Job Responsibilities:

• Accomplishes manufacturing staff results by communicating job expectations; planning, monitoring, and appraising job results; coaching, counseling, and disciplining employees; initiating, coordinating, and enforcing systems, policies, and procedures including SQF and GMP policies.
• Maintains staff by orienting, and training employees; developing personal growth opportunities for employees.
• Maintains work flow by monitoring steps of the process; monitoring personnel and resources; implementing cost reductions; developing reporting procedures and systems; facilitating corrections to malfunctions within the process; initiating and fostering a spirit of cooperation within and between departments.
• Completes production plan by scheduling and assigning personnel; accomplishing work results; establishing priorities; monitoring progress; revising schedules; resolving problems; reporting results of the processing flow on shift production summaries.
• Maintains quality service by establishing and enforcing organization standards. This includes but not limited to the organization of Raw Ingredient Tracking, UHT Processing Sheets, Batching Records, Operator/ Filler sheets, CIP and SIP documentation, finished product documentation, inventory sheets, and license plate documentation.
• Ensures the operation of equipment by calling for repairs.
• Maintains safe and clean work environment by educating and directing personnel on the use of all machines, equipment, and resources; maintaining compliance with established policies and procedures.
• Delivers corrective action to all employees when needed in a timely manner.
• Maintains professional and technical knowledge by attending educational workshops; establishing personal networks; benchmarking state-of-the-art practices.
• Contributes to team effort by accomplishing related results as needed.
• Communicates with all departments to ensure successful operations.

Job Qualifications:

• Supervising experience
• Some experience managing processes and production planning wanted.

Education and Experience:

• Associates Degree or a minimum of 5 years’ experience in plant operations.
• 5 or more years’ experience in a high volume fluid dairy manufacturing plant with a minimum 3 years in extended shelf life format.

Physical Requirements:

• Standing: Long periods (a minimum of 6 hours)
• Sitting: Occasionally for short periods
• Walking: Frequently
• Bending: Occasionally
• Twisting of Spine: Occasionally
• Lifting: Light (less than 30lbs) infrequently distance- 100 ft.
• Pushing/ Pulling: under 75lbs without assistance infrequently

Special Requirements:

• Ability to work weekends and holiday’s

SQF Requirements/Responsibilities:

Support SQF by:

• Support SQF by maintaining food safety and food quality through completing job tasks and maintaining the work area in a sanitary manner.
• Ensure all biosecurity measures are administered.
• Support SQF by ensuring refer trailers temperature checks are tracked and necessary corrective action taken to maintain temperature compliance.
• Make the Food Safety and Policy Manuals are documented, maintained, and made available to relevant staff.
• Report food safety problems to personnel with authority to initiate action.

Workplace safety is vitally important to our company-not only at our company but we also view it as an important aspect of the lives of each and every employee, the communities we work in as well as our customers. While at work, our employees are responsible for understanding and following all safety rules and procedures for their job assignment. We offer regular training and ongoing reinforcement so that safety becomes a daily conversation with all employees. Likewise food safety is a key performance indicator for our company. Understanding this, Good Management Practices (GMPs) and housekeeping procedures are to be followed as part of any job. There is no production goal, no competitive advantage, nor any cost-effective measure that is worth risking your own personal safety.