Lead - Overnights

Business Unit Overview

Michael Foods, Inc. is a leader in the food processing and distribution industry with business in egg products, refrigerated grocery and potato products. We offer exciting job possibilities throughout our organization where you can enhance your career, sharpen your talents and make an impact. Join our company and be part of an innovative team that's First in Food.

Location Description

Michael foods, Inc. located in Chaska, Minnesota is known as the "best small town in Minnesota" with a highly rated school system and home of the PGA Tournament in 2018! As our community grows, we strive to preserve the small town atmosphere. Minutes away from beautiful lakes, major highways, shopping malls and the Twin Cities, it is the perfect location to work!. Our location produces a variety of potato products. For over 100 years, the Michael Foods family of businesses has leveraged quality ingredients and innovative processes to offer the finest products and solutions to our customers and to food-loving consumers.

Responsibilities

JOB SUMMARY:

This position is responsible for ensuring the proper performance of the Peel/Cook/Case Packing department.

JOB RESPONSIBILITIES:

• Assist supervisor with proper staffing of department.

• Providing work direction and training to all Peel/Cook/Case Packing employees.

• Assuring all products are within grade and meet quality specifications (following standard work).

• Performing routine line tours to ensure equipment and line is running efficiently.

• Ensure paperwork and data input into the computer system (SAP) is accurate.

• Thorough understanding of positions with-in the Peel/Cook/Case Packing department.

• Assuring proper documentation and accuracy of all testing and measurements.

• Effectively communicating relevant information to fellow employees on the shift and to on-coming employees at shift change.

• Communicating all process inefficiencies, equipment malfunctions, safety concerns and GMP issues to the department Supervisor.

• General cleaning of equipment and maintaining good housekeeping throughout the department per the daily sanitation checklist.

• Relief for breaks when necessary.

• Relief for Supervisor (vacations, sick, ect).

• Adhere to safe work practices, follow GMP's, maintain sanitary conditions and ensure that product quality is maintained. Report to management any conditions or practices that may adversely affect food safety, food quality or personnel safety.

• Adhere to all safety polices and procedures.

• Perform other duties as assigned.

Qualifications

JOB QUALIFICATIONS:

EDUCATION AND EXPERIENCE:

High school diploma or general education degree (GED) or equivalent.

COMMUNICATION SKILLS:

In order to promote a manufacturing environment that is safe and efficient for both personnel and food, the ability to effectively communicate in basic English (both verbal and written) is required. This includes the ability to speak, read and comprehend safety instructions, rules and warnings for self and others in both normal and emergency situations.

LANGUAGE SKILLS:

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 speak effectively before groups, customers/vendors or employees of the organization.

MATHEMATICAL SKILLS:

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.

REASONING ABILITY:

Ability to define problems, collect data, establish facts, and draw valid conclusions. Ability to interpret an extensive variety of technical instructions in mathematical or diagram form and deal with several abstract and concrete variables.

LICENSES, CERTIFICATES, REGISTRATIONS:

OTHER SKILLS AND ABILITIES:

Specific skills and abilities required that are not included in other sections: