Food Processing Line Lead

CP Fresh is a Charlie’s Produce Company - Who We Are

Charlie's Produce is the largest privately owned produce wholesaler on the West Coast, and we are growing. The secret to our success in this industry is PEOPLE! We strive to hire the best and we reward them with a working environment that fosters loyalty, stability, innovation, and growth. Charlie’s was founded in quality, and we are proud that it is still our focus.

CP Fresh brings the same quality to processed foods that Charlie's brings to produce! Our state of the art processing plant provides fresh-cut fruits and vegetables, an expanded salad line, and a USDA-certified hot kitchen. We partner with local vendors to offer our customers fresh, high- quality, made-to-order products.

With a team of dedicated people who are passionate about food, supply chain, and their community - we are looking for like minded individuals to help further our goal to enhance our communities through quality produce and prepared foods.

• An amazing company culture
• Medical/Dental/Vision on the first of the month following hire
• ESOP (Profit Sharing) and 401(k)
• Paid vacations, paid holidays
• Pre-tax commuter benefits, and onsite parking
• 100% Prepaid College Tuition for employees and their dependents
• Employee assistance program (EAP)

The Cook Chill Lead role is an on-site position and requires regular attendance at the facility. It is responsible for coordinating and overseeing daily production activities within the Cook Chill Department. This role ensures that all prepared food items are produced safely, efficiently, and in accordance with Charlie’s Produce quality standards, regulatory requirements, and production schedules. The Cook Chill Lead provides hands‑on leadership to production staff, supports continuous improvement initiatives, and maintains a safe, organized, and compliant work environment.

• Directs daily cook chill operations, including batching, cooking, chilling, portioning, mixing and packaging
• Plan, implement and monitor the day‑to‑day operation
• Communicate with the team about any changes, new items and any concerns
• Assigns tasks to production staff and ensures workflow meets production schedules
• Monitors product quality, consistency, and adherence to recipes and specifications
• Troubleshoots production issues and escalates equipment or process concerns
• Enforce all HACCP, GMPs, USDA, FDA, and all food safety regulations. Be able to work with USDA inspector, QA and Audits
• Conduct and complete required documentation accurately and legibly (weights, counts, quality checks, temperature logs, ingredient check off and allergens, inventory, decant and any additional document that need to fill out for production runs)
• Ensure proper operation of kettles, chillers, pumps, fillers, and related equipment
• Training new employees in cook‑chill procedures, safety and equipment operation
• Great communicate with supervisors, QA, and other departments to coordinate production needs (checking in with supervisor at the beginning and end of shifts)
• Be able to motivate employees in a team‑based environment
• Evaluate performance of staff, build and motivate effective teams to ensure the organizational goals for diversity, career development, productivity, performance management and employee involvement are met
• Leads by example and understand all aspects of production
• Keep track on expiration dates and inventory of produce/follow proper rotation to ensure older product is used first / keep track of waste
• Label and organize all product / maintain a clean and organized workstation following food safety and sanitation procedures
• Make sure all orders for the day are fulfilled and of good quality standard / make sure everything is delivered to designated areas. USDA, Room 4, warehouse and any other areas
• Inventory control and be able to place orders for the next day
• Lead fast paste and safe production runs to complete orders in a timely manner for trucks to be out on schedule
• Make sure associates have all their needs equipment, produce, paperwork and anything else they need to be successful to complete assignments assigned to them in an…