Line Leader

About the role

John F. Martin & Sons, LLC is seeking a FIRST SHIFT - Line Lead in our Processing Department. Hours are: 5:30 am - 2:30 pm (with some mandatory overtime).

Responsibilities

• Assist the supervisor in overseeing the production team's activities.
• Provide input on employee counseling and performance evaluations.
• Aid the supervisor with the day-to-day production process, ensuring smooth operation and efficiency.
• Ensure staff meet production, quality, and safety goals.
• In the absence of the supervisor, take on their duties.
• Supervise all operational and safety-related functions of company equipment and machinery, including Mixers, Mixer-grinders, Grinders, Stuffers, Frank-o-matics, Pallet Jacks, High Lifts, and other production-related machinery.
• Be consistent and reliable in attendance.
• Use basic math skills to manage production and quality.
• Understand and follow all company recipes.
• Lift up to 80 lbs. bags of recipe spices and move raw meat weighing up to 1,800 lbs. using proper techniques.
• Educate employees on the Computer System Deacom for product oversight and traceability.
• Oversee production activities and track product yields, pump percentages, and formulate meat blocks.
• Report to management staff on safety, quality, productivity, and attendance issues.
• Operate machinery, plan staff schedules, and rotate tasks.
• Report plant machinery breakdowns to maintenance technicians.
• Ensure employees are wearing mandatory PPE (earplugs, aprons, gloves, boots) and chemical PPE to qualified employees.

Requirements

• Professional & Consistent Leadership
• Problem Solving & Analysis
• Strong Organizational Skills
• Strong Communication Skills
• Personal Effectiveness & Credibility
• Performance Management
• Diversity & Inclusion
• Safety Management

Qualifications

• Ability to use basic math skills to add, subtract, multiply, and divide in all units of measure, using whole numbers, common fractions, and decimals.
• Understanding of all aspects of company recipes.
• Capable of lifting 20 to 80 lbs.
• Ability to pull/push cages with raw meat weighing between 290 to 1,800 lbs. using proper techniques.
• Effective presentation skills in one-on-one and small group settings.
• Ability to track product yields, pump percentages, and formulate meat blocks.
• Fast-paced refrigerated environment experience.
• Ability to engage and motivate the production team while setting a professional example.
• Ability to report to management staff on safety, quality, productivity, and attendance issues.
• Experience operating machinery and planning staff schedules/rotations/tasks.
• Reporting plant machinery breakdowns to maintenance technicians.
• Ensuring employees are wearing mandatory PPE and chemical PPE.

Skills

• Leadership
• Problem Solving
• Organizational Skills
• Communication Skills
• Safety Management

Benefits

• Medical, Dental, and Vision Insurance
• Life Insurance/AD&D
• Short-Term Disability Insurance
• Paid Holidays
• Paid Vacation
• Referral Bonuses
• 401k Retirement and employer match
• Wellness Program
• Incentive Programs
• Other fringe benefits