Line Lead U.S. (1st Shift)

Pure Flavor® Farms; San Antonio (TX); On-site; USD 35,000 - 50,000; Full time

Job summary

Pure Flavor is seeking a Line Lead responsible for maintaining product quality and efficiency in a production line setting. This role involves supervising staff, ensuring compliance with food safety standards, and performing administrative tasks. Strong leadership skills and production experience are essential for success in our team-oriented environment.

Qualifications

• Minimum of one year production experience required.
• Knowledge of Good Manufacturing Practices and Food Safety.
• Strong English skills; additional languages a plus.

Responsibilities

• Ensure product quality and productivity targets are met.
• Direct tasks and instruct workers on grading and packing.
• Monitor compliance with health and safety policies.

Skills

Leadership

Problem solving

Time management

Communication

Education

High school diploma

Post-secondary education

Job description

Job Details

Description

Pure Hothouse Foods, marketed under the Pure Flavor brand, is a family of greenhouse vegetable growers who share a commitment to bringing A Life of Pure Flavor to communities everywhere. Our passion for sustainable greenhouse growing, strong support for our retail & food service customers, and focus on engaging consumers is built on a foundation drawn from generations of growing expertise. We are the next generation of vegetable growers, inspired to put quality, flavor, and customers first by providing greenhouse-grown vegetables from our farms that are strategically located throughout North America.

With a dedicated, energetic, and highly skilled workforce, we believe our employees make a difference. We offer our employees the opportunity to advance their careers in our progressive, vibrant organization.

Job Summary

The Line Lead role is responsible for ensuring product quality, customer specifications, efficiency and productivity targets

are consistently meet on the production line. This role monitors the flow of produce and packaging on the line, order

labels and completes documentation to ensure traceability.

Responsibilities

• Work directly with the Production Supervisor to ensure an efficient production workflow and production requirements and reworked products consistently match product specifications and customer expectations
• Perform daily pre-operational and post-operational checks and complete corresponding documentation
• Set up the line; ensure the line is adequately supplied with the correct product and labels as indicated by the production board; regularly review to ensure any changes are captured and communicated to workers on the line
• Direct workers' tasks: instruct in the correct grading, sorting, and packing requirements to ensure company standards are consistently met with the focus of maximizing quality and productivity; support and provide guidance when necessary
• Stage product and packaging for the next shift using allocations
• When jobs are completed, tag any remaining products properly and record them on repacking sheets to maintain proper inventory.
• Administrative tasks associated with updating complete jobs and ensuring traceability protocols are being followed
• Communicate and address variances, quality issues, and concerns with the Production Supervisor; help identify the causes and implement sustainable corrective action
• Monitor the working environment to ensure compliance with company and statutory hygiene, good manufacturing practices, food safety, health and safety policies and procedures
• Train and follow up with employees
• Conduct team member audits
• Other core expectations as defined by the company
  
  

Qualifications

• High school diploma required; post-secondary education preferred
• Minimum of one (1) years production experience required; leadership role preferred
• Knowledge of Good Manufacturing Practices, Health and Safety, and Food Safety
• Proven ability to lead and motivate people
• Strong English skills required; understand, read, write and speak; additional languages are an asset
• Good problem-solving, dispute resolution, time management, and organizational skills required
• Self-motivated with the ability to work independently and in a team
• Ability to work in a high-stress, fast-paced environment
  
  

Work Environment

• Hours of work may vary depending on business needs; ability and willingness to travel
• This job operates in a clerical, office setting. Moderate work in a refrigerated warehouse, where temperatures range. The noise level in the work environment can be loud due to packaging machinery, and forklift truck operation.
• Role routinely uses standard office equipment such as computers, phones, photocopiers, filing cabinets and fax machines. Specific vision capabilities required; the employee is to work in front of a computer, sitting and/or standing for prolonged periods is required.
• Role frequently requires the ability to stand, walk, bend, twist, use hands to handle or feel product or packaging and reach with hands and arms.
• The position requires the ability to regularly lift up to 30 pounds, occasionally up to 50 pounds.
  
  

If you are looking for a challenging and rewarding career opportunity, submit your resume to Pure Flavor today!

Pure Flavor is committed to providing an accessible and barrier-free environment for all individuals, including candidates and employees. We are an equal opportunity employer and comply with all applicable accessibility and accommodation legislation, including the Accessibility for Ontarians with Disabilities Act (AODA) in Canada and the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) in the United States. Accommodations are available upon request for candidates participating in all aspects of the selection process. If you require accommodation, please contact our Human Resources department.

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