Production Supervisor - Nutri Nuts and Fruits Limited
Nutri Nuts and Fruits Limited is a leading exporter of the finest quality nuts and dried fruit from Kenya. Our processing factory is strategically located on the slopes of Mt. Kenya close to the farms. We meticulously sift through hundreds of suppliers and produce to process and package only the highest grade of product. The company encourages and promotes a culture of excellence and continuous improvement.
Job Type: Full Time, Onsite
Qualification: BA/BSc/HND, Diploma
Location: Job Field Manufacturing
Role Purpose: To lead safe, efficient and consistent shift production across nut roasting, cooling, seasoning, packaging and related processing operations. The Production Supervisor converts the production plan into daily execution, coordinates people and equipment, controls yield and downtime, and ensures every batch is produced in accordance with approved specifications, food safety requirements and traceability controls.
Key Responsibilities:
Production Planning and Shift Execution: Translate the approved production plan into daily and shift schedules, including product sequence, staffing, equipment allocation, materials and expected output. Confirm line readiness before start up, including availability of released raw materials, packaging materials, approved specifications, clean equipment, utilities and competent operators. Conduct shift briefings, assign responsibilities and communicate production priorities, quality requirements, safety risks and changeover expectations. Monitor hourly output, line balance, work in progress, constraints and completion against plan, taking timely corrective action when performance falls below target. Coordinate orderly shift handovers covering production status, product holds, breakdowns, open deviations, material balances and outstanding actions.
Nut Roasting and Process Control: Provide hands on technical oversight of commercial nut roasting operations, including continuous hot air roasting, and ensure operators follow approved product recipes and roast profiles. Verify the correct product, batch, temperature zones, airflow, feed rate, bed depth, residence time and cooling conditions before and during each run. Work with Quality to confirm first off approval and in process checks for roast colour, flavour, texture, moisture, defects and other specified characteristics. Identify and correct process variation that may cause under roasting, over roasting, scorching, uneven colour, excessive breakage, rancidity risk or loss of yield. Ensure roasted product is protected from moisture pickup, contamination, allergen cross
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