Food Processing Line Lead

CP Fresh, a Charlie's Produce Company•South Park, WA

1d•Onsite

About The Position

The Cook Chill Lead role is an on-site position and requires regular attendance at the facility. It is responsible for coordinating and overseeing daily production activities within the Cook Chill Department. This role ensures that all prepared food items are produced safely, efficiently, and in accordance with Charlie’s Produce quality standards, regulatory requirements, and production schedules. The Cook Chill Lead provides hands-on leadership to production staff, supports continuous improvement initiatives, and maintains a safe, organized, and compliant work environment.

Requirements

Experience in food manufacturing, preferably in a cook–chill or ready to eat environment
Strong understanding of HACCP, GMPs, and food safety regulations
Ability to lead and motivate a production team
Comfortable operating industrial cooking and chilling equipment
Strong attention to detail and documentation accuracy
Ability to lift 50 lbs. and work in hot and cold environments
Strong communication and organizational skills

Responsibilities

Directs daily cook chill operations, including batching, cooking, chilling, portioning, mixing and packaging.
Plan, implement and monitor the day-to- day operation
Communicate with the team about any changes, new items and any concerns.
Assigns tasks to production staff and ensures workflow meets production schedules
Monitors product quality, consistency, and adherence to recipes and specifications
Troubleshoots production issues and escalates equipment or process concerns
Enforce all HACCP, GMPs, USDA, FDA, and all food safety ‑regulations.
Be able to work with USDA inspector, QA and Audits
Conduct and complete required documentation accurately and legibly (weights, counts, quality checks, temperature logs, ingredient check off and allergens, inventory, Decant and any additional document that need to fill out for production runs
Ensure proper operation of kettles, chillers, pumps, fillers, and related equipment
Training new employees in cook-chill procedures, safety and equipment operation
Great Communicate with supervisors, QA, and other departments to coordinate production needs (checking in with supervisor at the begging and end of shifts)
Be able to motivate employees in a team-based environment
Evaluate performance of staff, build and motivate effective teams to ensure the organizational goals for diversity, career development, productivity, performance management and employee involvement are met
Leads by example and understand all aspects of production
Keep track on expiration dates and inventory of produce/follow proper rotation to ensure older product is used first/keep track of waste
Label and organize all product/maintain a clean and organize workstation following food safety and sanitation procedures
Make sure all orders for the day are fulfilled and of good quality standard/ make sure everything is delivered to designated areas. USDA, Room 4, warehouse and any other areas
Inventory control and be able to place orders for the next day
Lead fast paste and safe production runs to complete orders in a timely manner for trucks to be out on schedule
Make sure associates have all their needs equipment, produce, paperwork and anything else they need to be successful to complete assignments assigned to them in an efficient order.
Multitask and be able to solve any issues that come across
Make sure all products are safe to consume and label correctly and packaged up to weight,
Follow recipes and directions
Be able to run orders by allergen control and store them properly so we don't cross contaminate product
After finishing orders for the day make sure to communicate with warehouse supervisor or lead for any issues or missing orders.
Make sure all orders are completed from the allocation
Report any suspicious activity or broken equipment that is not safe to use
Responsible for scheduling breaks, lunches, and to ensure they are following company policies.
Be aware of every associate whereabouts
Complete assignments as assigned
Make sure at the end of the day everything is labeled, store correctly, clean and organized, collect all paperwork, and make sure it’s filled correctly.
No associate left behind make sure everyone leaves like a team.