Fluid Production Team Leader - 3Rd Shift

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We're a growing, nationwide company, born and raised in Southcentral Pennsylvania, that has been creating delicious ice cream and beverages since 1931. We offer competitive pay, great benefits, and leadership development opportunities with career-growth potential - join our team today!

Shift: 3

10:25pm-6:30am

Our associates enjoy these awesome benefits -

• Medical, dental, vision & prescription

• Life insurance, short-term & long-term disability

• 401(k) with company match - immediately vested

• Employee Assistance Program (EAP)

• Earn vacation and PTO

• Educational assistance reimbursement

• Company bonus plan

• Free ice cream and beverages!

Essential Job Functions

• Assist Supervisor with directing and coordinating activities of fluid production personnel assigned to the area.

• Meet the performance standards for the following positions: Box Erector, Debagger, Filler Operator, Sanitation Operator, Machine Operator-Trine, Machine Operator, and Spot Pack.

• Ensure quality checks are performed and recorded by all associates.

• Ensure that finished product quality checks meet specifications prior to entry into the Fluid Warehouse.

• Communicate with Fluid Production Supervisors and managers concerning daily manufacturing operations.

• Communicate with other Fluid Production Team Leaders to ensure a smooth transition between shifts.

• Perform relief duties for all fluid production job-related tasks as necessary.

• Accurately complete and/or record all necessary documentation associated with job-related tasks and operating parameters.

• Ensure machine set ups are accurate before start-up and throughout the shift.

• Maintain a high level of safety towards people, equipment, and building structures.

• Inspect equipment to ensure it is safe for use and where necessary completes and forwards work order requests to the Fluid Production Supervisor.

• Inspect and replace damaged materials and products.

• Keep an orderly and clean work environment.

• Set a good example on a daily basis by his/her actions and attitude.

• Provide supervisor input concerning associate performance.

• Ability to work overtime during peak production periods to ensure customer demands are met.

• Maintain adherence to work hours scheduled specifically starting, quitting, lunch and break schedules.

• Perform all duties within established Good Manufacturing Practice (GMP) regulations and safety guidelines.

• Follow established programs, policies and practices to produce safe quality foods that meet regulatory and company requirements. Support the development, implementation, maintenance, and ongoing improvement of the Safe Quality Food (SQF) 2000 Systems. Is accountable to the Turkey Hill Food Safety and Quality Principles.

• Demonstrates knowledge of continuous improvement and lean methodology.

• Works effectively with department and cross-functional teams to define and implement process improvements that provide value to the customer.

• Perform all other duties as assigned.

Behaviors/Skills

Some of the Leadership Behaviors needed to successfully perform this position are:

Leadership Behaviors:

• Puts the Customer First

• Anticipates customer needs, champions for the customer, acts with customers in mind, exceeds customers' expectations, gains customers' trust and respect.

• Communicates effectively and candidly

• Communicates clearly and directly, approachable, relates well to others, engages people and helps them understand change, provides and seeks feedback, articulates clearly, actively listens.

• Achieves results through teamwork

• Is open to diverse ideas, works inclusively and collaboratively, holds self and others accountable, involves others to accomplish individual and team goals.

• Leads through positive influence

• Demonstrates strong character; builds partnerships; models a conscious balance between work and personal life; takes personal responsibility for own development; role models leadership qualities such as motivation, inspiration, passion and trust.

• Coaches and develops others

• Develops and cares about associates, builds effective teams, helps people be their best, values and manages diversity, provides candid and constructive feedback.

• Leads change and innovation

• Challenges the status quo, embraces technology, puts forward creative ideas, champions and implements process improvements, gathers the ideas of others, demonstrates good judgment about which ideas will work.

• Executes with excellence

• Is action oriented, drives for results, sets clear expectations and milestones, reviews progress, acts decisively, solves problems, can be counted on to consistently meet or exceed goals.

• Provides clear and strategic direction

• Plans and organizes well, sets a clear and simple course of action, stays focused on the most important priorities, has the ability to visualize and plan for the future, understands the industry and marketplace.

• Safety Awareness

• Identifying and correcting conditions that affect employee safety; upholding safety standards.

Minimum qualifications

• Must be at least 18 years of age

• High school diploma or equivalent

Desired Previous Experience

• Vacation Relief

• Break Relief

• Filler Rotation

• Filler Operator

• Sanitation Operator

• Machine Rotation

Physical Demands

• Must be able to perform the essential functions of this position with or without reasonable accommodation.

• Must be able to stand up to 90% of the time to perform various job-related tasks.

• Must be able to stand, stoop, and bend to perform various job-related tasks.

• Must be able to walk, move or traverse throughout the area of assignment to perform various job-related tasks.

• Must be able to use hands/fingers to handle (or feel) in order to operate various types of office and hand-held industrial equipment.

• Must be able to operate industrial powered vehicles such as forklifts.

• Must be able to operate manual pallet jacks and powered walkie.

• Must be able to inspect all equipment to ensure they are in good working condition prior to use.

• Must be able to ascend and descend stairs, and where applicable and when necessary, to perform various job-related tasks.

• Must be able to position self to move, stoop, kneel, crouch, or crawl as needed to perform various job-related tasks.

• Must be able to lift up to 50 pounds.

• Must be able to lift and carry label rolls weighing 20 - 50 pounds.

• Must be able to lift bags of caps weighing 10 - 11 pounds.

• Must be able to transition between working in an environment that is dry and humid to damp and cold.

• Must be able to work in a wet environment.

This job description is a general description of essential functions. It is not intended as an employment contract, nor is it intended to describe all duties someone in this position may perform. All associates of Turkey Hill Dairy are expected to perform tasks as assigned by Turkey Hill supervisory/management personnel, regardless of job title.

This role is considered Safety Critical at Turkey Hill. In order to ensure safety for all of our associates, this role will have a zero tolerance policy when returning a positive drug screen, regardless of Medical Marijuana card holding status.

Notice to Staffing Agencies, Placement Services, and Professional Recruiters

Turkey Hill, LLC has an internal Staffing Department. Recruiters are hereby specifically directed NOT to contact Turkey Hill employees directly in an attempt to present candidates.

Turkey Hill will not accept unsolicited resumes from any source other than directly from a candidate. Any unsolicited resumes sent to Turkey Hill, including unsolicited resumes sent to a Turkey Hill mailing address, fax machine or email address, directly to Turkey Hill employees, or to Turkey Hill's resume database will be considered Turkey Hill property. Turkey Hill will NOT pay a fee for any placement resulting from the receipt of an unsolicited resume. Turkey Hill will consider any candidate for whom a Recruiter has submitted an unsolicited resume to have been referred by the Recruiter free of any charges or fees.

Turkey Hill will not pay a fee to any Recruiter that does not have a signed Turkey Hill contract in place specific to the position for which the resume was submitted.

Recruiting vendor agreements will only be valid if in writing and signed by Turkey Hill's Human Resources Manager or his or her designee. No other Turkey Hill employee is authorized to bind Turkey Hill to any agreement regarding the placement of candidates by Recruiters. By submitting a candidate to Turkey Hill, recruiters agree to be bound and comply with this policy.