at Hearthside Food Solutions LLC in Geneva, Illinois, United States
Job Description
Who We Are:
Hearthside Food Solutions is the industry's leading food contract manufacturer, and leader in nutritional bars and baked snacks. Our product categories include energy bars, snack bars, granola bars, baked bars, cookies, crackers, pretzels, croutons, breadcrumbs, snack components and other baked foods and snacks. Hearthside is also one of the largest food contract packaging companies, we package many foods that people eat every day. Today Hearthside operates 38 production facilities, including three in Europe, and is a volume leader in multiple food categories. To aid the supervisor in providing a safe work environment for line associates while producing a quality product for our customers using cost saving practices and efficiencies with minimal waste.
ESSENTIAL DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES
- Oversees pre-op and/or tear down depending on shift. Coordinate lines set-up.
- Reviews production issues, production schedule orders and product specifications.
- Works with other departments to prevent downtime.
- Leads continuous improvement plant wide.
- Assigns personnel to work stations and gives direction.
- Provides associate training as needed.
- Recommends corrective actions for non-compliance to supervisor.
- Has excellent communication skills and is very approachable.
- Ability to communicate with supervisors and line workers.
- Responsible for specification compliance.
- Responsible for documentation and legible record keeping for line, including, but not limited to, lot tracking, waste, quality checks, product usage, production and standards.
- Basic math skills, the ability to enter data into computer programs, and attention to detail.
- Ability to read and interpret documents such as safety rules, operating and maintenance instructions, and production reports such as product usage, packaging, lot tracking, labor tracking, waste control, daily worksheets, and any forms deemed necessary by the Production Manager and Production Supervisor.
- This position is expected to eventually cross train in all lead areas related to production and packaging.
- Must work safely at all times.
- On the floor 95% of shift.
- Must be able to work a flexible schedule.
- Other duties as assigned.
QUALIFICATIONS
To perform this job successfully, an individual must be able to perform each essential duty satisfactorily. The requirements listed below are representative of the knowledge, skill, and/or ability required.
LANGUAGE SKILLS
Ability to read, speak, and write in English. Bilingual capability is a plus.
EDUCATION and/or EXPERIENCE
- High school diploma or general education degree (GED); or three to six months related work experience and/or training; or equivalent combination of education and experience.
- Ability to work independently with minimal supervision yet be flexible and have the ability to work in a team environment.
- 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
WORK ENVIRONMENT
The work environment characteristics described here are representative of those an employee encounters while performing the essential functions of this job.
Multi-shift production operations may be expansive, noisy, wet/humid and vary in temperature from refrigerated environment, ambient or warm in summer months depending on facility.
PHYSICAL DEMANDS
The physical demands...
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