Position Summary:

The Frontline Coordinator is a key position within our manufacturing plants and supports our production team leads as they drive production to the highest safety, quality and efficiency standards by fully embracing the Company’s philosophy. This role is a position that requires work exposure in multiple areas in our refrigerated production environment. The Frontline Coordinator supports the coaching and training of team members on safety, quality and production standards. This position is also responsible for the tracking of production metrics during the course of the production runs and communicating back to the line team to support achievement of manufacturing key performance indicators.

What if your job had a real impact? 

By joining Bonduelle, the world leader in ready-to-use plant-based food, you are deciding to make a positive and sustainable impact on yourself, others and the planet. You will play an active part in our mission: "inspire the transition toward a plant-based diet to contribute to people's well being and planet health". Bonduelle is a family-run company of 14,600 people which provides over 100 countries with vegetables. 

Well established in the United States, our business unit includes 4 production facilities with more than 3,200 associates. We process fresh vegetables, salads and meal solutions with our own brands: Ready Pac Foods® and Bistro®.

Join us at Bonduelle to start an adventure where people come first and contribute to a better future through plant-based food!

Bonduelle Fresh Americas is a Certified B Corp for a better life. Bonduelle chose B Corporation because of its comprehensive and rigorous standards and its ability to measure a company’s governance as well as worker, community, and environmental impact.We aim to make a positive impact on People, Planet and Food, as seen in our global B!Pact objectives. B Corp certification validates our positive impact and tells the world we are part of a community using business as a force for good.

Key Responsibilities:

• Follows and enforces GMP/PPE and Safety guidelines.
• Follows and maintains HACCP & Sanitation guidelines and processes.
• Complete and communicate (verbally & in writing), downtime reporting, performance efficiency, rework, and hourly reports.
• Able to understand and explain to associates the Overall Equipment Effectiveness (OEE).
• Able to understand and explain to associates how to use the Efficiency Tracking System.
• Oversee and maintain good housekeeping practices, sanitation, and SQF Regulatory Requirements.
• Complete and maintain yield standards, daily schedule, quality verification, and product change.
• Verifies products to meet quality standards without having foreign objects or defects.
• Four equipment related skills for operators: Ability to detect abnormalities. Ability to correct abnormalities and restore functioning. Ability to set optimum equipment conditions. Ability to maintain optimal equipment conditions.
• Facilitate basic machine troubleshooting/inspections for equipment.
• Oversee machine set-up and operation.
• Oversee product rotation, availability, and calculation/specification.
• Lead, coach, train, and delegate tasks to team members.
• Coordination of staffing of line(s), breaks, lunches and communications to supervisor.
• Communicate and educate line associates on good product, quality, and safety.
• Exhibit and lead good people skills and Bonduelle core values.
• Support additional projects of limited complexity.
• Perform other duties as assigned. 

Minimum Qualifications:

• GED/High School Diploma
• Entry level requires 2-4 years of related experience.
• Ability to read, write and speak English; comprehension of basic math.
• Willingness and flexibility to work in a cold, wet, fast-paced, 24 hour plant environment.
• Knowledge of HACCP & Sanitation guidelines and processes. 
• Ability to work independently and in a team environment.
• Fully understands department/function/line from start to finish; has prior exposure/experience in department/function/line and/or ability to learn quickly (i.e. if from outside)
• Ability to be cross trained and efficiently run 4 or more lines.
• Ability to lift up to 50 lbs

Physical Work Environment: 

While performing the duties of this job, this position entails use of ladders and catwalks to reach production equipment, regularly works near moving mechanical parts and is regularly exposed to extreme cold for extended periods of time. The associate frequently works in high, precarious places. The associate is occasionally exposed to wet and/or humid conditions, fumes or airborne particles, toxic or caustic chemicals, and risk of electrical shock. The noise level in the work environment is usually loud.