RTE Lead 2nd Shift

E.A. Sween Company•Eden Prairie, MN

1d•Onsite

About The Position

This position plays an active role in the Company’s Lean initiatives. A motivated, quality conscious professional who ensures that production employees are properly utilizing standard work for their position that will result in producing the highest quality, most cost-effective products possible.

Requirements

High School Diploma or GED
2+ years pervious food experience
Previous experience leading or supervising employees
Good written and oral communication skills in English
Basic computer skills using Microsoft Office Suite
Ability to work flexible schedule to include occasional overtime and on occasion work on weekends (Saturday)

Nice To Haves

Previous machine operating experience
Previous experience conducting performance reviews

Responsibilities

Follow Good Manufacturing Practices (GMP) to ensure food safety and integrity.
Always follow safety protocols and use designated Personal Protective Equipment (PPE) in required areas.
Follow additional tasks assigned by Production Supervisor.
The ability to collaborate, communicate, and learn from people with different backgrounds, cultures, abilities, languages, or perspectives.
Leads the production team by promoting the Spirit of EA Sween Company and creating a friendly and positive work environment.
Coordinates the on-the-job training of all production employees in specific areas, including standard work, safety, GMP and completion of paperwork for all team members.
Leads by example by maintaining a good attendance record and promotes the importance of following the Attendance Policy with all production employees.
Ensure production employees are treated fairly in a friendly, safe, clean and positive work environment.
Responsible for food safety and quality.
Follows and enforces Good Manufacturing Practices (GMP) and all EA Sween and Operations policies and procedures.
Promotes food safety with all production employees and immediately reports any food safety concerns to the production manager.
Performs job responsibilities in a safe manner.
Promotes workplace safety with production employees and immediately reports any safety concerns to the production manager.
Successfully completes the mandatory EA Sween Quarterly Safety Training sessions for complying with both OSHA regulations and EA Sween policies.
Zero safety incidences of team members.
Validate that all team members are following standard work 100% of the time. Coach team to higher performance levels.
Work with Line Controllers to ensure accurate completion of downtime reports and raw material production reports for each work order using Redzone.
Ensure employees are rotating for each work order.
With guidance from Production supervisor, coach, discipline and document work performance and/or policy violations.
Communicate daily with Production supervisor and Production manager regarding any issues or concerns.
Fills in on the Production line as an as-needed basis.
Works with the Production Management team on updating position descriptions and standard work.
Properly cross-train in all positions or areas.
Meet or exceed 95% fill rates.
Contribute to Lean activities.
Suggest additional types of employee training as it relates to process improvement/lean.
Work with Production employees, as well as quality assistant, Production supervisor and maintenance techs to assemble the lowest cost, highest quality product possible.
25% waste reductions