Production Manager PM Shift

Classification: Exempt

Salary Range: $65,000 to $85,000

Reports to: General Manager

Date: June 2025

Job Description

Overall supervision of the entire cold food production department to provide quality food and service.

Essential Functions

• Ensure all food safety standards are always met. Enforce GMPs and ensure they are adhered to without exception.
• Responsible for all passenger and crew meal production. Also responsible for employee cafeteria cold meals.
• Provide leadership to cold food supervisors to enable them to work more effectively.
• Improve the production process to improve productivity
• Pay extra attention to special meals and ensure they are produced per IATA SPML guidelines
• Ensure menu specifications are fully adhered to
• Ensure food ready time is met daily per the transportation schedule
• Ensure controls are in place to manage food costs and report waste
• Hold regular communication meetings with employees to review production results, safety,y hygiene, and all aspects of production.
• Ensure employees have the tools needed for production and implement controls to avoid losses
• Responsible for production planning and supervision of cold food supervisors and employees
• Responsible for operational reports to senior management
• Identify training needs. Develop and administer required training.
• Create team concepts throughout the food department
• Must maintain high standards of quality and service
• Responsible for scheduling of all Production employees
• Ensure & promote a safe work environment. Follow all procedures for reporting incidents and accidents.
• Other duties as assigned.

Skills and Qualifications

• Minimum of a B.A./B.S. Degree or equivalent combination of education and experience
• Food Service experience required with HACCP/FDA regulations knowledge
• A minimum of 4 years supervising a food production environment
• Knowledge of food industry quality, sanitation standards, and requirements
• Must be a team player
• Bilingual in Spanish is a plus
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills
• Proficient with Microsoft Office- Word and Excel.

Supervisory Responsibility

This position has supervisory responsibilities.

Work Environment

This job operates in a food manufacturing environment, routinely using standard office equipment.

Physical Demands

The physical demands described here are representative of those that must be met by an employee to successfully perform the essential functions of this job.

While performing the duties of this job, the employee is regularly required to talk or hear. The employee frequently is required to sit for long periods of time, and reach with hands and arms.

Position Type/Expected Hours of Work

This is a full-time position in a 24/7/365 work environment. The days and hours of work may vary depending on the needs of the business, including weekends.

Travel

10%

Other Duties

Please note this job description is not designed to cover or contain a comprehensive listing of activities, duties, or responsibilities that are required of the employee for this job. Duties, responsibilities, and activities may change at any time with or without notice.

Benefits

Flying Food Group, LLC offers a comprehensive benefits package that includes medical, prescription drug coverage, dental, vision, life insurance, disability insurance, accident, critical illness, and hospital indemnity plans, flexible spending accounts, employee assistance program, commuter benefit, retirement program 401(k), tuition reimbursement, and pet insurance.