Kitchen Cook Lead - 2nd Shift (2pm - 10:30pm)
About The Position
The Kitchen Cook Lead plays an essential role in the production of gummies. This role is responsible for both mixing, blending, and cooking the gummy formulations according to the Master Manufacturing Record, as well as providing guidance to other kitchen cooks. Working closely with machine operators, this role ensures that all ingredients have been weighed correctly, are mixed properly, added to the equipment in the correct order, and meet all specifications outlined in the MMR. The role is also responsible for ensuring that PBR entries are made correctly and in a compliant fashion. Additionally, this role coordinates with the warehouse and the weigh & dispense team to ensure materials are staged for seamless production. The Kitchen Cook Lead is critical in ensuring consistent product makes it to the depositor every time, resulting in reproducible results and customer satisfaction.
Requirements
- Previous food, pharmaceutical, and/or dietary supplement production and manufacturing experience required.
- Minimum High School Diploma or G.E.D. equivalent
Nice To Haves
- Experience with gummy manufacturing preferred.
Responsibilities
- Following cGMPs (current Good Manufacturing Practices)
- Moving bulk materials
- Manual mixing and adding ingredients
- In-process checks
- Use of pH meter, temperature probe, scales
- Peer weight verification
- Providing guidance and instruction to other kitchen cooks
- Taking passdown information from previous shifts and providing passdown information to subsequent shifts
- Minor equipment and process troubleshooting
- Supporting with NCR investigations
- Following and enforcing all food safety, HACCP, and quality requirements
- Overseeing other kitchen cook schedules and activities to assist the supervisor with ensuring breaks and lunches are taken at the right times and for the right length of time.
- Requesting, receiving, and handling materials from warehouse
- Basic kitchen equipment operation
- Scanning materials in ERP (Enterprise resource planning system)
- Reading MMR (Master Manufacturing Record)
- Filling out Kitchen portion of batch record
- Complete various trainings such as corporate, job specific, and cross training
- Cleaning kitchen equipment, utensils, tools, & containers
- Chemical mixing & handling
- Line Clearance
- Maintenance & Calibration work order creation
- Safety Inspections
- Daily & weekly tasks such as mopping, refilling PPE (personal protective equipment), self-inspections (facility)
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What This Job Offers
Job Type
Full-time
Career Level
Mid Level
Education Level
High school or GED
