Manufacturing Lead; Crew Lead - 2nd SHIFT; Salinas, CA - St

Manufacturing Lead (Crew Lead) - 2nd SHIFT (Salinas, CA - Work St.)

status: Non-Exempt
reports to: Production Manager
location: Salinas, CA
days/shifts: B Shift, Monday – Saturday, must be able to work any shift
Wage range: Hourly Rate: $27.00

Manufacturing Lead
Under the direction of the shift or area supervisor, lead the process and equipment setup for production in a safe environment for hourly employees, while producing a high-quality product according to daily production requirements from processing to packaging (PRDIN-PRDOUT).

ESSENTIAL JOB FUNCTIONS (other duties may be assigned as needed):

• Ensure and motivate employees to work together to maintain quality control and high productivity levels.
• Establish good working relationships with all employees.
• Oversee all production workers, safety rotation, supplement staffing gaps, break and lunch rotation coordination, production machinery and activities to meet or exceed all production goals.
• Direct production workforce such as but not limited to line crewing, line crew balancing and re-assigning employees to different work areas/job tasks based on daily production requirements and priorities.
• Responsible for production orders coordination including changeover & split orders. Implement and execute efficient changeovers by enforcing teamwork and having multiple employees assisting to reduce downtime during this process.
• Meet and exceed all production goals, including yields, downtime, schedule attainment, product waste and production schedule attainment.
• Complete routine reports, logs, forms assigned to include but not limited to down time reports, paddle usage, knife usage, wholeleaf pre-wash setup, Springmix usage, plant trial, weight control assessment, etc.
• Daily interfacing with quality assurance technicians, production machine operators and maintenance personnel on assigned production lines.
• Comply with established guidelines for quality and safety including all company policies and procedures.
• Maintain cleanliness of production areas in compliance with GMP and human safety policies and procedures.
• Enforce that assigned employees comply with company human safety, food safety, GMP, quality and production policies and procedures.
• Attend and participate in training. Assign mentors to new recruits or employees in cross training as needed based on individual skills, capabilities and experiences.
• Participate in execution of daily tailgates, company communications affecting or pertaining to the union employees.
• Enforce and adhere to Collective Bargaining Agreement (CBA).
• Manage and comply with seniority per CBA as it applies or pertains to union employees such as work areas de-crewing.
• Perform daily attendance check utilizing company rosters. Mark employees who are absent. Utilize roster for seniority check.
• Ensure lines setup is done accordingly at the start of shift and perform inspection of work areas and equipment throughout the shift.
• Daily perform pre-operational safety inspection and submit completed paperwork to the manufacturing supervisor.
• Ensure materials and supplies are available to support nonstop daily line operations.
• Maintain a quality service by helping to establish and enforce organization standards.
• Complete production plan by analyzing the schedule before execution. Monitor production flow hourly and measure results against key operating indicators. Promote root cause analysis to correct issues and establish priorities.
• Report any food safety incidents or concerns to quality assurance immediately.
• Report quality issues, concerns or incidents to quality assurance.
• Report any unsafe conditions, acts, injuries, near misses to the manufacturing supervisor.
• Ensure operation of equipment by calling for repairs to maintenance. Safeguard operations by measuring downtime and enforcing food safety practices following sanitation requirements before restarting after repairs or line incidents.
• Operate manufacturing equipment including blending equipment, vision sorters, automated wash/dry lines, non-powered pallet jacks, blending & packaging equipment. Perform adjustments as needed to achieve premium quality with high raw yields.
• Distribute production schedules, wash and pack orders to production employees who require the information to execute.
• Provide employees with work instructions such as blend sheets, raw materials to use, head items trimming technique, proactive and reactive defect mitigation. Review throughout the shift if employees are following and adhering to work instructions.
• Review that assigned employees are following packaging techniques to minimize waste.
• Lead evacuation procedures when required and maintain attendance lists to ensure all assigned employees arrive safely.
• Accurately record raw materials usage in designated logs and verify transactions in the system to maintain traceability.
• Update freshness date during production and execution of split orders in the system.
• Accurately receive finished product in the packing area using handheld scanners and maintain…