Production Lead NV

Produce the largest amount of quality product possible while complying with all production and safety guidelines.

ESSENTIAL DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES include the following:

• Must have knowledge of cup line operations (including operation of equipment, washouts, CIPs, product changeovers, package changeovers, etc).
• Demonstrate ability to oversee a team and work closely with Packaging Team Lead
• Must be able to identify, communicate and resolve quality
• Must be able to lead courageously under the directive of the Team Leader
• Maintain quality standards
• Assist all team members in assuring adherence to General Manufacturing Practices (GMP's), all safety rules, as well as plant rules and
• Assist with overseeing the process of receiving product from the processing department, packaging the product and sending it to the Warehouse in quality, shippable, finish product
• Ensures compliance with corporate standards and systems to monitor food safety, food safety culture, quality and facility cleanliness
• Other duties as assigned

FOOD SAFETY RESPONSIBILITIES

• Producing product free of contamination
• Following all Ken’s Foods SQF, Security and GMP policies
• Reporting any suspicious activities anywhere in or around the plant
• Inspection of work area for any possible product contamination issues on a continuous basis

SKILLS AND ABILITIES

Language Skills

Ability to read and interpret documents such as safety rules, operating and maintenance instructions, and procedure manuals. Ability to write routine reports and correspondence. Ability to speak effectively before groups of Team Members.

Mathematical Skills

Ability to add, subtract, multiply, and divide in all units of measure, using whole numbers, common fractions, and decimals. Ability to compute rate, ratio, and percent and to draw and interpret bar graphs.

Reasoning Ability

Ability to apply common sense understanding to carry out instructions furnished in written, oral, or diagram form. Ability to deal with problems involving several concrete variables in standardized situations.

ESSENTIAL PHYSICAL DEMANDS

The physical demands described here are representative of those that must be met by a Team Member 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 Team Member is regularly required to stand; walk; use hands to finger, handle, or feel; reach with hands and arms; and talk or hear. The Team Member is occasionally required to climb or balance and stoop, kneel, crouch, or crawl. The Team Member must occasionally lift and/or move up to 100 pounds. Specific vision abilities required by this job include close vision, distance vision, color vision, peripheral vision, depth perception, and ability to adjust focus.

ESSENTIAL MENTAL ALERTNESS REQUIREMENTS

• Work in a constant state of alertness and safe manner
• Ability to perform tasks involving high levels of cognitive function and judgment
• Not mentally or physically impaired from any cause that can adversely affect ability to safely and competently perform the duties of the position
• Ability to take prompt and appropriate response to operating conditions
• Ability to work in an unfatigued state
• Ability to accurately gauge lengths of time and distance
• Ability to quickly store and recall instructions in one’s short term memory
• Ability to concentrate
• Ability to cope with sudden changes in surrounding and/or emergency situations and/or alarms
• Demonstrated caring, committed and concerned attitude about safety

WORK ENVIRONMENT

The work environment characteristics described here are representative of those a Team Member 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 Team Member is regularly exposed to moving mechanical parts. The Team Member is frequently exposed to wet and/or humid conditions and risk of electrical shock. The Team Member is occasionally exposed to high, precarious places; fumes or airborne particles; toxic or caustic chemicals; and vibration. The noise level in the work environment is usually loud.