General Purpose:

Assists Shift Supervisor in managing a production shift.

Job Duties and Responsibilities:

• Ensures operators perform their daily assigned jobs by providing them with the tools needed to succeed (i.e. verbal direction, manufacturing instructions, batch sheets, job aids, schedules, etc.)
• Ensures operators are properly aligned with the day's production needs and requirements.
• Promotes safety, efficiency and goal attainment.
• Assists Shift Supervisor to monitor line efficiency throughout shift and reports on successes or opportunities through daily shift reports.
• Meets customer expectations on quality and delivery of goods.
• Follows all DFA GMPs and work in a manner consistent with all corporate, regulatory quality, and sanitation requirements.
• Follows all safety regulations.
• Handles cleaning chemicals in a safe manner utilizing safety equipment such as gloves, eyewear, etc.
• Serves as backup for relief operators when required.
• Performs required plant inspections and oversees Master Sanitation.
• Promotes teamwork and assists in problem solving.
• Trains new Operators as required.
• Communicates with the QA department and the Shift Supervisors on a regular basis to ensure that products needed for customers are being produced and meet DFA standards.
• Covers shift during Shift Supervisor's absence.
• Other duties and tasks may be included when necessary.
• Ability to function in a team based structure and positively contributes to those efforts

Shift Schedule Monday - Friday 8pm - 4am or 6pm - 4pm - Based on Product Demand

• High School Diploma, GED or Equivalent Experience

Knowledge, Skills and Abilities

• 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.
• Ability to apply common sense understanding to carry out instructions furnished in written, oral, or diagram form.
• Must be proficient and knowledgeable in a minimum of twelve (12) jobs in the process, pack-off, retort area and with all Process Control Points.
• Understanding of AIB, FDA, GMP, HACCP, Thermal Processing and Sanitation/CIP
• Excellent oral & written communication
• Demonstrate leadership skills
• Adaptability to quick schedule changes
• Possess basic computer skills.
• Must be able to attain a Forklift Operator License within 30 days of hiring.
• Must be able to obtain Better Processing School Certificate