Join our Family! This position will provide team and technical leadership in food manufacturing activities in coordination with the plant's safety, quality, production control, and new products.
Requirements
- Monitor product quality during production while meeting/exceeding standards.
- Manage and evaluate operations supervision and operations support personnel.
- Responsible for coaching and development of supervision in the operations group.
- Follow all plant, safety, and GMP guidelines, addressing any deviation when it occurs.
- Assure meetings are held with supervisors and employees to review GMP and safety policies and ensure that rules are followed and enforced.
- Conduct daily scheduling meetings to ensure proper planning.
- Handle all operations and warehousing issues and review and approve performance appraisals for same.
- Ensure not to exceed the annual salary increase percentage for the year.
- Be an active leader on the floor for all employees.
- Assume direct management leadership role during the absence of Plant Manager – serve as senior plant leader.
- Maintain and understand plant/department budgets daily.
- Assist with annual preparation and review of plant budget.
- Be actively involved with all Human Resources and Operations/Warehousing employee issues – leader and decision maker.
- Assist in preparation for monthly financial review with Corporate leadership
- Oversee all departments daily, watching for potential issues and avoiding obstacles – be proactive.
- Oversee daily EHS programs, ensuring all policies and procedures are followed.
- Handle all regulatory visits in the absence of the Plant Manager.
- Complete all special orders within the designated time limit for shipping/sales needs.
- Work with maintenance and operations to ensure compliance with all State and Federal environmental regulations.
- Maintain production areas in a clean and organized manner directing supervisors in areas of importance and priority.
- Maintain the overall facility to be compliant with internal and external regulatory agencies.
- Become an active member of the Plant Safety Committee.
- Ensure decisions are made about SOPs not being followed and what course of action should be taken.
- Supply lines with backup work for downtime periods during operations.
- Recommend specific product orders scheduled to minimize downtime due to changeovers.
- Coordinate increases or decreases in scheduling with various departments and take corrective action to meet requirements necessary to meet supply demands.
- Participate in developing and implementing the long-term culture of plant improvement in all areas.
- Responsible for ensuring food safety/quality policies are followed, to report all food safety/quality problems out of his/her realm of responsibility to personnel with the authority to initiate action.
- Responsible for making sure a good safe wholesome product is produced safely.
- Enforce and follow all Good Manufacturing Practices.
- Report all unsafe acts and unsafe working conditions to the appropriate manager. Assure resolution.
- All other duties as required.
Benefits
- Generous Paid Time Off
- 401k Matching
- Retirement Plan
- Visa Sponsorship
- Four Day Work Week
- Generous Parental Leave
- Tuition Reimbursement
- Relocation Assistance
