Job Summary

AppleOne is seeking a hands-on Production Supervisor 2nd Shift for a direct hire opportunity in Hanford, CA within the food and beverage production industry. This role provides leadership across cheese and yogurt production, packaging, whey processing, and drying operations.

The Production Supervisor will lead production teams, support daily operational goals, and help drive performance in cost, quality, safety, productivity, and employee engagement. This is a strong opportunity for a manufacturing leader who enjoys being on the floor, developing team members, solving operational challenges, and supporting a culture focused on safety, food quality, teamwork, and continuous improvement.

This position is ideal for a supervisor who values supportive leadership, clear expectations, stable operations, and the opportunity to grow within a high-performing production environment.

Key Responsibilities

- Supervise daily 2nd shift production activities across cheese and yogurt production, packaging, whey processing, and drying operations.
- Plan, assign, direct, and monitor production work to maximize labor, equipment, and material efficiency.
- Communicate daily production goals, expectations, priorities, and performance standards to shift employees.
- Ensure compliance with company policies, OSHA requirements, GMPs, HACCP, FSMA, and FSSC 22000 food safety standards.
- Coordinate with Logistics to support production schedules, order fulfillment, and customer delivery timelines.
- Partner with Maintenance to identify equipment issues, submit work orders, and support preventative and corrective maintenance activities.

Compensation and Benefits

- Direct hire opportunity.
- Salary range: $75,000 to $89,000 per year.
- 2nd shift schedule.
- Location: Hanford, CA.
- For more information on this opportunity and a confidential conversation,
please contact Mike Marmolejo at 5 5 9 – 5 4 7 – 6 0 6 4 or email your resume
to m m a r m o l e j o @ a p p l e o n e . com 

Required Qualifications and Skills

- Lead 2nd shift production operations across cheese, yogurt, packaging, whey processing, and drying areas.
- Manage daily production schedules, staffing assignments, and shift productivity goals.
- Support food safety, quality, cost control, and employee engagement initiatives.
- Coordinate cross-functionally with Logistics and Maintenance to reduce downtime and meet production commitments.

- 3 to 5 years of production supervision or related leadership experience in manufacturing, food production, or a similar processing environment.
- Strong knowledge of production operations, labor planning, shift scheduling, and manufacturing performance metrics.
- Familiarity with GMPs, HACCP, FSMA, OSHA requirements, and food safety compliance standards.
- Ability to lead, coach, and hold production employees accountable in a fast-paced operational environment.
- Strong communication, problem-solving, organizational, and decision-making skills.
- Ability to identify equipment or process issues and work collaboratively with Maintenance and operations teams to resolve them.
- Commitment to safety, quality, continuous improvement, and positive employee engagement.

Preferred Qualifications

- Experience in cheese, yogurt, dairy, whey processing, drying, or food and beverage production environments.
- Experience working in an FSSC 22000 certified facility.
- Background supporting preventative maintenance planning, downtime reduction, or continuous improvement initiatives.
- Bilingual English and Spanish communication skills are a plus.

Equal Opportunity Employer / Disabled / Protected Veterans

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For temporary assignments lasting 13 weeks or longer, AppleOne is pleased to offer major medical, dental, vision, 401k and any statutory sick pay where required.

We are committed to working with and providing reasonable accommodations to individuals with disabilities. If you need a reasonable accommodation for any part of the employment process, please contact your staffing representative who will reach out to our HR team.

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We also consider for employment qualified applicants regardless of criminal histories, consistent with legal requirements, including, if applicable, the City of Los Angeles’ Fair Chance Initiative for Hiring Ordinance. Pursuant to applicable state and municipal Fair Chance Laws and Ordinances, we will consider for employment-qualified applicants with arrest and conviction records, including, if applicable, the San Francisco Fair Chance Ordinance. For Los Angeles, CA applicants: Qualified applications with arrest or conviction records will be considered for employment in accordance with the Los Angeles County Fair Chance Ordinance for Employers and the California Fair Chance Act.