Advanced Line Operator

Position Responsibilities And Job Functions

• Role model and demonstrate the Company’s core values of respect, honesty, integrity, diversity, inclusion and the safety of others.
• Follow established programs, policies, and practices to produce safe quality foods that meet regulatory and company requirements.
• Support the development, implementation, maintenance and ongoing improvement of the SQF Systems.
• Accountable to the Kroger Manufacturing Food Safety and Quality Principles.
• Associate is expected to stop production when they deem food safety is at risk and notify a member of the site leadership team.
• Maintain cleanliness of food contact surfaces through visual inspection and ATP swab results.
• Monitor metal detector/x-ray equipment and take corrective action when deviations occur.
• Monitor UPC scanners and take corrective action when deviations occur.
• Maintain an accident-free workplace by following established safety programs, policies, and practices.
• Participate in the behavioral safety process, BAPP®, by completing observations as scheduled.
• Train and be checked off on operating two (2) production lines within two (2) years.
• Utilize PRISM to run schedules, check on materials, make PR’s and perform resource adjustments (RA).
• Perform weight checks and use data to reduce weight variances on finished products.
• Perform other quality checks as required by assigned work area.
• Perform line disassembly and reassembly before and after sanitation activities.
• Utilize KDT to enter and record line downtime data.
• Achieve minimum or higher score on LOT skills tests within two years of trainee job acceptance date.
• Support a Customer 1st culture by thinking and acting with the customer in mind to positively impact quality, service and prices of our manufactured products.
• Support the manufacturing sustainability program to Reduce, Reuse and Recycle to strengthen our commitment to “Doing our Part” that will enable our Customer to “Do their Part”.
• Support a culture of Continuous Improvement by maximizing assets and minimizing downtime in an effort to reduce costs for our customers.
• Participate in TPC events by being engaged and willing to make decisions with the customer in mind.

Requirements

• Requires the ability to understand general arithmetic; speak and write in a clear and understandable manner for internal/external relations; understand complex verbal or written instruction; knowledge ordinarily acquired through high school plus up to one (1) year of college, technical or equivalent experience.
• Mechanical ability to operate and adjust equipment.
• Knowledge of computer applications, particularly for inventory control, weight control and equipment downtime.
• Mental ability to apply common sense understanding to carry out instructions furnished with written, oral or diagram form.
• Physical ability to walk/stand approximately 60% of the time, lift up to 75 pounds approximately 50% of the time, bend, squat and kneel, ascend/descend on mobile and stationary platforms and ladders approximately 25% of the time, reach to clean, move product, operate tools or equipment, perform checks and operator computer, control panels, scales, code dater, package checks, machine shop equipment and other assembly line equipment.
• Manual dexterity to use hands, arms and feet for repetitive lifting, use of hands and arms to perform checks and operator computer, control panels, scales, code dater, package checks, machine shop equipment and other assembly line equipment.
• Audible/Visual ability to hear and visually observe essential job functions for satisfactory performance.
• Leadership behaviors such as putting the Customer First, communicating effectively and candidly, achieving results through teamwork, leading through positive influence, coaching and developing others, leading change and innovation, executing with excellence, providing clear and strategic direction, and safety awareness.