Lead Packer (1st Shift)

J&J Snack Foods Corp; Moscow Mills (MO); On-site; USD 55,000 - 75,000; Full time

Job summary

J&J Snack Foods Corp is seeking a Production Shift Lead to support the Packaging Department in a fast-paced food manufacturing facility. The role emphasizes safety, quality, yield, and compliance with SOPs while training peers.

You will report to the Production Manager, supervise line staff, coordinate line start-ups, schedule labor, and ensure cleanliness and equipment readiness. Regular attendance and ability to lift and stand for long periods are required.

Qualifications

• Math and reading skills required.
• Ability to lift, bend, stoop, and stand for long periods.
• Regular and reliable attendance.

Responsibilities

• Emphasize policy and culture to improve safety, yield, efficiency, and quality.
• Maintain area cleanliness and safe operation of equipment.
• Enforce company rules in a fair and consistent manner.
• Schedule labor and coordinate with temporary staffing to meet daily production needs.

Skills

Math skills

Reading skills

Job description

As a leader and innovator in the snack food industry for over 50 years, J&J Snack Foods provides branded snack foods to foodservice and retail supermarket outlets across the U.S. Its products include such icons as SUPERPRETZEL, ICEE, and Dippin’ Dots along with other key brands like LUIGI’S Real Italian Ice, The Funnel Cake Factory Funnel Cakes, and Hola Churros. J&J also has a strong presence in bakery providing cakes, cookies, and pies to some of the largest grocery and convenience retailers in industry. Our company continues to deliver record sales led by a talented team and a commitment to “Fun Served Here”.

Scope:

Skilled knowledge of product lines. Employee is able to perform all tasks without guidance or supervision and will provide training and support to other peers. To aid in the training, processes, and procedures for all employees in the Packing Department. Key member for inventory. Institute the direction and goals of the Shift Supervisor to maintain yield, efficiency, quality, cleanliness, and safety.

Key Responsibilities:

• Emphasize policy, procedures, and culture consistent with the Shift Supervisor’s direction that control and improve: production yield and efficiency of facility against standard safety leadership cleanliness food safety and quality adherence to SOP’s employee ownership and understanding of product and process and overall teambuilding employee welfare
• Continuously takes independent action, perform the daily paperwork, and provide corrective action recommendations to the Production Manager in the areas of: safety quality cleanliness yield & efficiency
• Maintains their area in a clean, orderly, and safe manner
• Enforces company rules in a fair and consistent manner
• Reports broken or inoperable equipment to the Shift Supervisor
• Reports unsafe equipment or areas Shift Supervisor. Take immediate correction action if warranted.
• Initiates the start of the lines on time
• Effects Changeovers in a timely fashion
• Schedules labor for full time and agency employees
• Works with the temporary labor provider to fill daily shortages
• Reports time and attendance infractions to the Shift Supervisor
• Maintains strong interdepartmental communication that facilitates goals
• Reports recommended changes to written production standards/specifications to reflect actual process to the Shift Supervisor
• Adheres to all environmental, health and safety requirements and procedures
• Responsible for food safety and quality
• Performs other duties as assigned by the Supervisor.
• Verifies throughout the shift: Adherence to the written production specifications and formulas efficiency (cases per hour); yield (cases per lb); process documents are in compliance, are accurate, and in the proper frequency; employees are in specified areas and labor has met specification guidelines; breaks and lunches are timely and in accordance with the shift and cleanliness
• Develops subordinates’ ability to understand, manage, and affect the department in a positive professional way by ensuring that all employees (as required) have been trained in the areas of: OSHA regulated programs Food Defense, GMP’s, HAACP, CCP Procedures Quality Cleanliness Communicable Disease Policy Reading and understanding production specifications Understanding and recording of data on process documents

Position Requirements:

• Math and reading skills
• Ability to lift, bend, stoop, and stand for long periods of time
• Regular and reliable attendance

Disclaimer:

This position description is not designed to cover or contain a comprehensive listing of activities, duties or responsibilities that are required of the team member. Duties, responsibilities, and activities may change, or new ones may be assigned at any time with or without notice.

EEO Statement:

J&J Snack Foods Corp.is an equal opportunity employer and prohibits discriminatory employment actions against, and treatment of, employees and applicants for employment based on actual or perceived Federal, State and local laws that prohibit employment discrimination on the basis of race, color, age, national origin, ethnicity, alienage, religion or creed, gender, gender identity, pregnancy, marital status, sexual orientation, citizenship, genetic disposition or characteristics, disability or veteran's status, sex offenses, prior record of arrest or conviction, genetic information or predisposing genetic characteristic, status as a victim or witness of domestic violence, sex offenses or stalking and unemployment status.