Hausbeck Pickle Company is where our Mission is to produce & deliver the highest quality food products with enthusiasm & integrity while striving for win-win partnerships with our customers and suppliers. We are looking for experienced professionals to join our family-oriented environment. Please consider joining a team whose vision is to share the FUN, FLAVOR & FREEDOM of our food products with everyone, making the world a tastier place!
Job Summary
Responsible for the safe operation of plant equipment and systems, to ensure maximum production quantity and quality, while supporting the policies, goals, and objectives of the company.
Benefits – Medical, dental and vision; STD, LTD and Life company paid; 401k with company match. Employee pays only 15% of medical cost at $16.47/week for Single and $49.41/week for Family coverage (2024 Rates). Company contributes HSA dollars annually of $1,000 for a Single and $2,000 for a Family.
Essential Duties and Responsibilities
- Maintain and improve the day-to-day plant production.
- Train and motivate Equipment Operators to achieve production goals.
- Participate in setting objectives, plan development and performance review of plant performance.
- Prepares reports, analyzes data, and makes recommendations for improving plant operations and solving production related problems.
- Communicates regularly with all production personnel, both individually and as a group, to ensure good two-way communication concerning production issues.
- Conducts employee performance reviews based on job descriptions to determine goal achievement, competency, knowledge, and contribution to the production staff.
- Ability to operate equipment related to food production.
- Maintains and updates operating and training manuals for the Production Department.
- Reviews the operation of plant equipment and systems constantly, to minimize unplanned downtime, anticipate and solve problems in a timely manner.
- Identify opportunities for continuous improvement and work with team members to accomplish set goals.
- Troubleshoot minor equipment problems in order to maintain production.
- Responsibilities also include moving food containers, dumping product into equipment, cleaning of equipment, surroundings and facility as directed.
- Observe gauges, dials, and product characteristics, and adjust controls in order to maintain appropriate flow of ingredients.
- Responsible for inspecting each part of the equipment, testing different parts for effective function before using the equipment, and checking if items produced pass quality control inspection.
- Remain vigilant for alarms or other signs of equipment malfunction and shut down equipment and notify manager when necessary.
- Record production and test data, such as processing steps, batch records, and test results.
- Must be able to report Food Safety and Quality issues to Management.
- Verify order and batch record accuracy prior to starting, during, and upon completion of production campaign.
- Verify any reports recorded by an Equipment Operator on their team.
- Maintains safety, health, and environmental policies and procedures for the Production Department. Is a member of the Safety Committee.
- Coordinates activities with Maintenance, Warehouse, Lab, and Tankyard.
- Work with Production Scheduler to plan and build weekly schedules.
- Monitors month-end reports of line efficiency.
- Implements and maintains programs and procedures required to ensure plant safety, GMPs, and cleanliness/sanitation.
- Assist with planning and implementing plant improvements, expansions, or site developments.
- Responsible for sanitation crew and their performance.
Must be able to:
- Recognize failure of equipment or established procedure that compromises food safety.
- Recognize failure of equipment with potential to cause injury or significant damage to equipment.
- Recognize possible cross contamination issues in an effort to protect and maintain quality of produced product.
- Utilize our efficiency program; read and analyze production schedules, and other records and reports to determine production requirements and to evaluate current production estimates and outputs.
- Maintain operations data, such as time, production, and cost records, and prepare management reports of production results.
- Confer with management or subordinates to resolve worker problems, complaints, or grievances.
- Recommend or implement measures to motivate employees and to improve production methods, equipment performance, product quality, or efficiency.
- Monitor and track all daily department internal and external customer order fulfillment.
- Monitor employee and leadership attendance, vacation, exit reports within attendance software system.
Supervisory Responsibilities
- Monitor employee and leadership attendance, vacation, exit reports within attendance software system.
- Conducts employee performance reviews based on job descriptions to determine goal achievement, competency, knowledge, and contribution to the production staff.
- Be involved in hiring, terminations, evaluations, and promotions.
Additional Responsibilities
- Perform all other duties as assigned.
Qualifications
To perform this job successfully, an individual must be able to perform each essential duty satisfactorily. The requirements listed below are representative of the knowledge, skill and/or ability required. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.
Education and/or Experience:
- Degree in Operators; Engineering, business or similar
- Experience in a Food Production Facility
- Previous supervisory experience: production manager experience preferred
Knowledge, Skills and Abilities Required:
- Decision Making Authority
- Must be able to assign tasks consistent with current production run schedule to Equipment Operators.
- Prepare reports on Productivity and Employee Performance.
- Ability to record equipment sanitation and production batch records.
- Self-starter and maintain a high level of leadership.
Certifications, Licenses, Registrations:
- Advance training or certifications in EHS preferred.
- Provide necessary papers allowing holder to work legally in the United States.
Equal Employment Opportunity Policy:
Hausbeck Pickle Company provides equal employment opportunities to all employees and applicants for employment and prohibits discrimination and harassment of any type without regard to race, color, religion, age, sex, national origin, disability status, genetics, protected veteran status, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, or any other characteristic protected by federal, state or local laws.
This policy applies to all terms and conditions of employment, including recruiting, hiring, placement, promotion, termination, layoff, recall, transfer, leaves of absence, compensation and training.
https://hausbeck.com/
