Junior Production Supervisor (X2)

Woodlands Dairy

Location
Eastern Cape
Minimum qualification
Matric / Grade 12
Closing date

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In brief

**Overview** Woodlands Dairy is looking to hire two UHT Junior Production Supervisors to join their Production Team in Humansdorp. The role is suited for individuals who perform well in a fast-paced manufacturing environment and are committed to operational excellence, quality, safety, and continuous improvement. **What you will do** Key responsibilities include: * Managing the UHT production facility during shift operations. * Ensuring daily production targets, quality standards, safety requirements, and operational objectives are consistently achieved. * Maintaining high housekeeping standards on production lines. * Minimizing production losses. * Monitoring the correct usage of cleaning chemicals. * Conducting on-line quality inspections. * Ensuring machinery and equipment are maintained to required standards. * Communicating effectively with management and production teams. * Fostering a culture of safety, quality, accountability, and teamwork. * Performing workforce administration and timesheet management. * Writing reports and updating production performance charts. * Enforcing health and safety regulations and ensuring correct PPE usage. * Attending maintenance meetings. * Optimizing labour utilization. * Maintaining cleanliness and organization across production, rework, and yard areas. **Requirements (from the original advert)** * Matric Certificate. * Successful completion of a Supervisory Course. * 2 to 3 years of supervisory experience in a food manufacturing environment. * Knowledge of dairy manufacturing processes, systems, and equipment (advantageous). **Who should apply** This role is for dedicated, self-motivated, and results-driven individuals who thrive in a fast-paced manufacturing environment. The ideal candidate will be passionate about driving operational excellence, quality, safety, and continuous improvement. They should demonstrate strong organisational and planning skills, sound decision-making and problem-solving abilities, excellent communication and interpersonal skills, and the ability to motivate and lead teams effectively, along with a committed and self-driven work ethic. **Deadline** Not specified **Reference** Original posting: https://www.myjobmag.co.za/job/junior-production-supervisor-x2-woodlands-dairy Source: myjobmag

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Job description

About the Role: * Woodlands Dairy is seeking two dedicated, self-motivated, and results-driven UHT Junior Production Supervisors to join our Production Team in Humansdorp. This role is ideal for individuals who thrive in a fast-paced manufacturing environment and are passionate about driving operational excellence, quality, safety, and continuous improvement. Key Responsibilities: * The successful candidates will be responsible for managing the UHT production facility during shift operations, ensuring that daily production targets, quality standards, safety requirements, and operational objectives are consistently achieved. Responsibilities include maintaining high housekeeping standards on production lines, minimizing production losses, monitoring the correct usage of cleaning chemicals, conducting on-line quality inspections, and ensuring machinery and equipment are maintained to required standards. * The role requires effective communication with management and production teams, fostering a culture of safety, quality, accountability, and teamwork. Additional responsibilities include workforce administration, timesheet management, report writing, updating production performance charts, enforcing health and safety regulations, ensuring correct PPE usage, attending maintenance meetings, optimizing labour utilization, and maintaining cleanliness and organization across production, rework, and yard areas. Minimum Requirements: * The ideal candidate will possess a Matric Certificate and have successfully completed a Supervisory Course, together with 2 to 3 years of supervisory experience in a food manufacturing environment. Knowledge of dairy manufacturing processes, systems, and equipment will be advantageous. Candidates should demonstrate: * Strong organisational and planning skills * Sound decision-making and problem-solving abilities * Excellent communication and interpersonal skills * The ability to motivate and lead teams effectively * A dedicated, committed, and self-driven work ethic * A strong focus on quality, safety, and continuous improvement

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