JOB PURPOSE

Works closely with Production Supervisor and team members to provide total line coordination of all supplies including packaging raw ingredients, dry ingredients, and finished goods. Works with a sense of urgency to ensure line is meeting production and quality standards.

ESSENTIAL DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES

• Leads by being courteous and showing coworkers how to work according to company standards.
• Serves as back-up in absence of Production Supervisor.
• Keeps Production Supervisor informed on employee concerns.
• Works with production team members to ensure proper daily line set-up.
• Works to continuously improve line performance by proposing enhancements.
• Assist with scheduling proper daily line staffing of employees to meet company labor requirements.
• Holds all team members accountable for line efficiencies and line effectiveness.
• Strives to reduce packaging and ingredient waste through proper employee training and tracking.
• Coordinates mixed ingredients to the proper lines and makes sure hoppers are always maintained full.
• Coordinates all packaging supplies to the production lines to help maintain 97% uptime.
• Works with production support team and mentors to provide adequate training to all team members.
• Checks daily case packing paperwork to ensure error free results and case counts.
• Maintains adherence to company policies, safety standards and good manufacturing practices.
• Relays information on material shortages and requirements to the departments affected.
• Assists Production Supervisor with regular meetings with team members to coordinate production, quality, and safety goals.
• Maintains good employee relations to ensure company policies and procedures are met.
• Encourages maximum efficiency and productivity of production workers.
• Requests materials as necessary to maintain production standards.
• Performs other duties as required or directed.

Qualifications:

To perform this job successfully, an individual must be able to perform each essential duty satisfactorily. The requirements listed below are representative of the knowledge, skill, and/or ability required. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions. Ability to resolve issues dealing with diverse groups. Ability to understand and communicate effectively.

• Ability to work with others in a team-oriented environment and provide leadership to team members.
• Must be able to effectively document production throughput rates and line staffing, maintaining accurate record keeping.
• Must possess good communication skills to effectively communicate daily needs of production while motivating team members to work efficiently and productively.
• Ability to perform all work assignments and rotate positions as needed.
• Willing to work a schedule to support production needs.
• Must have a good attendance record with no active Final Warnings.
• Must possess the ability to work well with others.

Education and/or Experience:

• High school diploma or general education degree (GED).
• Experience with food packaging equipment/assembly line and related equipment (horizontal wrappers, cartoners, etc.).
• Familiar with programming of PC Controller Units.
• Must possess good coaching and development skills.
• Must have experience with computers (i.e. MS Word, Excel, and Outlook).
• Works safely with limited direct supervision.
• Communicate with packaging controller.
• Coordinate product demands and change over schedule.

Language / Mathematical / Reasoning:

• Ability to read and comprehend simple verbal and written instructions and memos.
• Ability to effectively present information in one-on-one and small group situations.

• Ability to add, subtract, multiply, and divide.
• Ability to perform these operations using units of weight measurement.
• Ability to apply common sense understanding to carry out detailed but uninvolved written or oral instructions.
• Ability to deal with problems involving a few concrete variables in standardized situations.

Record-keeping Requirements

• Maintain daily production records.
• Keep daily record of production supplies and labor hours when supplying the line.
• Keep daily record of cases produced by product and labor hours per product for line when performing the boxing job.

Physical Demands:

The physical demands described here are representative of those that must be met by an employee to successfully perform the essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.

• While performing the duties of this job, the employee is regularly required to stand; walk; use hands to finger, handle, or feel; reach with hands and arms and talk or hear. The employee is frequently required to stoop and bend. The employee must regularly lift and /or move up to 55 pounds (average 9-15 pounds). Specific vision abilities required by this job include close vision, distance vision, color vision, peripheral vision, depth perception and ability to adjust focus.

Food Safety & Quality:

• Responsible for food safety and quality.
• Shall complete an orientation process which provides training in the Key Concepts of Food Safety and Quality.
• Shall understand that identification of any failures in these areas is their responsibility. If they identify a deficiency in Food Safety and/or Quality, they are responsible for taking corrective action and reporting the issue to their direct supervisor or Quality supervisor.
• The Quality Manual is available to this employee on the shared Dickson Network drive.
• Monitor production work methods to manage overall product to meet USDA and quality objectives.
• Must wear proper PPE
• Understand Allergens
• Understand Component Specs
• Follow SSOP’s
• Follow GMP’s
• Basic Housekeeping
• Perform 5S Audits
• Basic Organizational Skills

Work Environment:

The work environment characteristics described here are representative of those an employee encounters while performing the essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.

• While performing the duties of this Job, the employee is regularly exposed to moving mechanical parts.
• The employee is occasionally exposed to temperature between 40 and 50 degrees. The noise level in the work environment is usually moderate.