Line Performance Technician

Amy's Kitchen; Santa Rosa (CA); On-site; USD 29,000 - 43,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Fun and safe atmosphere

On-the-job training

Discount on Amy's products

Opportunities to grow

Competitive compensation and benefits

On-site meals for lunch and dinner

Attendance & safety bonuses

Referral bonuses

Safety shoe program

401k matching (up to 4%)

Parental Leave Program

Education reimbursement; scholarship

Paid Time Off

Unpaid Time Off

Job summary

Amy's Kitchen is hiring for a Line Performance Technician in Santa Rosa, CA. You will execute production and packaging line targets while upholding Quality, People, and Food Safety requirements.

This role focuses on maximizing efficiency and minimizing waste, coordinating material usage, and troubleshooting equipment to keep a steady flow. Responsibilities include line startup, monitoring line speed, and leading shift handoffs when supervisors are unavailable.

Qualifications

• High school diploma or GED or equivalent experience.
• Familiar with Amy's products and processes.

Responsibilities

• Lead and coordinate line startup and ingredient/packaging prep.
• Monitor line speed and downtime; work with maintenance to resolve issues.
• Capture and review line performance data and CGA/RTF targets.
• Maintain accurate records of inventory, WIPs, and batch sheets.
• Ensure sanitation, GMPs, and safety audits are conducted.

Skills

Active listening

Relationship building

Conflict resolution

Training others

Team collaboration

Data accuracy

Education

High school diploma or GED

Tools

Handheld scanners

Job description

Shift: 1st | Start time: 5am-7am (flex)

Pay: $21-$31/hr.

Location: 2330 Northpoint Parkway, Santa Rosa, CA 95407

Amy's Perks:

• A fun and safe atmosphere where teamwork is encouraged
• Weeks of on-the-job training for your new role
• Discount on Amy's products
• Opportunities to grow and advance your career
• Competitive compensation and benefits package
• Affordable Amy's meals on-site for lunch and dinner
• Bonus incentives based on attendance and safety
• Referral Bonuses
• Safety Shoe Program, covered by Amy's
• 401k program (up to 4% contribution matching after 1 year)
• Parental Leave Program
• Education reimbursement; scholarship Program
• Paid Time Off (PTO) and Unpaid Time Off options

SUMMARY

The Line Performance Technician is a key member of the manufacturing team responsible for executing their production or packaging line's key performance targets while ensuring, Quality, People and Food Safety requirements are being maintained.They seek to maximize efficiency and productivity while minimizing waste.They are responsible for coordinating, controlling and tracking material usage and for performing adjustments and troubleshooting of equipment and processes to maintain a consistent flow and pace to assembly and packaging line activities.

Safety Always & Quality

• Ensure safe work practices are adhered to by manufacturing workers including discussing daily safety topics in huddles, ensuring warm-up exercises are performed, executing rotations to create equal distribution of repetitive work, and ensuring adherence to training requirements.
• Escalate to a People and Production Supervisor any line or people noncompliance, violations and/or variances.
• Ensure compliance with all people safety and food safety policies, procedures and requirements.
• Inspect for proper sanitation of equipment and facilities and take corrective action to resolve deficiencies.
• Maintain product quality and required documentation.
• Ensure that product and date codes are accurate and correctly placed and documented.
• Conduct People Safety and Good Manufacturing Practices (GMPs) audits.
• Understand quality standards for each product. Taste product and ingredients for quality.

Productivity & Performance

• Accountable for timely line startup and related preparation of ingredients and packaging.
• Lead achievement in Case Goal Attainment (CGA), Right First Time (RTF), and Usage Variance.
• Monitor equipment and/or line set up and ensure all equipment is operating correctly and safely.Monitor safety and guards for correct position and operation.
• Lead daily team meetings (at start and end of shift) when the People and Production Supervisor is not available.
• Monitor line speed and equipment downtime working with the maintenance team to resolve equipment related problems.Quickly respond to interruptions on the production line and/or process.
• Ensure return of finished product, Works in Progress (WIPs), return to stock, leftovers, and disposals to proper storage or staging areas.
• Ensure all weight checks, lot codes are monitored and changed as required.
• Participate in shift handoffs to ensure on time start of next shift.
• Work with the Changeover Coordinator to order equipment needed for next day schedule.
• Ensure all positions are covered during breaks.

Recordkeeping

• Responsible for completing all required production and packaging reports including but not limited to line performance, CGA, staffing shortages, material usage, downtime in systems (PFIS) or on paper as required.
• Maintain accurate records of all inventory of ingredients for the shift and work in process.
• Report assembly License Plant Number's (LPNs) to packaging batch sheets using handheld scanners.
• Complete code sign-off on packaging lines.
• As part of the Positive Release Process (PC) collect and review batch sheets and disposal forms daily and on time.
• Sign off on all batch sheets after the review process / PCQI for daily production.
• Ensure Good Document Practices by looking over all documentation for legibility and correctness before it is turned in.
• Complete Alias forms as necessary.
• Print LPNs for finished goods pallets as necessary.

SUPERVISORY RESPONSIBILITIES

This position has no direct reports.

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

• High school diploma or general education degree (GED); or 1 to 2 years food manufacturing experience; or equivalent combination of education and experience.
• Familiar with Amy's products and processes

SKILLS

• Active listening skills
• Builds and maintains relationships easily, working with diverse styles backgrounds.
• Able to confront issues and conflict in a constructive and productive manner.
• Able to train others to perform to standards.
• Cooperates easily with peers and others. Can collaborate across organizational boundaries.
• Able to identify problems, isolate causes and provide fact-based solutions.
• Ability to review data for accuracy and recognize inconsistencies or errors of any kind and report or correct them as necessary.

Language Skills

• Ability to read and comprehend instructions, short correspondence, and written procedures. Ability to write simple correspondence.
• Spanish language is preferred; English must be developed so that company business can be communicated in English or Spanish on the production floor.
• It is necessary to be able to clearly present information on a large range of forms and short reports.

Mathematical Skills

• Ability to add, subtract, multiply and divide in all units of measure, using whole numbers, common fractions, and decimals.
• Ability to compute rate, ratio, and percent. Know how to interpret bar graphs.
• Have a good understanding of production standards and efficiencies

Reasoning Ability

• Can apply common sense understanding to carry out instructions furnished in written, oral, or diagram form.
• Ability to deal with problems involving several concrete variables in standardized situations.
• Ability to take previous information and incorporate it into an understanding of a new topic. Able to see the similarities among essentially different objects or ideas and use existing knowledge about the first set of objects or ideas to understand the others.
• To fully understand procedures so they are used as basis for decision making.
• Ability to interpret a variety of instructions furnished in written, oral, diagram, or schedule form.
• Ability to solve practical problems and deal with a variety of concrete variables in situations where only limited standardization exists.

CERTIFICATES, LICENSES, REGISTRATIONS

• None

PHYSICAL DEMANDS

The physical demands described here are representative of those that must be met by an employee to successfully perform the essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions. While performing the duties of this job, the employee is frequently required to stand; walk; use hands to finger, handle, or feel; and taste or smell. The employee is occasionally required to reach with hands and arms. The employee must occasionally lift and/or move up to 30 pounds. Specific vision abilities required by this job include close vision, distance vision, color vision, peripheral vision, depth perception, and ability to adjust focus.

WORK ENVIRONMENT

The work environment characteristics described here are representative of those an employee encounters while performing the essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions. While performing the duties of this job, the employee is frequently exposed to moving mechanical parts. The employee is occasionally exposed to wet and/or humid conditions, extreme cold, slippery floor and risk of electrical shock. The noise level in the work environment moderate to high. May handle foods that contain allergens including: Soy, dairy, tree nuts, gluten, mustard and sesame.

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