Production Assistant II

This position provides floor leadership in Nazdar's Processing and Packaging departments. This individual will be a working Production Assistant II, rotating through different departments and shifts as indicated by the Manufacturing Manager. Additionally, performing workforce activities to ensure quality products are produced and packaged safely and efficiently to meet customer's needs and assist in maintaining the smooth flow of the manufacturing process.

Other duties will consist of completing MOs, issuing materials, closing operations, and updating manufactured quantities.

Responsibilities:

• Coordinate Packaging, Processing and Plant Admin personnel (as needed) to meet production schedule.
• Assist production supervisor in reporting daily hours worked for processing and packaging personnel.
• Anticipate and control bottleneck problems in the processing and packaging areas.
• Assign work to Packaging, Processing, and Plant Admin personnel.
• Coordinate relevant training and cross training of subordinates and ensure all documentation is complete.
• Ensure all equipment is operating properly. Report inoperable equipment immediately.
• Perform job according to pre-established safety, quality, and efficiency standard operating procedures.
• Completes MO's, issuing materials, closing operations, and updating manufactured quantity.
• Able to research minor manufacturing variances related to issuing material.
• Able to add, delete or modify materials used in an MO.
• Able to remove materials from an MO and return to inventory.
• Serves as backup to other Production Assistants and rotates job duties as needed.
• Reviews Manufacturing Orders (MO's) for packaging instructions and approvals
• Properly moves inventory using a handheld scanner.
• Performs job according to pre-established safety, quality, and efficiency standard operating procedures.
• Serve as back up in Labeling department when absent.
• Assists with other duties as assigned by Shift Lead, Supervisor, or MFG and CI Manager.

Required:

• Ability to perform all job duties of a Production Assistant I.
• A minimum of 1-2 years of experience in Manufacturing or Plant Admin at Nazdar.
• Previous experience generating labels for the Labeling department is preferred.
• Previous experience using Microsoft Office:
  Outlook, Excel, and Word are preferred.
• Infor M3, ERP, or other inventory management system experience highly preferred

• Strong interpersonal and communication skills required.
• Strong computer skills and ability to learn new systems.
• Previous experience operating a forklift preferred but not required.

Physical Demands:

• to do computer entry for extended periods
• to stand for long periods
• to walk the full day
• to climb ladders to retrieve containers and packages.
• must frequently lift and/or move up to 50 pounds.

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