Job Information
Lauridsen Group Inc. Production Lead - Essentia in Lytton, Iowa
This position will coordinate production team members and their work activities, ensuring the safe production of a quality product processed in accordance with mandated and established company procedures.
JOB DUTIES:
Production Process:
Analyze, forecast and plan production objectives.
If required by site, schedule production operators and assign maintenance work orders as needed.
Coordinate production area workflow including:
The unloading and blending of raw products.
Packaging the raw product.
Maximizing production efficiencies and machine utilization.
Troubleshoot the production process including:
Assist maintenance/utility person with repairs on equipment/machinery breakdowns or notify appropriate personnel to coordinate outside repair services.
Ensure the flow of production, redirecting production employees to areas of the process needing immediate attention.
Document and understand required data to control production processes.
Assist in the development and updating of standard operating procedures.
Complies with and follows company food safety and quality policies.
Monitor the production processes, anticipate production concerns and make effective decisions while striving for continuity of the production process.
Demonstrate proficiency using each piece of equipment on the floor.
Complete daily reports in absence of production supervisor.
May create bills of lading and pick pallets for outbound loads.
Training & Development:
Provide safety training, including all mandated sanitary policies and regulations, according to established procedures.
Conducts and provides quality and production training for production personnel.
Coach team members in support of Production Supervisor or Superintendent.
Management:
Maintain a clean production area for safe working conditions.
Assigns work, ensures employees have what they need to get the job done.
Keeps watch over product being made, which may frequently include running machine(s).
This role does not typically have administrative management duties. This role provides recommendations for employment actions including performance evaluations, but does not personally carry out hiring, terminations, or discipline.
Attend all Supervisory and Safety meetings at the designated times.
Comply with and aid Supervisor/Superintendent in ensuring team member compliance with company’s Code of Conduct and Respectful Workplace policy.
The Production Lead will cover work direction activities in the absence of the Production Supervisor.
Environment policies as well as all other company policies.
Ensure fundamental food safety and quality practices maintained to achieve food safety and quality objectives and to support the development, implementation and maintenance and ongoing improvements of food safety programs.
JOB REQUIREMENTS:
Ability to troubleshoot malfunctions in equipment/machinery and perform repairs.
Specific knowledge of industrial production processes in an edible food processing plant.
Ability to operate and train personnel on equipment and machinery used in the processing of product.
Ability to maintain high level of confidentiality related to all duties and responsibilities
Ability to monitor the production processes, anticipate production concerns and make effective decisions while striving for continuity of the production process.
Ability to work in a team environment and implement continuous quality improvement.
Ability to maintain steady and quality work output from the team and foster positive attitudes among employees.
Ability to perform basic and complex mathematical calculations.
Ability to work daily and overtime as necessary.
Ability to remain calm and professional.
General knowledge of OSHA standards and safe work practices.
Ability to effectively communicate both orally and in writing with company personnel, contractors, vendors, suppliers, and other business related contacts.
Ability to adhere to USDA, OSHA, and other regulatory and compliance recordkeeping requirements.
Knowledge of dryer operation and membrane filtration processes.
Knowledge of industrial production processes in an edible food processing plant.
Ability to operate forklifts and non-motorized pallet jacks as needed.
Ability to operate company vehicles as required.
If qualified, trained and required by site: ability to change bags in the bag house.
If both the Supervisor and Plant Superintendent are absent, the Plant Manager assumes the responsibility.
Ability to assist in other work-related areas as requested.
BASIC PHYSICAL REQUIREMENTS:
Approximate: 8-Hour Day (may be longer during peak season)
Key: Occasional = 0% - 33%
Frequent = 34% - 66%
Continuous = 67% - 100%
N/A = Not Applicable
Standing - Frequent
Sitting - Occasional
Walking - Continuous
Bending/Kneeling/Crouching/Stooping - Occasional
Reaching Above Shoulder - Frequent
Climbing (stairs, ladders, etc.) - Occasional
Working on Heights:
Unprotected Heights - Occasional
Protected Heights - Frequent
Lifting Weights from 0 to 100 Pounds - Frequent
Push/Pull/Maneuver Equipment/Products/Materials - Occasional
Weighing from 0 to 100 Pounds
Being Around and/or Operating Moving Machinery/Equipment - Frequent
Operating a Vehicle (as a part of your job) - Occasional
Read/Monitor Gauges on Various Equipment/Machinery - Frequent
Hand Movements:
Recording Data - Occasional
Operating Office Equipment - Occasional
Operating Computer - Occasional
Simple Grasping (right and left) - Frequent
Firm Grasping (right and left) - Frequent
Fine Manipulating (right and left) - Frequent
Foot Movements to Operate Foot Controls - Occasional
Vision: Good Vision, Corrected to Normal; or Ability to - Yes
Access Required Information and to Perform Job Duties
Color Definition Required: - No
Hearing: Good Hearing, Corrected to Normal; or Ability to
Communicate/Understand Required Information and to Perform Job Duties - Yes
Mobility: Ability to be mobile throughout required work areas.
Office - Occasional
Multiple Locations - N/A
Plant - Continuous
Equipment/Maintenance or Repair Area - Continuous
Rough Terrain - Occasional
Other - N/A
JOB QUALIFICATIONS:
Education: High School diploma or G.E.D. required.
Experience: Experience in a food processing environment required.
LGI’s foundation began in 1916 as the Lauridsen Creamery, selling butter, eggs and poultry to the local community. Although our headquarters in Ankeny, Iowa, is not far from the old creamery in Dedham, Iowa, the company is now worldwide with more than fifty manufacturing and sales locations in twenty countries and sales in more than sixty countries.
Each company under the LGI umbrella is truly independent. They have the ability and the charge to be entrepreneurial, to seek out new markets, to develop new products and applications, and – above all - to discover new ways to add value through fractionation and novel application.
What’s more, because some LGI companies have offices and presence around the world, all LGI companies benefit from their exposure to new markets, new products, new applications and new thinking.