How to hire a production expert

How to hire a production expert, step by step

Here's a step-by-step production expert hiring guide:

• Step 1: Identify your hiring needs
• Step 2: Create an ideal candidate profile
• Step 3: Make a budget
• Step 4: Write a production expert job description
• Step 5: Post your job
• Step 6: Interview candidates
• Step 7: Send a job offer and onboard your new production expert
• Step 8: Go through the hiring process checklist

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1. Identify your hiring needs

   The production expert hiring process starts by determining what type of worker you actually need. Certain roles might require a full-time employee, whereas part-time workers or contractors can do others.

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   You should also consider the ideal background you'd like them a production expert to have before you start to hire. For example, what industry or field would you like them to have experience in, what level of seniority or education does the job require, and how much it'll cost to hire a production expert that fits the bill.

   This list shows salaries for various types of production experts.

   Type of Production Expert	Description	Hourly rate
   Production Expert	Industrial engineers find ways to eliminate wastefulness in production processes. They devise efficient systems that integrate workers, machines, materials, information, and energy to make a product or provide a service.	$16-38
   Reliability Engineer	A reliability engineer is in charge of determining and managing the asset reliability risks of businesses. Reliability engineers are professionals who solve problems related to engineering... Show more	$36-69
   Quality Control Engineer	A quality control engineer is responsible for conducting quality assessments for the company's products and services to ensure adherence to federal regulations and quality standards. Quality control engineers recommend strategic methods by analyzing processes and writing test results... Show more	$25-45

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2. Create an ideal candidate profile

   Common skills:

   • Production Process
   • Train Associates
   • Continuous Improvement
   • Production Systems
   • Business Cards
   • Management System
   • Customer Orders

   Responsibilities:

   • Manage large-scale CMS development projects involving designers and developers from multiple locations.
   • Prepare pictorial BOM in order to better identifying of components.
   • Prepare CNC programs for machinery of forging and casting parts of axles (mills and lathes).
   • Work with customers in order to fulfill their photography editing needs satisfactorily.
   • Communicate openly and honestly with the management team during each shift to ensure it run smoothly.

3. Make a budget

   Including a salary range in your production expert job description is a great way to entice the best and brightest candidates. A production expert salary can vary based on several factors:

   • Location. For example, production experts' average salary in alaska is 42% less than in new jersey.
   • Seniority. Entry-level production experts earn 58% less than senior-level production experts.
   • Certifications. A production expert with a few certifications under their belt will likely demand a higher salary.
   • Company. Working for a prestigious company or an exciting start-up can make a huge difference in a production expert's salary.

   Average production expert salary

   $52,755yearly

   $25.36 hourly rate

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   Entry-level production expert salary

   $34,000 yearly salary

   Updated January 20, 2026

4. Writing a production expert job description

   A good production expert job description should include a few things:

   • Summary of the role
   • List of responsibilities
   • Required skills and experience

   Including a salary range and the first name of the hiring manager is also appreciated by candidates. Here's an example of a production expert job description:

   Production expert job description example

   The Diageo Lebanon Distillery is the newest addition to Diageo's North American Distillery portfolio! The Bulleit brand is undergoing significant growth and this is a key role in ensuring we continue to deliver high-quality whiskey to meet consumer demands. The Diageo Lebanon **Bourbon Production Experts (BPE's)** are responsible for the distillery, DDG dry house, warehousing operations and maintenance. This position is a member of a salaried, self-directed, professional, operator/mechanic team ensuring the site operates at the safest level and achieves the highest quality. We are currently hiring to support a 24/5 schedule with eventual transition to 24/7. **Candidates must have a driven sense of ownership and a strong desire to master the entire bourbon production process!**
   **Crucial Functions:**
   
   **_Plant Safety_**
   
   Encourage safety, with a continuous focus on improving safe work practices to maintain an injury free environment.
   
   + Work to eliminate safety hazards, and respond quickly to any safety issues
   
   + Assist site leadership team in meeting site safety objectives
   
   **_Distillery, Dry House and Warehousing Operations_**
   
   + Control and optimize all distillery, DDG dry house and warehousing processes
   
   + Maintain automated production recording and management reporting systems (SAP)
   
   + Produce technical contributions to process improvement initiatives while participating within a cross-functional team
   
   + Identify and correct deviations from standard process parameters
   
   + Support consistent approaches for Key Performance Indicators of safety, quality and productivity cost management and delivery
   
   + Communicate with site team regarding all facets of distillation, dry house and warehousing
   
   + Finish the cross-functional training and implement to scheduled rotations in all production areas to support flexibility
   
   + Ensure accuracy and completeness of all production process and inventory paperwork
   
   + Support the sensory taste panel for whiskey distillate
   
   **_Distillery, Dry House and Warehousing Maintenance_**
   
   + Troubleshoot, inspect, diagnose, adjust, test, maintain, and clean all facility equipment including, but not limited to; mechanical equipment, electrical equipment and digital, pneumatic and manual instruments
   
   + Basic repairs to pumps, gearboxes, and electrical motors
   
   + Conduct basic PLC programming and instrument troubleshooting
   
   + Pipe installation including threading and compression fittings as needed
   
   + Basic steam system maintenance
   
   + Ensure modifications and changes to any process or equivalent have a valid work order and approvals
   
   + Work in partnership with the Bourbon Resource Manager to understand work order backlog and priorities
   
   + Control job execution including quality, duration, cost and thoroughness of all work
   
   + Use SAP to coordinate and record asset care activities
   
   + Attend operations shift handover meetings to communicate maintenance and operations events
   
   **_Leadership and Success_**
   
   + Provide support, training and coaching to your fellow team members, while positively impacting your colleagues, inspiring and engaging others
   
   + Support a continuous improvement culture
   
   + Outwardly demonstrate positive actions and behaviors
   
   + Openly support Diageo's industry-leading environmental initiatives on reduced water and power usage
   
   + Self-motivated, driven to see a task through
   
   **Work Environment**
   
   Role operates 90% in the distillery, DDG dry house, and maturing warehouse environment and 10% in an office environment.
   
   **Qualifications**
   
   + Relevant process operating experience in any of the following environments: distilling/brewing/food manufacture/petrochemical/pharmaceutical **OR** Degree in Engineering, Science, Business or related field (Will consider military with additional proven experience)
   
   + Strong analytical, budgeting, organization and time-management skills
   
   + Excellent verbal and written communication skills
   
   + Ability to work with all departments and levels of management
   
   + Must work well with other departments and levels of management
   
   + Understanding of blueprints, specifications and schematics
   
   + Basic knowledge and experience of operating pumps and valves
   
   + Ability to read and interpret gauges for pressure, vacuum, temperature, and flow rate
   
   + Ability to read and understand basic process drawings
   
   + Willingness to work towards industry qualifications
   
   + Experience in distilling or brewery operations preferred but not required
   
   **Worker Type :**
   
   Regular
   
   **Primary Location:**
   
   Lebanon
   
   **Additional Locations :**
   
   **Job Posting Start Date :**
   
   2022-09-02-07:00

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5. Post your job

   To find the right production expert for your business, consider trying out a few different recruiting strategies:

   • Consider internal talent. One of the most important sources of talent for any company is its existing workforce.
   • Ask for referrals. Reach out to friends, family members, and current employees and ask if they know or have worked with production experts they would recommend.
   • Recruit at local colleges. Attend job fairs at local colleges to recruit production experts who meet your education requirements.
   • Social media platforms. LinkedIn, Facebook and Twitter now have more than 3.5 billion users, and you can use social media to reach potential job candidates.

   Post your job online:

   • Post your production expert job on Zippia to find and recruit production expert candidates who meet your exact specifications.
   • Use field-specific websites.
   • Post a job on free websites.

6. Interview candidates

   To successfully recruit production experts, your first interview needs to engage with candidates to learn about their interest in the role and experience in the field. You can go into more detail about the company, the role, and the responsibilities during follow-up interviews.

   It's also good to ask about candidates' unique skills and talents to see if they match your ideal candidate profile. If you think a candidate is good enough for the next step, you can move on to the technical interview.

   The right interview questions can help you assess a candidate's hard skills, behavioral intelligence, and soft skills.

7. Send a job offer and onboard your new production expert

   Once you've decided on a perfect production expert candidate, it's time to write an offer letter. In addition to salary, it should include benefits and perks available to the employee. Qualified candidates may be considered for other positions, so make sure your offer is competitive. Candidates may wish to negotiate. Once you've settled on the details, formalize your agreement with a contract.

   It's also important to follow up with applicants who do not get the job with an email letting them know that the position is filled.

   To prepare for the new employee's start date, you can create an onboarding schedule and complete any necessary paperwork, such as employee action forms and onboarding documents like I-9 forms, benefits enrollment, and federal and state tax forms. Human Resources should also ensure that a new employee file is created.

8. Go through the hiring process checklist

   • Determine employee type (full-time, part-time, contractor, etc.)
   • Submit a job requisition form to the HR department
   • Define job responsibilities and requirements
   • Establish budget and timeline
   • Determine hiring decision makers for the role
   • Write job description
   • Post job on job boards, company website, etc.
   • Promote the job internally
   • Process applications through applicant tracking system
   • Review resumes and cover letters
   • Shortlist candidates for screening
   • Hold phone/virtual interview screening with first round of candidates
   • Conduct in-person interviews with top candidates from first round
   • Score candidates based on weighted criteria (e.g., experience, education, background, cultural fit, skill set, etc.)
   • Conduct background checks on top candidates
   • Check references of top candidates
   • Consult with HR and hiring decision makers on job offer specifics
   • Extend offer to top candidate(s)
   • Receive formal job offer acceptance and signed employment contract
   • Inform other candidates that the position has been filled
   • Set and communicate onboarding schedule to new hire(s)
   • Complete new hire paperwork (i9, benefits enrollment, tax forms, etc.)

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