LUB Nutrition Team Lead

Leprino Foods; Lubbock (TX); On-site; USD 65,000 - 90,000; Full time

Job summary

Leprino Foods in Lubbock invites an experienced Nutrition Team Lead to guide department employees toward producing the highest quality dairy products safely and efficiently. You will help ensure SOPs, GMPs, and safety rules are followed, while supporting training and maintaining equipment performance and sanitation.

The role requires strong communication, leadership, and problem-solving abilities, with a focus on meeting customer specifications and food safety standards.

Qualifications

• Must be 18 years of age.
• Manufacturing experience or prior team leadership.
• Mechanical skills/aptitude.
• Strong time management and organizational skills.
• Ability to motivate others.
• Effective written and verbal English communication; document in writing and electronic form.
• Proficient with Microsoft Office and SAP or similar systems.

Responsibilities

• Assist department leadership in advising and guiding department employees to meet quality, safety, and efficiency standards.
• Help ensure training on PSOPs, GMPs, and safety procedures.
• Monitor production metrics and equipment performance, and complete daily logs.
• Perform daily product inventory and calibrate crystallizer thermometers.
• Troubleshoot equipment breakdowns and coordinate with maintenance.
• Maintain sanitation and GMP housekeeping duties.
• Communicate clearly with operators, team leads, and other departments.
• Ensure compliance with Food Safety Plan and Quality Plan.

Skills

Mechanical skills

Time management

Motivate others

Communication

Computer proficiency

Tools

SAP

Job description

The Nutrition Team Lead assists department leadership in advising and guiding department employees to achieve the highest possible quality product in a safe and efficient manner by ensuring the safe operation of the associated equipment and/or processes, the quality of incoming raw materials, the quality of the outgoing products in accordance with Standard Operating Procedures (SOP's), Good Manufacturing Practices (GMP) and safe work practices.

• Help to ensure team members (including self) are trained and following PSOPs, GMPs and safety procedures as required.

• Assist department leadership in ensuring that production metrics for team are accomplished.

• Perform department equipment duties when needed, including maintaining, adjusting and controlling equipment to achieve the proper end targets, maintaining daily logs and work orders, and monitoring condition of all equipment for proper and regular maintenance and sanitation requirements.

• Perform daily product inventory of silos, powder bins, ingredients, chemicals, and crystallizer levels, as well as calibrate crystallizer thermometers every morning.

• Document operational changes and adjustments appropriately in a timely and accurate manner during production and anything out of the ordinary. Coordinate action plans in dealing with extraneous issues in all instances.

• Monitor ingredients and supplies necessary for production and ensure their availability to each operator.

• Assist department leadership in making necessary adjustments to achieve customer specifications.

• Maintain clear communication with department operators, as well as team leads and supervisors of other departments.

• Troubleshoot equipment breakdowns and/or stoppages and notify maintenance as needed to minimize department downtime. Follow through to completion with the maintenance technician, team lead, or supervisor as needed.

• Complete assigned GMP and housekeeping duties as required.

• Perform work in a safe manner by following safety procedures and policies, critical safety rules, and expected standard conduct.

• Ensure product meets food safety, regulatory, and quality requirements by following the Food Safety Plan, Quality Plan, and company policies as required.

• Perform daily equipment sanitation duties as needed and ensure master sanitation schedules are completed in a timely matter.

Minimum Qualifications & Experience:

• Must be 18 years of age

• Must have work experience in a manufacturing environment or team leadership position

• Mechanical skills/aptitude

• Strong time management and organizational skills

• Demonstrated ability to motivate others

• Must be able to communicate effectively with others both verbally and in writing, and to complete required documentation both in written and electronic form utilizing the English language

• Must have demonstrated computer proficiency with general business software (i.e. Microsoft) and operational systems (i.e. SAP or similar)

Preferred Qualifications & Experience:

• Two years of work experience in a manufacturing environment, operating equipment and troubleshooting

Additional Minimum Qualifications/Eligibility Requirements for Internal Applicants

• Signed Internal Non-Exempt Job Request Form

• At least 12 months in position (if applying for a lateral position)

• No current performance concerns

• Fewer than 1 full attendance point

• Supervisor/manager confirmation of career readiness

Offering You In Return:

A chance to be part of a global team of individuals passionate about producing and delivering high-quality products that help feed and nourish families around the world. Leprino Foods could not be where it is today without our incredible employees. That is why we share in our success together by rewarding you for your hard work. Hiring great people who are in it for the long run is our goal. Through competitive salaries and bonuses, life, medical/dental/vision coverage, voluntary benefits, employee assistance programs, wellness incentives, tuition assistance, vacation, ten paid holidays, sick time, paid parental leave, annual merit increases, as well as the LFC Profit-Sharing & 401(k) plan. Your impact will be noticed and rewarded, as you seek to further our company, our customers, and one another.

Our Story:

Leprino Foods' history dates back over 70 years, when Jim Leprino first started making small batches of mozzarella for local markets and eateries in the Little Italy neighborhood of Denver. We've grown a bit since then. Today, Leprino Foods is the world's largest manufacturer of mozzarella and lactose, and a leading producer of whey protein. Still owned by Jim and the Leprino family, our sights are set to be the "World's Best Dairy Food and Ingredient Company." To help us achieve that bold vision, we're looking for our secret ingredient: You. A motivated team member who is the best at what you do. Three passionate individuals in a small corner grocery store in the early 1950s have now grown to almost 5,000 employees throughout 16 global locations. Will you join us on our journey?

Leprino Foods Company utilizes the services of Psychemedics to perform our Hair Follicle Drug Testing. Additional information about this process can be obtained at www.psychemedics.com

Leprino Foods supports a drug-free workplace and is an EEO/Affirmative Action Employer - M/F/Disability/Veteran

Leprino Foods requires all individuals to wear the appropriate Personal Protection Equipment (PPE) as required by the role and location.

Nearest Major Market: Lubbock