Night Supervisor, BSNAC - Cedar Rapids, United States - Lesaffre Group

Description

ESSENTIAL DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES

Other duties may be assigned depending upon operational needs

Oversee activities of Process and Drying Operators.

• Ensure operators follow proper procedures in the process and complete them as scheduled.
• Ensure operators complete control sheets for each process.
• Review control sheets for variances and approve or make necessary adjustments to Process and Drying.
• Maintain Supervisors logbook, communicate with other shift supervisors and document all problems or concerns.
• Report any special occurrences or incidents to next shift.
• Enforce safety, food safety, and company policies; give verbal and written warnings of procedural violations in collaboration with Superintendent.
• Perform minor machine and equipment maintenance.
• Perform startup and shutdown operations of the spray dryers.
• Notify maintenance department of equipment problems that cannot be solved independently by written work order requests.
• Utilize judgment to determine when to call upon maintenance personnel.
• Notify laboratory when tests are needed; deliver samples for testing.
• Be able to do simple calculations for titration's, concentrations, and process needs.
• Use a computer for e-mail, Excel spreadsheets, and procedures in the production area.
• May enter data into the computer systems and use SAP software
• Enforce the company's GMP guidelines within the plant; this is to include production, packing, maintenance, or contract personnel.
• Hold monthly GMP meetings and maintain a log to ensure that there are no problems and to answer any questions that anyone may have.
• Maintain all process logs daily.
• Must support and know the HACCP, Recall, GMP, and Safety programs of the plant.
• Do performance evaluations of the Process and Drying Operators.
• Maintain daily inventory for daily production needs with Supply Chain.
• Responsible and accountable for the safety of all assigned personnel.
• May fill in for absent or vacationing operators of Process or Drying if required by the needs of the company.

QUALIFICATIONS

To perform this job successfully, an individual must be able to perform each essential duty satisfactorily. The requirements listed below are representative of the knowledge, skill, and/or ability required. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.

• Basic math, chemistry, and microbiology knowledge is required to work under minimal supervision and assess situations, weigh alternatives and take decisive, prudent courses of action.
• Ability to prioritize and organize tasks and delegate to others while following through to ensure completion of assignments.
• Superior communication and "customer" service skills are required in relationships with coworkers, management, and other departments within the company.
• Basic knowledge of equipment and production department sanitation.
• Mechanical aptitude and trouble-shooting skills.
• Paperwork demands attention to detail; computer proficiency preferred.
• Additional safety and/or training experience helpful.
• Requires the ability to supervise multiple people and prioritize various duties and to ensure production of consistent, quality product.
• Must monitor drying activity for consistency.
• Requires ability to recognize and analyze production problems and identify possible causes.

EDUCATION

Bachelor's or Associate's Degree in Biotechnology, Chemistry, Production Management required or a minimum of 2 to 3 years experience as a supervisor for a food-processing manufacturer.

LANGUAGE SKILLS

Ability to read and interpret documents such as safety rules, operation and maintenance instructions, and procedure manuals. Ability to write routine reports and correspondence, ability to speak effectively before groups of customers or employees of 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, percent, and to draw and interpret bar graphs

REASONING ABILITY

Ability to apply common sense understanding to carry out detailed but uninvolved written or oral instructions. Ability to deal with problems involving a few concrete variables in standardized situations

CERTIFICATES, LICENSES, REGISTRATIONS

Ability to be forklift certified required.

PHYSICAL DEMANDS

The physical demands 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.

While performing the duties of this job, the employee is regularly required to stand; walk; use hands to finger, handle, or feel; and reach with hands and arms; occasionally required to climb or balance and stoop, kneel, crouch, or crawl. The employee is occasionally required to sit and talk or hear. The employee must occasionally lift and/or move up to 60 pounds. Specific vision abilities required by this job include close vision, color vision, peripheral vision, and ability to adjust focus.

WORK ENVIRONMENT

The work environment characteristics described here are representative of those an employee encounters while performing the essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.

While performing the duties of this job, the employee is regularly exposed to dry and dusty and/or humid conditions; moving mechanical parts; high, precarious places; fumes or airborne particles; toxic or caustic chemicals; extreme cold or extreme heat. The noise level in the work environment is usually loud.

Lesaffre Yeast Company is an equal opportunity employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, creed, color, religion, age, sex, national origin, genetic information, sexual orientation, gender identity, physical or mental disability, marital status, veteran status or other protected categories.

Equal Opportunity Employer/Protected Veterans/Individuals with Disabilities