Question
Full-time
2-5

Production Supervisor (2nd shift)

12/9/2025

Supervise production and sanitation activities, training and motivating team members to meet department goals. Ensure compliance with quality, yield, productivity, cost, and safety standards.

Working Hours

40 hours/week

Company Size

10,001+ employees

Language

English

Visa Sponsorship

No

About The Company
At Foster Farms, our mission is to serve families great food. Since 1939, we have provided families with delicious, high-quality chicken and turkey products. Our portfolio includes a wide variety of fresh, frozen, and ready-to-eat poultry products to meet the needs of families. Foster Farms is a leading poultry company headquartered in Livingston, California. We have grown from a small poultry farm outside Modesto, California, into a thriving food industry leader with over 12,000 Team Members, with operations in Alabama, Arkansas, California, Colorado, Louisiana, Oregon, and Washington. Great food starts with great people. We have learned over the years that our greatest resource is the exceptional talent, passion and hard work our valued team members bring each day. From our corporate roles to great opportunities in our farms, we have a dynamic and collaborative environment with a unique combination of challenge, learning, and camaraderie, making this a special place to work. We are seeking team members who want to be a part of our success. We offer excellent salaries and benefits and strongly support team member education and advancement within the company. At Foster Farms, we are united by our dedication to our great products, doing things the right way, and caring for one another. If those are the values you believe in, we encourage you to apply today and join our Family. For information about joining our team, please visit: https://jobs.fosterfarms.com/
About the Role

Company Description

Foster Farms has been serving families since 1939. Since the founding days, Foster Farms has always been committed to providing consumers with the highest-quality, best-tasting poultry products available. Our commitment to excellence, honesty, quality, service, and our valued Team Members will shine through in everything we do.

Foster Farms is always looking for talented individuals to join the Foster Farms team. We offer the experience of a large organization; however, we operate like a family business. More than half of our job openings are filled by internal promotion, and we encourage Team Members to gain a variety of experiences across different functional groups.

Job Description

  • Responsible for supervising all the production and sanitation activities through the various shift leadspersons. Train, direct and motivate Team members to achieve department goals and stands on yield, quality, productivity and safety.  
  • Responsible for his/her respective department and for meeting department goals and standards on quality, yield, productivity, cost and safety.
  • Directly responsible for the development and training of Team members, working within the guidelines of the union contract and company policies.
  • Directly responsible for monitoring standards and indexes needed to control area of responsibility.
  • Responsible for quick and timely feedback to supervisor on all exception in regard to productivity, downtime, quality, yield, cost and safety. 
  • Responsible for making sure all preventive maintenance is done on all equipment in area of control and interfacing with immediate Supervisor on all suggested changes that would make the job better, more profitable and safer.
  • Directly responsible for giving safety orientations and holding safety/general meetings as required.

Qualifications

  • Must have a B.S. or B.A. degree in Business Management or equivalent work experience.
  • Must have a minimum of 3 years' experience in the food processing industry.
  • Must have demonstrated ability communicate verbally in writing and must have strong interpersonal skills.
  • Must have a balanced technical/mechanical/human resource knowledge.
  • Must be able to evaluate line Team members fairly and objectively.
  • Must have the ability to interface on a daily basis with all support groups or departments.
  • Bilingual in English/Spanish prefferred.
  • Must be able to submit and pass a criminal background check.

Additional Information

All your information will be kept confidential according to EEO guidelines.

Foster Farms is an Equal Opportunity Employer – Minorities, Females, Veterans and individuals with disabilities are encouraged to apply.

Foster Farms participates in E-Verify during the hire process at all locations for all new Team Members.

Key Skills
SupervisionTrainingCommunicationInterpersonal SkillsTechnical KnowledgeMechanical KnowledgeHuman Resource KnowledgeSafety ManagementQuality ControlProductivity ManagementCost ManagementTeam MotivationUnion Contract CompliancePreventive MaintenanceFeedback MechanismBilingual Communication
Categories
Management & LeadershipManufacturingFood & Beverage
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