Production Lead

About the position

As a Production Lead, you will be responsible for ensuring the timely and efficient production of food safe flour from mill to customer including knowing and understanding our Final Product Zone and customer shipment requirements as well as logistics of equipment. To succeed, you must be able to safely perform duties and deliver results in new situations while adhering to corporate food protection policies without compromising the team's values. You will serve others with understanding, respect, and care, operate with simplicity, clarity, and transparency, deal with and drive change, organize, prioritize, and own multiple tasks while meeting or exceeding deadlines, learn and apply new technology and share your knowledge with others, and carry out all your activities with reliability, integrity, compliance and in a safe, environmentally responsible, and efficient manner.

Responsibilities

• Safety Champion, drive engagement and success of plant and personnel safety, food safety, quality policies, programs, and procedures in the mill including MSS and audit preparation.
• Communicate as a liaison between staff and management to help everyone be heard.
• Attend daily R&R meetings and take relative safety information back to the team.
• Provide guidance to operators on troubleshooting equipment to optimize operations.
• Aid in planning and execution of maintenance items for repair days and downtimes both planned and unplanned.
• Perform miscellaneous duties as assigned including working on plant teams, providing input on capital & focused improvement (FI) projects, 5S, training, center lining.
• Coordinate and order supplies, as needed, through Jaggaer/Manager.
• Understand plant metrics, report, trend, and attend daily and weekly R/R meetings.
• Be a Subject matter expert on all plant equipment. Be able to make repairs and maintain equipment for the plant installation not limited to equipment all other plant systems for example Mechanical conveying, spouting, gravity and pneumatic conveying, and electrical systems.
• Be an integral part of Team Member training and verification of qualification and performance. Aid in onboarding to hires in the department.
• Be ready to step into any position within the bulk department as necessary due to vacations and illness.
• Provide peer to peer coaching when necessary to help in holding the team accountable.
• Maximize efficiencies in the department daily by understanding the production schedule, customer needs and specifications, and logistics of inbound and outbound vessels.
• Perform sanitation duties as assigned.
• Use computers to operate process equipment, document production reports, shift reports, including production and maintenance issues.
• Assist in the optimization of equipment automation to make the process run smoother.
• Fill out work orders, update data in the OEE tool, communicate issues and propose corrective actions.
• Use PRISM to open and close production orders.
• Interact with scheduler, elevator, miller, quality team, maintenance, toting, bulk, and feed to communicate workflow, schedule, and equipment issues.
• Assist as needed within the facility in other areas, including but not limited to feed loadout, elevator, mill, and maintenance.
• Perform the duties of Production Manager when the Production Manager is unavailable, which will include weekends, holidays, and on call.
• Call the department to support for the operations as necessary including both scheduling and directing contractors safely.
• Lead FI assignments & capital projects, as assigned by management.
• Oversee Contractor work, as required.
• Provide tours to internal &/or external visitors.
• Provide innovative solutions while troubleshooting.

Requirements

• Must have a high school diploma or equivalent.
• 4+ years' experience in plant operations.
• Strong leadership behaviors.
• Demonstrated problem-solving/decision-making skills.
• Proficient in computer tools including email and spreadsheets.
• Proficient in English both written and verbally.
• Communication skills that provide a clear, concise, and timely message.
• High level of organizational skills and ability to multi-task.

Nice-to-haves

• Ability to read and understand electrical diagrams.
• Ability to read and understand flow diagrams or milling air and hydraulic systems.
• Additional formal education or certifications.

Benefits

• Medical, Dental and Vision Coverage
• Health and Dependent Savings Accounts
• Life and Disability Programs
• Voluntary Benefit Programs
• Company Sponsored Wellness Programs
• Retirement Savings with Company Match
• Team Member and Family Assistance Program (EAP)
• Paid Time Off and Paid Holidays
• Employee Recognition Program with Rewards (RAVE)