Production Supervisor Salary in Canada
Production Supervisor Salary Range
$63,280
$90,470
Low Range
High Range
Midpoint
This salary range represents a national benchmark in CAD. Regional salary adjustment factors can be applied below to estimate how compensation may shift by province or territory.
Salary benchmarks are based on a mix of TQR internal data and external market research for specialized manufacturing and technical roles in Canada.
Production Supervisor salaries in the Food & Beverage Manufacturing industry typically range from $63,280 to $90,470, with a midpoint of approximately $75,900. Compensation varies based on supervisory experience, production complexity, leadership responsibility, food safety expertise, continuous improvement experience, and overall operational accountability.
What the Salary Percentiles Mean
The following range has been generated based on real salary data across North America.
$63,280
$90,470
$63,280
25th percentile
Employees in this section often have a lower level of experience or skills and
are still growing into their role. This role may also be at a small to medium-sized business.
$75,900
50th percentile
Employees in this section typically demonstrate the required level of experience plus many skills that are deemed an asset. This role is likely at a medium-sized business.
$90,470
75th percentile
Employees in this section typically demonstrate a higher-level of expertise and/or enhanced qualifications. They should also have a proven track record and cultural fit. This role is likely at a larger business.
Regional Salary Adjustments
Salary ranges can vary by region based on cost of living, labor competition, industry concentration, and talent availability. The map below shows regional adjustment factors that can be applied to the national salary benchmark as a directional guide.
Factors That Affect a Production Supervisor's Salary
Production Supervisor compensation can vary based on manufacturing environment, product complexity, production volume, shift responsibility, leadership experience, food safety requirements, location, and workforce size. Employers may need to adjust compensation when the position oversees multiple production lines, large production teams, highly automated equipment, or complex food manufacturing operations.
Production Supervisor Job Description:
A Production Supervisor oversees the daily production activities within a manufacturing facility to ensure production schedules, food safety standards, product quality, employee safety, and operational objectives are consistently achieved. This role helps improve manufacturing efficiency, workforce performance, product consistency, and overall plant productivity through effective leadership, coaching, and execution of production processes.
Production Supervisors typically lead production teams, monitor manufacturing performance, coordinate staffing, oversee equipment utilization, and ensure compliance with food safety, quality, and regulatory standards. Their responsibilities may include supervising production schedules, supporting continuous improvement initiatives, reducing waste, improving labour efficiency, maintaining accurate production records, and working closely with maintenance, quality, sanitation, warehouse, and operations teams to achieve production goals in a fast-paced manufacturing environment.
Production Supervisors are expected to understand how daily production activities impact food safety, product quality, customer service, operational efficiency, and plant profitability. Strong candidates typically combine manufacturing leadership, food safety knowledge, employee development skills, problem-solving ability, communication skills, and the ability to drive performance while maintaining a safe, compliant, and productive work environment.
Common Responsibilities:
Supervising daily production operations to ensure production schedules, quality standards, and customer requirements are achieved.
Leading production employees while promoting a culture of safety, teamwork, accountability, and employee engagement.
Monitoring production performance, labour utilization, yields, downtime, and key performance indicators to improve operational efficiency.
Ensuring compliance with FDA, USDA (where applicable), SQF, HACCP, GMP, OSHA, and company food safety and quality standards.
Coordinating staffing, employee training, performance coaching, and production resources to support manufacturing objectives.
Identifying production issues, troubleshooting operational challenges, and supporting continuous improvement initiatives that reduce waste and improve productivity.
Maintaining accurate production documentation while collaborating with Maintenance, Quality, Sanitation, Warehouse, and Operations teams to maximize plant performance.
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TQR recruits for specialized roles across industrial automation, manufacturing, packaging, food production, life sciences, and related technical markets. Current openings may include engineering, operations, maintenance, quality, supply chain, and plant leadership roles.
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