Essential Duties and Responsibilities:
• Coordinates the activities of crust area employees.
• Sets up and or changes applicator heads based on product being run.
• Starts, stops, adjusts, and operates Colborne equipment using approved methods, and notifies the Lead or the Supervisor when repairs or adjustments are needed.
• Operates auxiliary equipment associated with the operations of the Pizza Topping line including but not limited to: weigh scales, conveyor systems, etc.
• Observes sauce distributing operation and inspects product to verify conformance to specifications.
• Assists in feeding crust on conveyors.
• Analyzes production problems, and assists team members in solving them.
• Maintains process control.
• Schedules and monitors employee breaks and lunches, and reports any deviancies to the Lead.
• Recommends measures to improve production methods, equipment performance, and quality of product. Assures that all equipment has cover guards.
• Suggests changes in working conditions and use of equipment to increase efficiency of the department, line or team.
• Assists in breaks and lunches.
• Maintains a clean work environment.
• Confers with other Leads and Shift Supervisors in order to best plan changeovers.
• Follows all company policies & procedures as well as the GMP's (Good Manufacturing Practices).
• Performs or assists Maintenance on minor repairs or adjustments.
• Suggests ways to control labor and supply costs as well as improve processes.
• Ensures that all work activities are performed with attention to the highest standards for quality, safety and compliance with all appropriate legal and food safety requirements and a focus on continuous improvement.
• Ensures that all Standard Operating Procedures (SOP's) are followed.
• Follows all company policies & procedures as well as the GMP's (Good Manufacturing Practices).
• Maintains a high level of safety awareness for an accident-free work place.
• Reports any unsafe or hazardous work conditions or safety-related issues to Management.
• Accomplishes all tasks as appropriately assigned or requested.
Education, Skills and Experience:
Education:
• High school diploma, GED or equivalent.
Skills and Experience:
• One to three months related experience and/or training or equivalent combination of education and experience.
• Ability to work overtime, irregular hours or rotating shifts.
• Ability to speak, write and understand English.
• Ability to communicate and work effectively with a variety of diverse individuals within the plant.
• Ability to read and interpret documents such as safety rules, operating instructions, formulas, and policy and procedures manuals.
• Ability to write standard information into related paperwork.
• Ability to add, subtract, multiply, and divide in all units of measure including but not limited to pounds, ounces, grams, using whole numbers, common fractions, decimals, and temperatures.
• Ability to thrive in a constantly changing environment. Essential Skills and Experience:
Physical Demands and Work Environment:
The physical demands and work environment characteristics described here are representative of those that must be met by an employee to successfully perform the essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.
Physical Demands: While performing the duties of this job, the employee is regularly required to stand. The employee frequently is required to walk; use hands to finger, handle, or feel objects, tools, or controls; and talk or hear. The employee is occasionally required to reach with hands and arms; climb or balance; and stoop, kneel, crouch, or crawl. The employee must frequently lift and/or move up to 50 pounds unassisted, and occasionally lift and/or move 51-100 pounds assisted. Specific vision abilities required by this job include close vision, distance vision, peripheral vision, depth perception, and the ability to adjust focus
Work Environment: While performing the duties of this job, the employee regularly works near moving mechanical parts. The employee is occasionally exposed to extreme cold or heat. The employee occasionally works in high, precarious places. The noise level in the work environment is usually moderate.
Organizational Structure:
The Topping Production Sauce Applicator Operator will report directly to the Topping Production Supervisor.
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