LUB Nutrition Team Lead

Leprino•Lubbock, TX

About The Position

The Nutrition Team Lead assists department leadership in guiding employees to produce high-quality products safely and efficiently. The role supports safe equipment operation, incoming raw-material and outgoing-product quality, and compliance with Standard Operating Procedures (SOPs), Good Manufacturing Practices (GMPs), food-safety requirements, and safe-work practices. The Team Lead helps ensure team members are trained and follow required procedures, and supports department production metrics. The position performs equipment duties as needed, including maintaining, adjusting, and controlling equipment; keeping daily logs and work orders; and monitoring equipment condition, maintenance, and sanitation needs. Daily duties include inventorying silos, powder bins, ingredients, chemicals, and crystallizer levels, and calibrating crystallizer thermometers each morning. The role documents operational changes and unusual events, coordinates action plans for issues, monitors production supplies, and helps make adjustments to meet customer specifications. The Team Lead communicates with department operators and leads and supervisors in other departments, troubleshoots equipment breakdowns or stoppages, and coordinates with maintenance to minimize downtime and ensure follow-through. The role also completes assigned GMP, housekeeping, and sanitation duties, follows safety policies and procedures, and helps ensure products meet food-safety, regulatory, and quality requirements.

Requirements

Must be at least 18 years of age.
Work experience in a manufacturing environment or a team leadership position.
Mechanical skills or aptitude.
Strong time-management and organizational skills.
Demonstrated ability to motivate others.
Ability to communicate effectively verbally and in writing and complete written and electronic documentation in English.
Demonstrated computer proficiency with general business software such as Microsoft and operational systems such as SAP or similar.

Nice To Haves

Two years of work experience in a manufacturing environment, including operating equipment and troubleshooting.

Responsibilities

Assist department leadership in guiding employees to achieve high-quality production safely and efficiently.
Help ensure team members, including the Team Lead, are trained and follow PSOPs, GMPs, and safety procedures.
Assist department leadership in accomplishing team production metrics.
Maintain, adjust, and control department equipment as needed to achieve proper end targets.
Maintain daily logs and work orders and monitor equipment condition for maintenance and sanitation needs.
Perform daily inventory checks of silos, powder bins, ingredients, chemicals, and crystallizer levels.
Calibrate crystallizer thermometers each morning.
Document operational changes, adjustments, and unusual events accurately and promptly during production.
Coordinate action plans to address issues.
Monitor production ingredients and supplies and ensure they are available to operators.
Assist department leadership with adjustments needed to meet customer specifications.
Communicate clearly with department operators and leads and supervisors in other departments.
Troubleshoot equipment breakdowns and stoppages, notify maintenance as needed, and follow issues through to completion with the maintenance technician, team lead, or supervisor.
Complete assigned GMP and housekeeping duties.
Follow safety procedures, policies, critical safety rules, and expected standards of conduct.
Follow the Food Safety Plan, Quality Plan, and company policies to ensure products meet food-safety, regulatory, and quality requirements.
Perform equipment sanitation duties as needed and ensure master sanitation schedules are completed on time.