Assistant Production Supervisor

The Jel Sert Company; West Chicago (IL); On-site; USD 60,000 - 80,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading food and beverage company is seeking an Assistant Production Supervisor to maximize safety, quality, and productivity in West Chicago. This entry-level position offers the opportunity to contribute to a team-focused environment, ideal for personal growth. Candidates should have at least 2 years experience in production and be fluent in English and Spanish.

Qualifications

• 2 years of experience in a production environment required.
• BA/BS degree preferred.
• Must be bi-lingual in English/Spanish.

Responsibilities

• Supervising employees to maximize safety, quality, and productivity.
• Conduct safety audits and inspections.
• Create daily and overtime schedules.

Skills

Bi-lingual (English/Spanish)

Good verbal & written communication skills

Capability to prioritize and organize workload

Ability to foster teamwork

Education

High school diploma, GED or equivalent experience

BA/BS preferred

Minimum of 2 years within a production environment

Tools

MS Office

Job description

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For nearly a century, The Jel Sert Company has focused on creating high-quality, high-value foods and beverages that help bring people together. Jel Sert is proud of being awarded the Great Place to Work certification along with making Fortune’s Great Place to Work in Chicago and Great Place to Work in Manufacturing and Production. We are currently looking for a passionate and dedicated individual to join our team as an Assistant Production Supervisor. If you are looking for a work environment that encourages personal growth, responsibility, and a shared vision for creating incredible products that help create lasting memories, then Jel Sert wants you!

The Assistant Production Supervisor is responsible for supervising employees to maximize employee safety, food quality, and productivity. Key responsibilities include daily safety observations, production monitoring, lot control, inventory accuracy, reporting, sanitation, housekeeping, and adherence to standard operating procedures. Assures correct preparation of products and finished goods. Shared responsibility for safety training, new methods e.g. 5 S, standardize work and methods improvements.

This position may require the employee to work overtime as needed. Overtime is scheduled based upon individual job responsibilities and the needs of the department.

ESSENTIAL DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES include the following. Other duties may be assigned.

• Conduct safety line inspections and department safety audits
• Create daily and overtime schedules
• Delegate responsibilities to line group leaders and other employees
• Quality (high quality production, quality audits, clean environment) HACCP, Verification of CCP’s
• Assist in performing new hire orientation trainings
• Report and review employee disciplinary issues with supervisor
• Sanitation and housekeeping
• Perform 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.

EDUCATION And/or EXPERIENCE

• Minimum of 2 years within a production environment required
• Experience within Food and Beverage manufacturing industry preferred
• High school diploma, GED or equivalent experience required; BA/BS preferred
  
  

Knowledge, Skills, And Abilities

• Bi-lingual (English/Spanish) required
• Production Lead experience preferred
• Capability to prioritize and organize workload required
• Ability to foster teamwork required
• Good verbal & written communication skills required
• Proficiency in MS Office, basic computer skills and the internet required
  
  

Benefits & Salary

Jel Sert Company is committed to pay transparency and will provide further compensation information during the interview process. minimum compensation for the Assistant Production Supervisor is $26.00 per hour. Due to this being a 3rd shift opportunity, the shift differential to be paid for all time worked on 3rd shift is an additional $2.00 per hour. Compensation is determined by a candidate’s experience, education, skills, training, and the internal equity within our organization. Actual compensation to be paid will be determined upon an offer. In addition to a competitive compensation package, regular full-time corporate employees of Jel Sert are eligible for our extensive benefits programs that can be reviewed here.

PHYSICAL DEMANDS

Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.

• Climbing: Ascending or descending ladders, stairs, and the like, using feet and legs and/or hands and arms.
• Balancing: Maintaining body equilibrium to prevent falling when walking, standing or crouching on narrow, slippery or erratically moving surfaces.
• Stooping: Bending body downward and forward by bending spine at the waist.
• Kneeling: Bending legs at knee to come to a rest on knee or knees.
• Crouching: Bending the body downward and forward by bending leg and spine.
• Crawling: Moving about on hands and knees or hands and feet.
• Reaching: Extending hand(s) and arm(s) in any direction.
• Standing: Remaining upright on the feet, particularly for sustained periods of time.
• Walking: Moving about on foot to accomplish tasks, particularly for long distances or moving from one work site to another.
• Pushing: Using upper extremities to press against something with steady force in order to thrust forward, downward or outward.
• Pulling: Using upper extremities to exert force in order to draw, drag, haul or tug objects in a sustained motion.
• Lifting: Raising objects from a lower to a higher position or moving objects horizontally from position to-position.
• Fingering: Picking, pinching, typing or otherwise working, primarily with fingers rather than with whole hand or arm as in handling.
• Grasping: Applying pressure to an object with the fingers and palm.
• Feeling: Perceiving attributes of objects, such as size, shape, temperature or texture by touching with skin, particularly that of fingertips.
• Talking: Expressing or exchanging ideas by means of the spoken word; those activities where detailed or important spoken instructions must be conveyed to other workers accurately, loudly, or quickly.
• Hearing: Perceiving the nature of sounds at normal speaking levels with or without correction, and having the ability to receive detailed information through oral communication, and making fine discriminations in sound.
• Repetitive motions: Making substantial movements (motions) of the wrists, hands, and/or fingers.
• Medium work: Exerting up to 50 pounds of force occasionally, and/or up to 20 pounds of force frequently, and/or up to 10 pounds of force constantly to move objects.
• The worker is required to have close visual acuity to perform an activity such as: preparing and analyzing data and figures; transcribing; viewing a computer terminal; extensive reading; visual inspection involving small defects, small parts, and/or operation of machines (including inspection).
• The worker is required to have visual acuity to operate heavy equipment.
• The worker is required to have visual acuity to determine the accuracy, neatness, and thoroughness of the work assigned or to make general observations of facilities or structures and be able to discern differences between red/green/amber.
  
  

WORK ENVIRONMENT

Manufacturing environment with some allergen products

The worker is subject to both environmental conditions: Activities occur inside and outside

The worker is subject to noise: There is sufficient noise to cause the worker to shout in order to be heard above the ambient noise level

The worker is subject to hazards: Includes a variety of physical conditions, such as proximity to moving mechanical parts, moving vehicles, exposure to heat

FOOD SAFETY and QUALITY RESPONSIBLITIES

Follow applicable procedures and work instructions

Verification and monitoring audits of CCP’s

Back-up Redundancy – Assistant Production Supervisors

IMPACT ON JEL SERT SUCCESS

This job directly impacts departmental Safety, product quality and production efficiency.

Seniority level

• Seniority level

  Entry level

Employment type

• Employment type

  Full-time

Job function

• Job function

  Strategy/Planning and Information Technology

• Industries

  Food & Beverages

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