Floor Coordinator - Day Shift

Fresh Express•Salinas, CA

1d•Onsite

About The Position

Oversees the day-to-day processing activities for a department, a unit, a production line/lines or logistics function. Ensures that assigned schedules or needs are met and that staff adheres to start, stop, and break times. Serves as Safety champion for team to ensure proper food and personal safety policies, processes, and practices are followed at all times. Serves as liaison between line or department members and management on non-personnel issues. Trains new employees, assigns or serves as "buddy" for new employees to ensure proper introduction and inclusion into group. Assures line or department activities are set up prior to start of shift and properly closed down based on schedules. Reports all performance, process, or safety concerns to management in a timely manner. The role involves coordinating staff rotation for lunches and breaks, training new personnel or overseeing training by experienced peers, and assigning a "buddy" to accelerate engagement and safety focus. It also includes coordinating responses to mechanical, quality, and safety downtime issues, notifying and following up with supervisors and maintenance, and keeping supervision informed of status or potential changes. The Floor Coordinator communicates directions and changes from supervisors to the floor, keeps supervision informed of other production problems, and makes suggestions for correction. They work with peer floor coordinators from other departments to ensure synchronization of raw materials, components, and movement of finished goods, identifying and addressing potential problems or gaps. The position monitors assigned unit's equipment/tool condition, calibration and use, reinforcing SOP adherence for quality checks and corrective action. They reinforce practices that promote a safe work environment, GMP adherence, and food safety. Responsibilities also include managing rework activities, observing and making staffing adjustments with supervisor approval based on schedule changes or other variables to maintain quality and productivity safely, and ensuring smooth product processing. They oversee corrective actions for EAM or EVM events, perform root cause analyses for process improvement, and participate in food safety incident review and control. The coordinator acts as management's eyes and ears, monitoring flow and progress throughout the shift and reporting problems. They encourage employees to maintain organized, clean, and safe work areas, reinforce proper safety habits including LOTO, and support safety response actions during emergencies. This role also involves overseeing blend activity for spring mixes, adjusting to issues by evaluating and moving product to balance demand under supervisor direction, and communicating changes. They complete or consolidate assigned paperwork/labeling, identify process improvement opportunities, and serve on process improvement teams. The Floor Coordinator serves as a backup for other unit positions to cover breaks, meals, and absences, and is responsible for actively supporting team members, including cross-training and new-hire/buddy assignments.

Requirements

Able to handle multiple tasks simultaneously and on a daily basis
Must have the ability to understand and interpret production work orders, assist team specialists in a wide variety of daily activities to include taking roll call, identifying and preventing production problems, and fill-in positions when employees are absent
Must have complete knowledge of job functions in assigned unit
Must serve as subject matter expert and trainer on existing and new procedures
Must be able to accomplish assigned duties with a minimum of supervision
Must be able to calculate including addition, subtraction, multiplication, division, and percentages to accurately convert volumes and various numerical reports into useable floor information
Must be able to stand for the duration of the shift (8 hours or more)
Perform repetitive motions throughout the shift such as push/pull/lift
Bend continuously through the shift
Lift up to 35 pounds
Be able to climb stairs or step up onto a platform several times throughout the shift
Must be able to work in a noisy, wet, and cold environment of approximately 30-34 degrees Fahrenheit
Must be able to work 6 or more consecutive days including overtime, any shift, including late nights, weekends, and holidays
Must be able to follow oral and written instruction
Must have not more than 3 attendance points (for internal applicants)
NO safety, nor any other disciplinary warnings (for internal applicants)
Prior work experience in a food manufacturing facility

Nice To Haves

Prior lead experiences
Reading, writing, and speaking English is preferred
Arithmetic and mathematical skills including addition, subtraction, multiplication, division, percentages, formulas and conversions

Responsibilities

Oversee the day-to-day processing activities for a department, a unit, a production line/lines or logistics function
Ensure that assigned schedules or needs are met and that staff adheres to start, stop, and break times
Serve as Safety champion for team to ensure proper food and personal safety policies, processes, and practices are followed at all times
Serve as liaison between line or department members and management on non-personnel issues
Train new employees, assign or serve as "buddy" for new employees to ensure proper introduction and inclusion into group
Assure line or department activities are set up prior to start of shift and properly closed down based on schedules
Report all performance, process, or safety concerns to management in a timely manner
Coordinate rotation of staff for lunches and breaks
Train new personnel or oversee training by individual's experienced peer, assign "buddy" to accelerate engagement process and safety focus
Coordinate response of mechanical/quality/safety downtime issues, notify and follow up with supervisors and maintenance and keep supervision informed of status or potential need to make changes
Communicate directions and changes from supervisors to the floor
Keep supervision informed of other production problems and make suggestions to correct
Work with peer floor coordinators from other departments to insure coordination of raw materials, components, and movement of finished goods is synchronized and potential problems or gaps identified and being addressed
Monitor assigned unit's equipment/tool condition, calibration and use
Reinforce area practices to insure SOP's are being adhered to for quality checks and corrective action with peers and team
Reinforce area practices that promote a safe work environment with peers and team
Reinforce area practices that promote GMP adherence and food safety with peers and team
Manage rework activities
Observe and make staffing adjustments with supervisor approval based on schedule changes or other variables such as raw material quality required to insure quality and productivity is maintained in a safe manner
Insure smooth flow of product processing through assigned area
Oversee corrective actions in the event of an EAM or EVM
Perform various root cause analyses within the functional area to drive Process Improvement
Participate in food safety incident review and control
Be the eyes and ears for management monitoring the flow and progress throughout the shift reporting any potential or actual problems
Encourage peer employees to maintain work areas well-organized, clean and safe with everything properly stored or staged
Reinforce proper safety habits including LOTO is being properly executed with peers and team
Support safety response actions by communicating commands from supervision and reinforcing proper emergency behavior with peers and team during an emergency event
Oversee blend activity for spring mixes and insuring production is being met
Under direction of supervisor adjusting to issues by evaluating and moving product to balance or meet demand requirements and communicating changes through the production network
Complete or consolidate assigned paperwork/labeling
Identify process improvement opportunities within area of assignment
Serve on process improvement teams to generate change in processes and systems
Serve as a backup for other unit positions as needed to cover for breaks, meals, and absences
Actively support the other members of the employee's work team including assisting with cross-training, new-hire/buddy assignments, and process support during breaks, meal periods, and other staff coverage as needed