This position is responsible for collaborating with the Production Supervisor to assist with daily operations of the production floor; ensuring the shift meets established safety, quality, and production goals in compliance with all applicable legal and food safety requirements. Essential Functions
- Assists Production Supervisor with daily activities of assigned shift, ensuring product adheres to Niagara’s standard of safety, quality, and throughput.
- Communicates with previous shift regarding any challenges and opportunities on the production lines to prepare for the shift.
- Conducts walkthroughs throughout the shift to verify safety, housekeeping, and quality compliance.
- Assists supervisor with batching minerals (if applicable) and preparing production lines for scheduled changeovers.
- Orders and inspects raw materials prior to changeovers to ensure correct inventories for production runs. Performs first pass quality checks after changeovers to prevent non-conforming product. Returns raw materials after completion of production runs.
- Verifies discrete jobs are correct in Oracle (including quality and bill of material list), Warehouse Management System, and/or Line Management System.
- Supports Production Supervisor with hourly and/or end of shift production reports.
- Utilizes the Efficiency Improvement Tools to understand and comment on line downtime and communicates appropriately per the escalation plan.
- Adheres to the highest standards of company and plant safety programs, guidelines, rules, and regulations.
- Abides by Niagara’s Good Manufacturing Practices (GMP) and Food Safety Standards at all times.
- Regular and predictable attendance is an essential function of the job.
- Ability to work 12 hour shifts, day or night, on a rotating 2-2-3 schedule or schedule as dictated by production demand.
- Please note this job description is not designed to contain a comprehensive list of activities, duties or responsibilities that are required of the employee for this job.
Duties, responsibilities and activities may change at any time with or without prior notice.
- 4 Years
- Experience in Field or similar manufacturing environment
- 4 Years
- Experience in Position
- 4 Years
- Experience managing people/projects
- 6 Years–Experience in Field or similar manufacturing environment
- 6 Years- Experience working in Position
- 6 Years
- Experience managing people/projects
- Required: None Required
- Preferred: None Required