Job Description

Production Supervisor – Ready-to-Eat Sausage | 1st Shift

Location: Hatfield, PA | On-Site

Schedule: 5:00 a.m. to 3:30 p.m. | Some weekend flexibility required

Clemens Food Group is seeking an experienced Production Supervisor to help prepare for and lead a new Ready-to-Eat production department at our Hatfield Main facility. This new operation will produce fully cooked sausage and is part of a significant expansion of our Hatfield campus.

The production line is expected to launch in April 2027. The selected supervisor will join the team ahead of startup, spend time learning from our established Ready-to-Eat operation at Hatfield North, and help prepare the new department for a safe and successful launch.

This is an opportunity to do more than inherit an established production area. You will help introduce new processes, establish operating expectations, develop the team, and guide the department from startup through stable, efficient daily production.

What You’ll Do

• Help prepare, launch, and stabilize the new production line, including establishing operating procedures, training expectations, and performance routines.
• Lead, coach, and develop production team members while maintaining a strong presence on the manufacturing floor.
• Oversee product flow from raw material through cooking, chilling, stabilization, and finished product handling.
• Own performance across safety, food safety, quality, service, yield, labor efficiency, uptime, and productivity while ensuring compliance with HACCP, SQF, GMP, USDA, and company standards.
• Identify performance gaps, resolve production issues, and implement sustainable process improvements.
• Partner with Food Safety and Quality, Maintenance, Engineering, Continuous Improvement, Supply Chain, and other teams to support startup and ongoing production.

What We’re Looking For

• 3–5 years of direct Ready-to-Eat food manufacturing experience.
• Experience with fully cooked production processes, including cooking, chilling, stabilization, and post-lethality food safety controls.
• Previous manufacturing leadership experience overseeing people, production performance, food safety, and operational KPIs.
• A hands-on, solutions-oriented leadership style with strong process-management and continuous improvement skills.
• Experience launching or stabilizing a new production line or department is strongly preferred.
• Lean manufacturing or Six Sigma experience is preferred.

NOTE: Direct Ready-to-Eat manufacturing experience is required for this position. Candidates whose food manufacturing experience is limited to fresh or raw production environments should demonstrate additional experience with fully cooked processes, food safety controls, and post-lethality handling.

Agency Statement

Clemens Food Group does not accept unsolicited resumes from search or staffing firms. All resumes submitted by search or staffing firms to any employee at Clemens Food Group via email, the Internet, or directly without a valid written search agreement for this role, and without having been asked to participate in this by Talent Acquisition, will be deemed the sole property of Clemens Food Group, and no fee will be paid in the event the candidate is hired. Firms not authorized to submit candidates will not be eligible for any fee or ownership claim.

Disclaimer & EEOC Statement:

It is the policy of Clemens Food Group to provide equal employment opportunity (EEO) to all persons regardless of age, color, national origin, citizenship status, physical or mental disability, race, religion, creed, gender, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity and/or expression, genetic information, marital status, status with regard to public assistance, veteran status, or any other characteristic protected by federal, state or local law. All employees are subject to a pre-employment screening process including a background check and drug screen. In addition, we will provide reasonable accommodation for qualified individuals with disabilities. If you require reasonable accommodation in completing the application, interviewing, completing any pre-employment testing, or otherwise participating in the employee selection process, please direct your inquiries to your recruiter.