First Shift- Packaging Back-Up Lead

About the Business Unit

Michael Foods, Inc. is a leader in the food processing and distribution industry with business in egg products, refrigerated grocery, and potato products. We offer exciting job possibilities where you can enhance your career, sharpen your talents, and make an impact. Join our innovative team that’s First in Food.

Our plant, located in Lansing, IL, pasteurizes raw eggs to remove harmful bacteria, providing a safer product to the foodservice industry.

Responsibilities

• Assist in training all processing and production personnel in the assigned department.
• Help provide a safe work environment for all personnel and ensure production complies with food safety standards established by Michael Foods, Inc.
• Work with department leads and/or supervisors to maintain sanitation standards of the facility.
• Coordinate with processors to determine system readiness, production lines, product types and quantities, and line sterilization to meet company production requirements.
• Coordinate the need and arrival of packaging materials for each line to ensure supply needs are met.
• Maintain effective working relationships between department members and other areas.
• Verify accuracy and completeness of operator downtime, temperature charts, and other documentation before submission to the shift supervisor.
• Communicate with co-workers at shift change to ensure accurate information transfer regarding production and scheduling.
• Monitor production lines for quality and notify appropriate personnel of any discrepancies.
• Monitor rework inventories and coordinate rework activity to ensure product is processed before becoming inedible.
• Follow all PPE (Personal Protective Equipment) requirements and safety procedures.
• Adhere to GMP (Good Manufacturing Practices), HACCP (Hazard Analysis and Critical Control Points), SOP (Standard Operating Procedures), and SSOP (Sanitation Standard Operating Procedures).
• Maintain updated records and follow all USDA (United States Department of Agriculture) regulations and guidelines.
• Report and fill out work orders for maintenance issues related to productivity, food safety, quality, and human safety.
• Encourage employee suggestions to improve productivity, quality, and cost control.
• Maintain regular and consistent attendance.
• Ensure a safe and healthy workplace for everyone by adhering to safety policies and procedures.
• Perform other duties as assigned.

Requirements

• High school diploma or general education degree (GED) or equivalent.
• One to three months of related lead experience and/or training, or an equivalent combination of education and experience.

Skills

• Ability to read and interpret documents such as safety rules, operating and maintenance instructions, and procedure manuals.
• Ability to write routine reports and correspondence.
• Ability to speak effectively before groups, customers/vendors, or employees.
• Mathematical skills to add, subtract, multiply, and divide in all units of measure, using whole numbers, common fractions, and decimals.
• Ability to compute rate, ratio, and percent and to draw and interpret bar graphs.
• Ability to apply common sense understanding to carry out oral instructions and deal with problems involving one concrete variable in standardized situations.

Pay

$18.36 to $22.03 per hour.