Production Lead

12 hour shift 6pm-630am routing night schedule 

Essential Duties and Responsibilities:

• Responsible for building a well-trained team which is passionate about safety, quality, efficiency, and company success.
• Develop, train, and motivate high potential staff in skilled positions to produce bench strength and cross training on assigned line
• Demonstrates basic set up and operational knowledge of all line related equipment. 
• Demonstrate Safety leadership - Enforce safe work practices by requiring proper PPE usage and correcting unsafe conditions. Safety incidents must be reported within 24 hours of occurrence.
• Direct hourly production staff by training, coordinating, and verifying daily activities within assigned areas.
• Monitor employee performance, productivity and provide constructive feedback and coaching.
• Arrives 30 minutes before the start of the shift to supervise and coordinate proper shift start-up.
• Must maintain 85% floor presence and 15% admin presence.
• Effectively partner with staff from multiple departments: Production, Sanitation, Maintenance, and Quality Assurance to ensure shared goals are met or exceeded
• Reports any food safety problems or potentially unsafe practices/conditions to lead or supervisor.

• Meet or exceed company expectations for production performance to maximize sales
• Ensure effective and consistent operation of assigned production line
• Communicates with Supervisor and other Production Leads during shift operations and shift changeovers.
• Direct adherence to regulatory, legal and company policies and procedures.
• Provide assistance and direction to line team members to maximize labor utilization.
• Reads and tracks production schedules; provides recommendations for changes.
• Communicate production expectations, measure, communicate and manage gaps for your assigned line
• Maintain required production rates to ensure production goals are met daily.
• Ensure quality product and Audit readiness throughout manufacturing process.
• Prepare for changeovers as required to ensure smooth, efficient, effective, and complete change-over in the quickest possible time and eliminate errors / potential for re-work
• Coordinate with maintenance to determine length of downtime and send home or re-assign team members as needed
• Manage production, efficiency, downtime on assigned production line to achieve maximum productivity throughout shift.
• Properly utilize labor resources to improve efficiency, minimize labor expense and reduce waste

Other Responsibilities and Skills Needed:

• Oral Communication
• Leadership
• Instill initiative and a sense of urgency
• Teamwork
• Ethics
• Dependability
• Decision-making
• Attention to Detail
• Ability to delegate, plan, and organize based on production needs
• E-mails: Be able to send and receive e-mails to communicate with Management
• Perform related duties as assigned by management

Education and/or Work Experience Requirements:

• Must be willing to work weekends when needed
• Moderate mechanical aptitude is needed

•     Computer skills – Microsoft Word, Excel, Outlook and PowerPoint a plus
•     PLEX – Utilize Plex System

Physical and Safety Requirements: 

• Must be able to lift and carry up to 50-70 lbs.
• Complies with Good Manufacturing Practices (GMP’s) and all other food safety requirements
• Complies with Personal Protective Equipment (PPE’s) requirements
• Reports any food safety problems or potentially unsafe practices/conditions to lead or supervisor
• Constant walking and standing on hard concrete surfaces
• Frequent bending, stooping, squatting, pushing, lifting and climbing
• Position will require working in very hot and cold conditions
• Other conditions include flour dust, wet floors, occasional smoke and fumes if product burns

Benefits:

• Weekly Pay (Direct Deposit)
• Insurance Benefits after 60 days (Medical, Dental, Vision and Life insurances) 

Production Lead

12 hour shift 6pm-630am routing night schedule 

Essential Duties and Responsibilities:

• Responsible for building a well-trained team which is passionate about safety, quality, efficiency, and company success.
• Develop, train, and motivate high potential staff in skilled positions to produce bench strength and cross training on assigned line
• Demonstrates basic set up and operational knowledge of all line related equipment. 
• Demonstrate Safety leadership - Enforce safe work practices by requiring proper PPE usage and correcting unsafe conditions. Safety incidents must be reported within 24 hours of occurrence.
• Direct hourly production staff by training, coordinating, and verifying daily activities within assigned areas.
• Monitor employee performance, productivity and provide constructive feedback and coaching.
• Arrives 30 minutes before the start of the shift to supervise and coordinate proper shift start-up.
• Must maintain 85% floor presence and 15% admin presence.
• Effectively partner with staff from multiple departments: Production, Sanitation, Maintenance, and Quality Assurance to ensure shared goals are met or exceeded
• Reports any food safety problems or potentially unsafe practices/conditions to lead or supervisor.

• Meet or exceed company expectations for production performance to maximize sales
• Ensure effective and consistent operation of assigned production line
• Communicates with Supervisor and other Production Leads during shift operations and shift changeovers.
• Direct adherence to regulatory, legal and company policies and procedures.
• Provide assistance and direction to line team members to maximize labor utilization.
• Reads and tracks production schedules; provides recommendations for changes.
• Communicate production expectations, measure, communicate and manage gaps for your assigned line
• Maintain required production rates to ensure production goals are met daily.
• Ensure quality product and Audit readiness throughout manufacturing process.
• Prepare for changeovers as required to ensure smooth, efficient, effective, and complete change-over in the quickest possible time and eliminate errors / potential for re-work
• Coordinate with maintenance to determine length of downtime and send home or re-assign team members as needed
• Manage production, efficiency, downtime on assigned production line to achieve maximum productivity throughout shift.
• Properly utilize labor resources to improve efficiency, minimize labor expense and reduce waste

Other Responsibilities and Skills Needed:

• Oral Communication
• Leadership
• Instill initiative and a sense of urgency
• Teamwork
• Ethics
• Dependability
• Decision-making
• Attention to Detail
• Ability to delegate, plan, and organize based on production needs
• E-mails: Be able to send and receive e-mails to communicate with Management
• Perform related duties as assigned by management

Education and/or Work Experience Requirements:

• Must be willing to work weekends when needed
• Moderate mechanical aptitude is needed

•     Computer skills – Microsoft Word, Excel, Outlook and PowerPoint a plus
•     PLEX – Utilize Plex System

Physical and Safety Requirements: 

• Must be able to lift and carry up to 50-70 lbs.
• Complies with Good Manufacturing Practices (GMP’s) and all other food safety requirements
• Complies with Personal Protective Equipment (PPE’s) requirements
• Reports any food safety problems or potentially unsafe practices/conditions to lead or supervisor
• Constant walking and standing on hard concrete surfaces
• Frequent bending, stooping, squatting, pushing, lifting and climbing
• Position will require working in very hot and cold conditions
• Other conditions include flour dust, wet floors, occasional smoke and fumes if product burns

Benefits:

• Weekly Pay (Direct Deposit)
• Insurance Benefits after 60 days (Medical, Dental, Vision and Life insurances)