Cheese Packaging Coordinator - Nights

Supervisor's

Title:

Production Team Leader

Department: Production

Location: Gooding Cheese Plant

Exempt Status: Hourly

At Glanbia Nutritionals Inc., our portfolio centers on dairy and non-dairy nutritional ingredients. We co-innovate and deliver ingredient solutions and precision premixes for use in the mainstream food and beverage, infant and clinical, and functional nutrition markets. We are the number one provider of whey-based nutritional ingredients globally and the number one producer of American-style cheddar cheese. Our protein systems have transformed the bar and beverage categories — bringing increased levels of protein, cleaner labels and greater product functionality to market.

We have a direct presence in 21 countries, with manufacturing facilities in the US, Germany and China, and international sales and technical offices around the world.

The tower coordinator will ensure the efficient running of the cheese towers packaging line. Assure product meets quality and customer specifications through adherence to procedures and programs. Coordinate and organize the work of the operators in the tower and packaging areas.

• Assist supervisor in efficient running of the cheese tower deck and belts
• Ensure proper flow of cheese production from belts to packing
• Collaborate with warehouse to keep proper product flow
• Trouble shooting and repair of plant equipment
• Ensure plant meets, and employees follow current GMP standards
• Fill in for operators as needed
• Give breaks to tower deck operator
• Ensure paperwork and checks are completed in the tower deck area
• Assure product meets customer specifications
• Assist with conducting bi-weekly safety, and quality toolbox meetings
• Assist plant management in projects as assigned
• Attend monthly production meetings (business review)
• Work in accordance with Glanbia core values
• Each employee shall comply with occupational safety and health standards and all rules, regulations, and orders issued pursuant to the Occupational Safety and Health Act which are applicable to his/her own actions and conduct.
• Complies with all applicable food safety regulations and mandates (Safe Quality Foods, Food and Drug Admin, Pasteurized Milk Ordinance)
• Perform other duties as assigned

• Regular and timely attendance required

Delivering on Glanbia’s Values:

• “Showing Respect” - Research issues & incidents with internal teams, business partners and customers in a collaborative manner that includes professional, honest and transparent communication.
• “Find a Better Way” - Work with internal and external teams to implement process improvements and/or procedural changes that eliminate non-value added activities and drive more business value.
• “Winning Together” - Assist with training of new team members. Facilitate or oversee training and standard operating procedure reviews to ensure new hires develop proficiency of role.
• “The Customer’s Champion” - Proactively engage to support our customer needs on an end to end basis and strive to meet or exceed SLA timelines. Take ownership of customer requests and engage with internal teams as needed and within a timely manner.
• “Performance Matters” - Meet or exceed all key metrics in line with expectations for role. Continually update knowledge of products, product changes, processes and services offered to deliver a dynamic customer experience.

• Requires prior experience and knowledge of cheese plant operations
• Ability to run, or learn to run and troubleshoot equipment including towers, sealers, packaging line and box making
• Desire to grow with the company
• Willingness to attend training classes as needed
• Excellent people and leadership skills
• Willingness to work night shift
• Ability to operate (or learn to operate) necessary equipment
• Excellent record required in safety, attendance, and punctuality
• Ability to stand and walk the entire shift
• Ability to read and write instructions in English
• Knowledge of the proper use of all cleaning chemicals
• Must be able to work weekends, and overtime as required

The physical demands described represent those that must be met by an employee and the work…