• Directs the operation of the plant facility within established quality, housekeeping, safety and environmental guidelines set by the company.
• Coordinates daily operations performed by hourly production employees to ensure that work is performed safely and efficiently while meeting expected environmental quality, housekeeping and quantity levels established by the company.
• Creates and delegates work assignments to all shift personnel that most effectively utilize their experience, training, and capability.
• Ensures the safety of all personnel through compliance with occupational safety and health regulations.
• Maintains an attitude that incidents are preventable.
• Provides employees with resources, in good working order, to safely perform tasks and provides necessary training on operations and personal protective equipment (PPE) requirements.
• Makes recommendations for improvements to company safety and environmental programs, quality and good manufacturing practices, and production and material handling procedures.
• Recognizes environmental, safety, and GMP hazards and identifies, discusses, and contains hazards to avoid or mitigate risks to employee safety, product quality, and environmental purity.
• Communicates concerns for the environment, health, safety and product quality with all employees.
• Listens and responds to employee suggestions and concerns about safety, health, environment, product quality and housekeeping.
• Addresses employee concerns and maintains good communications and morale on shift and within departments.
• Keeps plant management informed of all matters affecting the morale and safety of employees.
• Leads by example and encourages employees to work safely and with a constant focus on environmental awareness and good manufacturing practices.
• Identifies training needs and communicates with Plant Superintendent to develop training plans.
• Trains and mentors employees to develop a high level of job proficiency.
• May perform production duties temporarily in the event of an emergency or employee absence.
• Evaluate employee performance, and provide regular feedback to employees.
• Attends and actively participates in supervisor meetings, operations area meetings, and safety meetings.
• Analyzes safety incidents by preparing and completing Incident Analysis and Risk Management proposals within 24 hours of an incident.
• Maintains accountability with all employees on shift and reviews any proposed disciplinary action steps with the Plant Superintendent and Plant Manager.
• Conducts GMP, safety, health and environmental inspections.
• Evaluates management programs.
• Provide positive reinforcement/recognition to employees for good performance in production, quality, and safety.
• Drive colleague engagement in safety and continuous improvement efforts
• May perform reasonably similar or related duties as required.

• High school diploma or general education degree (GED) or equivalent work experience
• 3 years of experience in continuous manufacturing, food production experience is a plus
• Excellent verbal and written communication skills
• Experience using Microsoft Office Suite (Outlook, Excel, Word etc.)
• Ability to build, engage with, and motivate teams.
• Experience in employee training and development.
• Willingness to assume and learn new responsibilities.
• Demonstrated troubleshooting skills.
• Strong organizational and accurate record-keeping skills.

• Ambient conditions - Work area is, typically, a non-air-conditioned production environment. Hot or cold Temperatures, all seasonal elements, both indoors and outdoors.
• Atmosphere: Dust (Peanut - known allergen), cotton, canola seed, and odor
• Must be able to work around noise levels that may reach or exceed 85 decibels and require use of hearing protection for most of the work shift.
• Protective clothing required: Uniforms, hardhats, earplugs, safety glasses, hair restraints, steel-toed shoes, gloves and safety harness may be required based on task performed; employees are required to wear all required PPE (i.e., hard-hats, safety glasses, earplugs, uniforms, and steel-toed boots) in addition to job specific PPE requirements. *Employees in roles that require respirators will need to be clean shaven.

• Ability to move about or to a work site by ascending/descending stairs, bending, kneeling and prolonged periods of standing and sitting, stooping, bending, kneeling or squatting frequently.
• Ability to operate equipment or machinery that may be located at different heights; may require work on ladders, scaffolding or other work at heights or in confined spaces.
• Ability to lift and transport materials and equipment weighing up to 40 pounds on a frequent basis, up to 55 pounds on an occasional basis and up to 50 pounds overhead.
• Requires ability and willingness to wear respirators.
  
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