Lead Packer (2nd Shift)

Jjsnackfoods; Moscow Mills (MO); On-site; USD 52,000 - 76,000; Full time

Job summary

J&J Snack Foods Corp. seeks a Packing Department lead to guide daily operations, training, and safety adherence. You will influence yield, quality, and efficiency while ensuring cleanliness and food safety across shifts.

The role emphasizes employee development, SOP compliance, and cross-functional coordination with the Production Manager to meet production goals.

Qualifications

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

Responsibilities

• Lead and train the Packing Department per Shift Supervisor directions.
• Maintain yield, efficiency, quality, cleanliness and safety.
• Schedule labor for full time and agency employees.
• Work with temporary labor to fill daily shortages.
• Enforce SOPs and environmental, health and safety requirements.
• Report time/attendance infractions to the Shift Supervisor.
• Develop subordinates' ability through required training (OSHA, GMPs, HAACP, CCP).
• Verify production specs, efficiency and yield; ensure proper documentation.

Skills

Math skills

Reading skills

Attendance

Physical stamina

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 take independent action, perform the daily paperwork, and provide corrective action recommendations to the Production Manager in the areas of:
  • Safety
  • Quality
  • Cleanliness
  • Yield & Efficiency
• Maintain their area in a clean, orderly, and safe manner
• Enforce company rules in a fair and consistent manner
• Report broken or inoperable equipment to the Shift Supervisor
• Report unsafe equipment or areas Shift Supervisor. Take immediate correction action if warranted.
• Start the lines on time
• Effect Changeovers in a timely fashion
• Schedule labor for full time and agency employees
• Work with the temporary labor provider to fill daily shortages
• Report time and attendance infractions to the Shift Supervisor
• Maintain strong interdepartmental communication that facilitates goals
• Report recommended changes to written production standards/specifications to reflect actual process to the Shift Supervisor
• Adhere to all environmental, health and safety requirements and procedures
• Responsible for food safety and quality
• Other tasks as assigned
• Verify throughout the shift:
  • Adherence to the written production specifications and formulas
  • Efficiency (cases per hour)
  • Yield (cases per lb)
  • That in process documents are in compliance, are accurate, and in the proper frequency
  • Employees are in specified areas and labor has met specification guidelines
  • That breaks and lunches are timely and in accordance with the shift
  • Cleanliness
• Develop 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.