Packaging Lead (1st Shift)

About the role

As a leader and innovator in the snack food industry for over 50 years, J&J Snack Foods provides branded snack foods to foodservice and retail supermarket outlets across the U.S. Its products include such icons as SUPERPRETZEL, ICEE, and Dippin’ Dots along with other key brands like LUIGI’S Real Italian Ice, The Funnel Cake Factory Funnel Cakes, and Hola Churros. J&J also has a strong presence in bakery providing cakes, cookies, and pies to some of the largest grocery and convenience retailers in industry. Our company continues to deliver record sales led by a talented team and a commitment to “Fun Served Here”.

POSITION SUMMARY: Directs and controls the processing and packaging area of the plant on one shift to meet all production goals within established costs and company policies.

Responsibilities

• Reports to the Shift Supervisor, maintaining a close relationship with the Quality Assurance Department.
• Maintains safe work practices at all times and participates in safety programs.
• Shares joint responsibility with the shift supervisor for all functions of the operation on a shift basis, including directing all plant hourly work force personnel from ingredient making to off‑dock shipping.
• Shares joint responsibility with the Shift Supervisor for the shift’s budgeted production, ingredient recovery, quality, safety, and sanitation of the entire plant.
• Maintains controls at each step to assure that quality, quantity, sanitation and safety goals are met.
• Requires knowledge of the functions of each piece of preparation and packaging equipment for proper control of product quality; recommends necessary adjustments to Process Leads and Operators to help maintain the highest level of productivity.
• Responsible for good housekeeping, adherence to plant GMP's, and inspecting all equipment and food contact areas for proper sanitation levels prior to and during the shift, making corrections as necessary.
• Trains subordinates in safety, accident prevention and in all aspects of the operation.
• Assures steps are taken to remain in compliance with USDA and FDA laws and also maintain compliance with company policies, and be familiar with the laws that govern the company's conduct with its employees.
• Reports all accidents/injuries and unsafe conditions immediately to Shift Supervisor.
• Performs other duties as assigned by Supervisor.

Skills

• Self‑motivated, able to problem solve, detail‑oriented, and able to stay on task.
• Directs 15 to 30 employees; responsible for direction and coordination of these employees.
• Responsible for daily logs and production reports.
• Ability 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 read and interpret documents such as safety rules, operating and maintenance instructions, and procedure manuals.
• Ability to write routine reports and correspondence.
• Ability to apply commonsense understanding to carry out instructions furnished in written, oral, or diagram form.
• Ability to deal with problems involving several concrete variables in standardized situations.

Requirements

• High school diploma or general education degree (GED); 1‑3 months related experience and/or training; or equivalent combination of education and experience.