Job description

Assist Production Manager to ensure that production operates efficiently while maintaining quality standards. Also, responsible to assist in ensuring OSHA compliance, HACCP/HARPC/SQF follow through and GMP compliance throughout the production process.

Important Job Duties:

• Assist Production Manager
• Oversee Production Department
• Daily Inspections and Check Lists
• OSHA Compliance
• HACCP/HARPC/SQF Compliance
• Departmental Communication
• Inventory Control
• Employee training and coaching
• Process Improvement

Performance Accountabilities:

Assist Production Manager To:

• Ensure employees scheduled to work in the production department are following the standard operation procedures set for each product.
• Ensure that all work is being performed in the most efficient manner possible while maintaining product quality and safe work environment.
• Ensure that all production employees are performing task within standards of all regulatory agencies and written programs.
• Accomplishes operations by communicating job expectations, planning, monitoring, and appraising job results.

Daily Inspections and Check Lists

• Inspect daily the product and process to ensure that all quality, food safety, OSHA regulations, and GMP standards are followed.
• Ensure the working forepersons and operators are completing all necessary check list and documentation.
• Complete daily inspections to ensure all set ups are completed for the next day’s production and ensure that all set up check lists are completed.
• Maintain working relationship with the union by following the terms of the collective bargaining agreement.

OSHA Compliance

• Have a thorough knowledge of all OSHA and Company safety regulations pertaining to working in a production process and equipment operation.
• Ensure that all employees are working within OSHA and Company safety regulations. Ensure that all employees assigned to the production department are aware of and understand completely these regulations.

HACCP/HARPC Follow Through

• Must have complete knowledge of the HACCP/HARPC/SQF plan and all prerequisite programs.
• Ensure that all programs related to the production processes are being followed as outlined in the HACCP/HARPC/SQF plan.

Departmental Communication

• Communicate daily with the production manager, supervisors and working forepersons to discuss any production issues that may arise.
• Provide reports to the production manager for production happenings during his absence.
• Participate in daily production meetings with the production manager, supervisors and line personnel.

Inventory Control

• Assist the production manager in ensuring raw materials inventories are sufficient for the anticipated production.
• Assist in conducting period ending physical inventories at the completion of every four-week period as scheduled.

Employee Training Under the Direction of the Production Manager

• As required retrain and train existing and new employees to perform new duties.
• Ensure that all employees are properly trained to perform the job functions requested of them.
• Ensure that they completely know and understand the proper standard operating procedures of all equipment before operating
• Maintain training check list and notes for any employee training.
• Bring any training need to the attention of the production manager so retraining can be scheduled.
• If an employee performs his job unsafely address immediately with the production manager to have him/her removed from the job until retraining can be completed.

Skills / Requirements

• Knowledge of OSHA regulations or be willing to complete OSHA training course.
• Good communication skill, written and oral
• Organizational skills
• Computer literate, experience with micro soft excel and word.
• Must be able to work effectively as a team with other managers and directors to ensure all company standards, goals, and deadlines are met or exceeded.
• Must be able to operate and trouble shoot all production equipment
• Must have management skills

Education / Training

• 2 yr. Degree – Production Management or 5 years’ experience in a related field.
• Training in HACCP/HARPC programs and OSHA regulations or be willing to complete necessary training for each.

Skills/ Requirements:

• Knows and understands the contents of the Food Safety Policy Statement
• Knows that there is a Food Safety Manual including an HACCP plan and knows that there are critical control points and, if applicable, know how to apply control measures
• Knows that policies exist with reference to production-related record keeping
• Knows that policies exist regarding Incident Management and Recall and Food Security/Premises Security/Sabotage, and participate in establishing the same when appropriate
• Understand policies/standard operating procedures with respect to personnel practices regarding control of physical contaminants, cleaning and sanitation, waste management, and acts accordingly
• Knows that there are standard operating procedures for calibration of equipment, premises and equipment maintenance
• Understands our policies regarding product identification and labeling rules, as well as product traceability and act accordingly when necessary
• Understands that they are responsible to report any food safety or quality problems to personnel with authority to initiate action
• Process improvement

Job Type: Full-time

Pay: $50,000.00 - $65,000.00 per year

Benefits:

• 401(k)
• 401(k) matching
• Dental insurance
• Employee assistance program
• Health insurance
• Health savings account
• Life insurance
• Paid time off
• Vision insurance

Schedule:

• 10 hour shift
• Day shift
• Night shift
• Weekends as needed

Work Location: In person