years of experience in feed mill or animal feed manufacturing operations.
• Previous supervisory or shift leadership experience is preferred.
• Good understanding of feed manufacturing processes, feed formulations, and pelleting operations.
• Knowledge of GMP, HACCP, ISO, and feed safety regulations.
• Strong leadership, communication, problem-solving, and troubleshooting skills.
• Able to work in a shift-based manufacturing environment.