food production manager

September 5, 2025

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Overview
Languages
English
Education

  • Bachelor’s degree

Experience
5 years or more
On site
Work must be completed at the physical location. There is no option to work remotely.
Work site environment

  • Noisy
  • Dusty
  • Hot

Work setting

  • Fast moving consumer goods (FMCG)
  • Food and beverage plant
  • Food and/or beverage processing

Responsibilities
Tasks

  • Evaluate daily operations
  • Plan and organize daily operations
  • Hire, supervise and train or oversee training of employees in the use of new equipment or production techniques
  • Plan and implement changes to machinery and equipment, production systems and methods of work
  • Plan and manage the establishment of departmental budget
  • Troubleshoot and resolve technical problems
  • Train technicians, assistants, students or interns
  • Supervise staff
  • Recommend measures to improve productivity and product quality
  • Recommend personnel actions such as hiring and promotions
  • Provide staff training
  • Propose improvements to methods, systems and procedures
  • Oversee safety of operations
  • Apply quality control procedure
  • Monitor quality and production levels
  • Establish methods to meet work schedules and co-ordinate work activities with other work units
  • Troubleshoot problems related to equipment
  • Train staff/workers in job duties, safety procedures and company policies
  • Supervise, co-ordinate and schedule (and possibly review) activities of workers
  • Good Manufacturing Practices (GMP)

Supervision

  • Testers and graders, food and beverage processing
  • Process control and machine operators, food and beverage processing
  • Labourers in food, beverage and tobacco processing
  • Staff in various areas of responsibility
  • 50-100 people

Credentials
Certificates, licences, memberships, and courses

  • Workplace Hazardous Materials Information System (WHMIS) Certificate
  • First Aid Certificate

Experience and specialization
Computer and technology knowledge

  • Word processing software
  • MS Windows
  • MS Excel
  • Lean Manufacturing
  • Microsoft Dynamics NAV

Type of operation

  • Canning
  • Blending
  • Bottling

Equipment and machinery experience

  • Processing machinery
  • High speed packaging equipment

Area of work experience

  • Process troubleshooting

Type of industry experience

  • Beverage
  • Food
  • Food and beverages

Regulations knowledge

  • Knowledge of labour relations
  • CIP (Cleaning In Place) and SIP (Sanitizing in Place) Systems
  • Knowledge of preventive maintenance of machinery and equipment
  • High temperature short time (HTST) pasteurization processing
  • Canadian Food Inspection Agency (CFIA) regulations

Additional information
Security and safety

  • Criminal record check

Work conditions and physical capabilities

  • Fast-paced environment
  • Work under pressure
  • Attention to detail
  • Overtime required
  • Ability to work independently

Own tools/equipment

  • Steel-toed safety boots

Personal suitability

  • Excellent oral communication
  • Excellent written communication
  • Judgement
  • Organized
  • Reliability
  • Team player
  • Values and ethics
  • Efficient interpersonal skills
  • Flexibility
  • Goal-oriented
  • Positive attitude

Benefits
Health benefits

  • Dental plan
  • Health care plan
  • Paramedical services coverage

Financial benefits

  • Group insurance benefits

Other Benefits

  • Parking available

Employment groups
This employer promotes equal employment opportunities for all job applicants, including those self-identifying as a member of these groups:
Supports for visible minorities

  • Applies hiring policies that discourage discrimination against members of visible minorities (for example: anonymizing the hiring process, etc.)

Seniority level

  • Seniority level

    Mid-Senior level

Employment type

  • Employment type

    Full-time

Job function

  • Job function

    Management and Manufacturing

  • Industries

    Food and Beverage Services

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Company

Kingsmill Foods Company Limited

Location

Toronto

Country

Canada

Salary

125.000

URL

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