1st Shift Production Lead
Roskam Foods
Position Title: Production Lead
Reports to: Production Manager
Position Description and Purpose: Founded in 1923 and headquartered in Grand Rapids, Michigan, Roskam Foods is a leading contract manufacturer that partners with world-renowned food brands, retailers, and food service providers to produce a myriad of frozen, refrigerated and shelf-stable products. We’re a scaled, diversified operation with over 2 million square feet of manufacturing and 50 production lines across 8 facilities in the U.S. and Canada. We believe in the power of purpose-driven leadership to generate value for all. And we’re on a mission to optimize the potential of our people and brands. We are passionate about multiplying possibilities for our employees and our partners.
- Collects the Downtime information from each Operator and inputs it into a spreadsheet for tracking.
- Ensures that food safety guidelines are being followed.
- Verifies the total amount of product needed to be produced.
- Collaborates with Operators to only make what the work order is calling for.
- Observe the production process to verify conformance to specifications.
- Ensure that all full bins are kept covered.
- While the production machine is running, the lead confirms the parameters with the operator who is responsible.
- Reports all product material thrown away to the Production Shift Manager.
- Works with support departments to have the next product ready to go.
- Last person to take lunch, relieves line techs for lunch and breaks.
- Suggests changes in working conditions to increase department efficiency and ensure employees’ safety.
- Adhere to all GMP and HACCP governing rules for production.
- Creates a sense of urgency to get production to the next product. Encourages operators and technicians to complete orders on time.
- Make sure to run consumption reports at the end of each run to ensure packaging materials and ingredients were properly consumed.
- After each production run need to send leftover ingredients or packaging materials back physically and systematically to the shipping and receiving area.
- Write the clean time(s) on the board by each line.
- Recommends measures to improve production methods and quality of product.
- Train Operators on how to complete their job and why they do things in a certain way.
- Check lot numbers and quantities of ingredients before production starts, to make sure that we are running the correct ingredients, and formula percentages are correct.
Roskam Foods offers a competitive compensation package including medical, dental and vision benefits, life and disability insurance, and a 401K plan with company match.
AAP/EEO Statement: Roskam Foods is a recognized veteran friendly and equal opportunity employer.