Production Line Leader - Commissary
About The Position
The Commissary Line Leader supports daily commissary production operations by coordinating line activities, assisting teammates, and helping maintain production flow, food safety, quality, and operational standards. This role serves as a working lead on the production floor and acts as a point of operational support for Supervisors by assisting with communication, staffing coordination, troubleshooting, execution of production goals, and maintaining workflow continuity. The Line Leader is expected to lead by example while remaining actively involved in production activities including packaging, ingredient staging, equipment operation, material movement, product handling, and production support functions. This position does not replace the Supervisor role but provides operational support during daily production and helps maintain continuity when Supervisors are supporting multiple operational areas or are temporarily unavailable.
Requirements
- Must be at least 18 years of age.
- Strong communication, teamwork, and organizational skills.
- Ability to work in a fast-paced food production environment.
- Demonstrated reliability, attendance, and leadership by example.
- Basic understanding of GMPs, food safety, sanitation, and workplace safety practices.
- Ability to prioritize tasks and support operational coordination during production.
- Ability to follow SOPs, batch sheets, production schedules, and operational instructions.
- Ability to adapt to changing operational priorities and support multiple departments as needed.
Nice To Haves
- High school diploma or equivalent preferred.
- Previous experience in commissary, food manufacturing, packaging, prep, warehouse, sanitation, or production operations preferred.
- Experience operating food production or packaging equipment preferred.
- Informal leadership, trainer, or team lead experience preferred.
- Basic computer, Redzone, and production system knowledge preferred.
Responsibilities
- Assist teammates with packaging, ingredient staging, equipment setup, line startup, changeovers, and production support activities as needed.
- Help coordinate line flow and communicate operational priorities to teammates during production runs.
- Monitor product quality, packaging integrity, labeling accuracy, portion control, and GMP compliance throughout the shift.
- Assist with startup, operation, minor troubleshooting, and shutdown of production equipment following approved procedures and safety standards.
- Identify operational concerns such as shortages, downtime, staffing gaps, quality concerns, or equipment issues and communicate them promptly to Supervisors or appropriate support teams.
- Support adherence to food safety, allergen control, sanitation, HACCP, GMP, PPE, and company safety requirements always.
- Assist with completion of production documentation, line checks, downtime tracking, batch records, inventory tracking, and cleaning logs as required.
- Help maintain organization and cleanliness across production lines, workstations, staging areas, storage areas, and operational zones.
- Assist with final staging, palletizing, tote organization, and preparation of finished products for warehouse handoff and shipment.
- Support onboarding and training of teammates on production procedures, GMP expectations, food safety requirements, and operational standards.
- Assist Supervisors with communication of production goals, staffing adjustments, operational priorities, and shift expectations.
- Coordinate with Warehouse, QA, FSQA, Sanitation, Maintenance, and Planning teams as directed to support operational continuity.
- Operate packaging equipment, production equipment, pallet jacks, scales, and material handling equipment safely and efficiently.
- Assist with inventory organization, material movement, ingredient replenishment, and operational support tasks based on production needs.
- Escalate food safety, quality, safety, operational, or compliance concerns to Supervisors or FSQA immediately.
- Support downtime recovery, line balancing, staffing coverage, and operational adjustments as directed by leadership.
- Perform all other related duties as assigned by Supervisors or Management.
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What This Job Offers
Job Type
Full-time
Career Level
Entry Level
Education Level
High school or GED
