Packaging Lead
About The Position
This position is responsible for providing leadership and training while managing the workload as the leader for the Packaging department. The role involves performing duties to ensure accurate and timely management of packaging responsibilities, maintaining a safe and efficient plant environment, developing key indicators for quality and productivity, training operators, creating a team working environment, evaluating performance, maintaining records, troubleshooting equipment, and ensuring quality of work. It also includes adhering to safety, food safety, quality assurance, GMP, and sanitation policies, inspecting products, communicating issues, and performing housekeeping duties. General leadership responsibilities include ensuring regulatory compliance, following HR procedures, ensuring proper training, and assisting with subordinate performance evaluation.
Requirements
- Good oral and written communication skills
- Computer literacy
- Strong leadership skills
- Organizational skills
- Ability to effectively work with and direct a team environment
- High School Diploma or GED
- Prior supervisory, team lead or foreman experience
- Ability to motivate through hands-on leadership
- Verbal, written and math proficiency
Nice To Haves
- Packaging or process experience preferred
Responsibilities
- Maintain an efficient and safe plant environment that meets company and departmental goals.
- Develop key indicators to measure quality, productivity, and utilization.
- Train operators and support personnel as needed.
- Create a team working environment within the area.
- Evaluate performance of operations.
- Maintain necessary records for accounting functions and customer audits.
- Provide basic troubleshooting for equipment and processes.
- Provide leadership for all department personnel.
- Utilize the IMS and SPC where applicable.
- Responsible for quality of work within area.
- Maintain work environment in a clean and orderly fashion.
- Actively engage in continuous improvement programs such as SOP’s.
- Ensure proper utilization of company SOP’s.
- Follow all Personnel Safety policies/procedures, including the use of proper PPE, as well as ensure the safe use of required tools and equipment.
- Follow all Food Safety, Quality Assurance, GMP's, Sanitation and general plant policies/procedures.
- Inspect products for overall appearance according to customer and QA/Food Safety requirements and communicate with supervisor when non-conforming products are present.
- Communicate all safety or environmental issues to supervisors/managers.
- At end of shift, secure all equipment, perform general housekeeping duties.
- Complete necessary paperwork for documenting process parameters and recordkeeping requirements.
- Ensure all regulatory compliance.
- Follow established Human Resources procedures.
- Ensure proper training and adherence to area SOP’s.
- Assist with evaluating the performance of subordinates.
- Create a team working environment.
- Develop key indicators to measure quality and productivity.
- Open Communications to be a team player and do other tasks as necessary.
Benefits
- Competitive pay with the starting rate dependent upon experience
- 100% paid employee health insurance with an effective date of the first of the month following 30 days
- Dental Insurance
- Vision Insurance
- Life Insurance
- Disability Insurance
- Supplemental Insurance
- 401(k) eligibility after 6 months of employment, with a match of up to 3%
- Quarterly bonus potential
- Gym membership
- Steel toe boot reimbursement program
- Prescription safety glasses reimbursement
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What This Job Offers
Job Type
Full-time
Career Level
Mid Level
Education Level
High school or GED
