Production Line Lead- 3rd shift

Purpose of Position

The Line Leader is responsible for assisting the Supervisor and providing directions to production employees in a Department (Pasta or Sauce Production or Packaging).

Key Responsibilities

• Ensure SOPs are followed and products are made to specifications
• Coordinate break relief and assign employees to specific line assignments.
• Complete shift documents as required (CCPs, QC, Production, Labor Reporting, etc)
• Operate and troubleshoot all equipment in the department.
• Effectively train new employees to run equipment and adhere to safety and quality policies & procedures.
• Assist Supervisor to ensure the smooth running of the department and achieve department production and quality targets.
• Assist Supervisor to ensure that Health & Safety rules and regulations are adhered to including GMPs.
• Monitor, measure and report on production related process performances including CCPs.
• Work closely with other Line Leaders to ensure shift handovers are effectively communicated.
• Help Supervisor resolve employee issues through problem resolution.
• Performs other duties as assigned.

Key Skills and Experience

• Intermediate Language skills – ability to read/interpret documents, ability to write routine reports/correspondence, ability to speak effectively
• Intermediate Mathematical Skills – ability to calculate figures/amounts
• High Reasoning Ability – ability to solve practical problems & deal with variety of concrete variables in situations where only limited standardization exists
• Computer Skills including manufacturing software, payroll systems, spreadsheets, word processing software
• Previous experience with specific machines may be required – for example for Packaging—experience with Statistical Weighers and Vertical Form Fill Seal machines – Specifics depend on the department in question
• Previous experience with lot codes and code dating required
• Previous experience in a food manufacturing environment is required
• Bilingual in English and Spanish is a plus

While performing the duties of this job, the employee is subject to standing for prolonged periods; frequently walks, grasps, lifts, holds, or feels objects; occasionally stoops, kneels, crouches, or crawls. The employee often is required to use manual and finger dexterity and eye-hand coordination when working and handling products, computers, or machinery. The employee may be subject to assist and support up to 50 pounds with varying amounts of assistance on an as-needed basis. The employee could have work conditions that are cold or hot. The noise level in the work environment is usually loud. The physical demands described here represent those that an employee must meet to perform the essential functions of this job successfully.

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About us: Rana is an international Company present in over 60 countries, with a turnover close to $1.5 billion. Founded by Giovanni Rana in 1962, the Company has been led for over 35 years by Gian Luca Rana, CEO and pioneer of the internationalization project that has led the Group to become a leader worldwide in the production and marketing of fresh food products (filled and unfilled pasta, gnocchi, sauces, and ready meals). Rana focuses its investments in the following areas: job creation (our workforce doubled in the last five years) and research and development, with the aim of offering Consumers delicious products made of the highest-quality ingredients. The Rana Group has always made innovation its strength, both in the technological field (with the registration of dozens of product and process patents) and in communication. As a family-owned Company, we are united by strong Values and the aspiration of building a better future for future generations. Ethics and sustainability are the cornerstones of our sixty-two-year history, which have made our business healthy and constantly growing.

Today, Rana has 8 factories (6 in Europe and 2 in the US) and is a large family of 3,500 People. The engines of our continued success will keep being innovation, internationalization, passion and constant search for excellence in everything we do.

Rana is committed to providing a workplace of diversity and inclusion. There shall be no discrimination on the basis of age, disability, sex, race, religion or belief, gender reassignment, marriage/civil partnership, pregnancy/maternity, sexual orientation or any other protected characteristic under applicable law. Decisions related to hiring, compensation, training, evaluating performance, or termination are made fairly. We offer a welcoming and inclusive environment and actively promote equality of opportunity for all with the right mix of talent, skills and potential. We welcome all applications from a wide range of candidates and selection for roles will be based on individual merit alone.

NOTICE TO STAFFING FIRMS, AGENCIES AND EMPLOYMENT VENDORS:

Rana Meal Solutions and its affiliates will not accept unsolicited resumes from third-party recruiters without a signed Fee Agreement in place AND before the resume is inputted into our applicant tracking system. Vendor solicitation should be directed to the Human Resource Department directly; as such, firms that circumvent the required compliant process will be barred from submitting candidates. In the absence of a signed fee agreement AND proper resume submission, RMS does not recognize any claim on a candidate by a third party, will consider unsolicited resumes the property of the company and reserves the right to engage and hire those candidates without any financial responsibility to the third-party vendor.