Production Lead-Afternoon

Job Title:

Production Lead-Afternoon

Facility:
Denver Manufacturing Plant

Location:

Denver, Colorado, United States

Workplace Type:
Onsite

Dawn Foods is a global leader in bakery manufacturing and ingredients distribution. As the partner of choice for inspiring bakery success, we help customers grow their business through meaningful partnerships, research-driven insights and innovations, and products and expertise they can depend on. As a family‑owned company, our commitments to our people, products, customers, and corporate values, are all part of our recipe for success.

• Competitive Pay $32.60
• 401(K) + company match
• 10 Paid Company Holidays
• Paid Time Off
• Professional training
• Family‑owned business over 100 years in service
• An opportunity for career advancement, working as part of an empowering workforce

Monday‑Friday, Saturday as needed. Mid Shift 12:00pm to 9:30pm

The Production lead will assist the Production Supervisors in all areas of production. Direct day–to–day activities of the team in respect to line assignment, completion of scheduled production, quality, efficiency, and completion of required paperwork while ensuring compliance with plant safety, food safety and GMP.

• High school diploma or general education degree (GED) preferred
• Associate’s degree desired or have equivalent experience.
• One (1) year of experience (and/or equivalent education) in a food manufacturing facility preferred
• Ability to read and interpret documents such as safety rules, operating instructions, maintenance instructions, and procedural manuals. Ability to write routine reports.
• Ability to add, subtract, multiply, and divide in all units of measure, using whole numbers, common fractions, and decimals.
• Good verbal and written communication skills
• Handle many diversified tasks, correctly prioritize conflicting, time‑sensitive tasks.
• Proactive, self‑directed independent team member with self‑confidence.
• Forklift certification is desired or must be able to become certified

• Manage and assist in continuous production runs.
• Assure that all product manufactured meets the product specifications, food safety and regulatory requirements.
• Establish high performance standards in housekeeping, Good Manufacturing Practices (GMP), International Food Standard (IFS) and Hazard Analysis and Critical Control Points (HACCP) requirements.
• Perform all the functions of the Mixer Operator, Premix Operator and Packing Operator and WMS (Warehouse Management Systems) scanning system.
• Follow the guidelines as printed in the job descriptions for those positions.
• Perform other duties as assigned including Dawn Operations Tracking (Use the "Apply for this Job" box below). IFS packets and Critical Control Points (CCP) documents.
• Support the Production Supervisor and hourly positions.
• Collaborate with all departments that support production.
• Adhere to the Food Defense and Security functions within the facility.

The physical demands described here are representative of those that must be met by a Team Member 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 regularly required to stand; walk; use hands to grasp, move, or utilize objects, tools, or controls; reach with hands and arms; and talk and hear. The employee is frequently required to climb or balance and stoop, kneel, crouch, or crawl. The employee is occasionally required to use sensory perception for quality measurement of products.
• The employee must regularly and individually lift and/or move up to 50 pounds and may frequently team lift and/or move over 50 pounds.
• Specific vision abilities required by this job include close vision, distance vision, color vision, peripheral vision, depth perception, and the ability to focus.
• Temperature fluctuates with the season – colder during the winter / warmer during the summer.
• Working around heavy machinery – hearing protection required in production area.

• Non‑slip shoes
• Gloves
• Beard Net (if needed)
• Safety goggles / safety ear…