Potato Receiving & Quality Assurance Supervisor

Idaho Pacific Holdings; Ririe (ID); On-site; USD 55,000 - 85,000; Full time

Job summary

Idaho Pacific Holdings is seeking a Raw Receiving Manager to oversee all raw potato receiving, grading, and unloading activities. You will supervise staff, coordinate with procurement and production, and ensure safety and food quality policies are followed across the receiving area.

You will maintain records, manage equipment maintenance, and help drive continuous improvement in yield and efficiency within a 24/7 manufacturing environment.

Qualifications

• Ability to read and write legibly and in English.
• Ability to read a graduated thermometer, understand weights, measures, scales and calibration, and perform basic math.

Responsibilities

• Supervise raw receiving personnel to ensure maintenance, sanitation, receiving/unloading, and grading of raw potatoes meet expectations.
• Schedule, train, hire, discipline, and evaluate all raw receiving personnel and approve time cards.
• Communicate daily with Raw Procurement Manager and Plant/Production/Shift Manager to ensure raw product availability for production needs.
• Oversee accurate grading, taring, and rejection of loads that do not meet terms; maintain records.
• Coordinate reducing sugar testing and ensure samples reach the QA lab for testing.
• Ensure proper sorting by sugar content, variety, and solids; record lab results.
• Oversee safe operation by enforcing safety policies and training.

Job description

Summary:
The Raw Receiving Manager's main responsibilities are to oversee the receiving and unloading of all raw potatoes, to ensure that all potatoes received are properly graded/tared, to reject any potatoes not
complying with contract/established terms, to inspect all loads for foreign material, to sort and unload potatoes into bays by variety, reducing sugars, solid content, etc. to best meet production needs, to keep the raw receiving area clean, and to keep the raw receiving machinery and equipment in good repair.
This position is also responsible for communicating with the Raw Procurement Manager and Plant
Manager/Shift Managers on any raw potato matters. This position is responsible for managing the Raw Receiving personnel and maintaining good relations with suppliers. This position is responsible for
ensuring the Raw Receiving area is free of safety hazards, and that raw receiving personnel are trained in and adhere to all personal and product safety policies, programs, regulations, and procedures.

Duties and Responsibilities:

• Supervise raw receiving personnel to ensure all maintenance, sanitation, receiving/unloading, and grading of raw potatoes are performed to expectations.
• Responsible for scheduling, training, hiring, disciplining, terminating, and evaluating all raw receiving personnel. Responsible for approving time cards and ensuring their accuracy and timely
  submission to HR.
• On a daily basis, communicate with Raw Procurement Manager and the Plant/Production/Shift Manager to ensure raw product is available for scheduled production needs.
• Responsible for the accurate grading and taring of all incoming raw potato loads. Responsible for insuring all loads meet contract/established terms and for rejecting any loads that do not meet these terms. Responsible for maintaining accurate and complete records for all grading and taring.
• Responsible for the accurate and timely completion of all reducing sugar testing and for getting samples to the in-house QA department for testing.
• Verify all product is sorted by sugar content, potato variety, and solids. Record sugar levels received from each supplier and ensure samples are provided to the Lab for definite sugar level testing.
• Check all solids for every supplier a minimum of once a day by placing 8 pounds of product in water and measuring sinkage.
• Oversee the rotation of receiving bays to always ensure the best use of raw product.
• Ensure all raw receiving personnel are trained in and adhere to all personal and food safety policies, programs, regulations, and procedures.
• Complete incident and accident reports as necessary; assist with accident investigations and hazard analyses.
• Clean all receiving areas and waste pit, placing waste in the proper areas in a neat and orderly manner.
• Ensure the area of responsibility is kept in audit-ready condition at all times. Schedule and assign clean-up duties. Constantly monitor areas for any hazards or concerns that may affect the safety of product and people.
• Responsible for ensuring the Raw Receiving machinery and equipment are maintained in good repair with minimal downtime. Communicate daily with receiving maintenance personnel for
  repairs needed or repairs made, and write work orders for future repairs. Plan for needed maintenance to occur during scheduled shut-downs. Assist in maintenance jobs, especially during plant down times.
• Food Safety and Product Quality: Ensure all employees who report directly to the Raw Receiving Manager are trained in and knowledgeable of all Company food safety and product quality
  policies, programs, and procedures. This includes the supervision of employee activities and all necessary and related documentation and record keeping/paperwork. As part of this
  responsibility, the Raw Receiving Manager must be fully trained in the Company's food safety and product quality policies, programs, and procedures including but not limited to HACCP, GMP,
  Allergen Control, and Sanitation programs.
  •Completes all other responsibilities as necessary and assigned.

Knowledge and skills:

• Ability to read and write legibly and in English.
• Read and understand a graduated thermometer, knowledge of weights, measures, scales and scale calibration, and perform basic math calculations.
• Learns testing methods and is able to perform standard dirt, rot, green tare, and specific gravity testing on incoming raw potatoes.
• Must be able to closely follow operational instructions and work with minimal supervision.
• Ability to communicate effectively across all levels of staff and management.
• Good attention to detail, ability to reason and make decisions.

Education

Education must be of such level as to allow for the accurate reading, writing, calculation and communication of the required materials and instructions to complete the job responsibilities of the Raw Receiving Manager position. High school diploma or equivalent preferred.

Physical Requirements:

•Will be required to stand, bend, or move repetitively for up to 12 hours.
•Must be able to lift on a regular basis up to 100 pounds without assistance.
•Willingness to work in inclement weather conditions.
•Able to tolerate dust or chemicals.
•Must not be affected by moving equipment and machinery.
•Ability to climb vertical ladders frequently.
•Able to use a shovel as needed.
•Bending, stretching, lifting, reaching, climbing, crawling, and crouching as required.
•Must be available to work weekends, holidays, and overtime as needed.

Supervisor Duties:
The Raw Receiving Manager's area of responsibility extends from outside the west side of the plant facility through the flume area. The Raw Receiving Manager will supervise and oversee Raw Receiving personnel and report directly to the Assistant Plant Manager.

Working Conditions:
Normal plant/manufacturing environment. Hours of operation are 24 hours a day, 7 days a week. The Raw Receiving Manager must be available all days and all hours. Position is very physical/hands-on. Will be exposed to high levels of noise, low-lit areas, extreme heat or cold, steam, dust, and wet, humid, and slick conditions, and all other environmental factors normally attributed to a manufacturing or warehouse environment.