PLANT PRODUCTION LEAD-SPRINGFIELD

Bluegrass Ingredients Inc Springfield, Kentucky, United States

About this position

MENT:                  Production

POSITION:                           Plant Production Lead 

REPORT TO:                       Production Supervisor

CLASSIFICATION:            Hourly

WORKING HOURS:           Full Time, Shift - Night, Overtime as needed

 

Kentucky is an employment at-will state.

 

POSITION SUMMARY: This role is responsible for overseeing daily plant operations and leading the employees who support them. The position ensures strong performance across production, quality, safety, communication, and overall operational efficiency.

 

DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES:       Including, but not limited to, the following:

 

  • Responsible for smooth operation of entire production process including receiving, evaporating, drying, and bagging
  • Oversee all production aspects of the plant and production workers.
  • Leads manufacturing efforts for all product produced on their shift
  • Responsible for all incoming raw materials received on their shift
  • Guides and directs warehouse staff when necessary
  • Leads the process to ensure that all products are manufactured according to instructions
  • Ensures all testing parameters are met and documented.
  • Assist the Supervisor in addressing any personnel issues during their shift
  • Perform Leader checklist daily and in timely manner; notify the Maintenance Manager or Maintenance Supervisor on any equipment not working properly and follow through to ensure that the issue is resolved in timely manner.
  • Perform and oversee CIP checks are followed
  • Lead all sanitation of equipment and plant to ensure all is done correctly.
  • Confirm wastewater pit is operating correctly
  • Ensure all safety procedures are being properly followed
  • Train all employees and all records are kept up to date/

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    PRODUCTION / SERVICE

    • Responsible for all duties and responsibilities of all direct reports,
      • Train, retain, develop, and monitor all employees that work in all departments.
        1. Responsible to provide training/cross training of employees
        2. Complete weekly schedules understanding efficient/effective use of man-hours to control overtime.
        3. Ensure products are being produced to company and customer specifications. Review data to ensure that processes are capable of meeting customer expectations.
        4. Hold people accountable to doing their jobs.
      • Responsible for scheduling and maintaining an accurate and efficient inventory system.
        1. Maintain an accurate inventory of finished goods,
        2. Work with other departments in ordering, receiving, and monitoring the usage of materials, ingredients, chemicals, and supplies
      • Call in and follow up on the prompt issuance and completion of work orders.
        1. Work with maintenance on a preventative maintenance program
        2. Help to minimize downtime
        3. Troubleshoot to improve overall efficiency.
      • Be on call and come into the plant as needed, which may include any time outside of the normal shift and weekends.
      • Other duties as assigned.

    QUALITY

  • Maintain customer satisfaction at all levels.
  • Maintain a good working relationship with suppliers, employees, and customers,
  • Maintain a high level of appearance and pride within the department.
  • Play an active role to inspect, review, and follow up on all plant and department audits.
  • Responsible for identifying and addressing any food safety hazards or quality threats. In the event that a food safety hazard or quality threat is identified, the employee is to notify their supervisor, a member of Quality, or a member of the Leadership Team. Employees are empowered to immediately address a food safety hazard or quality threats if they have the ability.
  • Responsible for attending all required safety and food safety training.

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    EMPLOYEE RELATIONS

  • Emphasize, train, and comply with all Good Manufacturing Practices (GMP’s).
  • Enforce and train employees on all company and department policies and procedures, including attendance, safety, and discipline.
  • Promptly report occurrences observed or addressed during this shift to the proper department head and/or plant manager.
  • Continually monitor progress, performance, and capabilities of staff with consistent and realistic expectations.
  • Observe the moral and understand its impact on other departments.
    1. Understand EEOC employment practices and limit turnover by retaining qualified employees.
    2. Supervise and coach direct reports.
    3. Identify key employees and develop them for the future promotion.
    4. Provide accurate and detailed documentation on all employee and safety related issues.
       

     

    COMMUNICATION  

  • Work professionally and effectively cross departmentally, recognize and respect all levels of management.
  • Communicate and address all employee concerns promptly, consulting with human resources when needed,
  • Communicate daily with the Supervisor and employees on plant issues.
  • Communicate with employees on a regular basis to explain changes/modifications and generally on how we run our business, listening to their concerns, and communicating their ideas to management.
  • Uphold a high level of confidentiality.
  • Possess good listening and presentation skills.
  • Accept criticism professionally, consult before reacting, and move on after resolution.
  • Provide timely and accurate information as requested at all levels of the organization.
  • Follow up on progress of any open issues.
  • Maintain positive relationships with other departments.

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    ABILITY TO WORK WITH PEOPLE

  • Must be punctual, prepared, and respectful of others.
  • Must work well with others, understanding personality differences.
  • Must hold people accountable.
  • Must internally work well with all departments.
  • Set realistic time frames on projects and follow them through.
  • Be a self-starter
  • Must be willing to accept company and department changes by adapting to new procedures and ultimate solutions for a continuous improvement of operations.

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    SAFETY

  • Be an active participant in loss control and food safety.
  • Actively participate in the HAZMAT team and training, at a minimum for the operations level.
  • Promote safety, support, help solve, and understand all company safety policies and practices.
    • Daily monitor plant conditions to create and maintain a “safe working environment”.
    • Conscientiously look for solutions and root causes to first reports of injury and near misses
    • Make recommendations for possible engineering controls or any other way to prevent future incidents.
    • Enforce all safety policies fair and consistently; investigate fact not fault.
    • Update, monitor, and keep current all LOTO, confined space, forklift, and other safety programs.
    • Oversee for proper completion of all work comp reports that occur during this shift, investigate, and be the person in charge of taking the employee to the hospital, if needed.

    Be able to prioritize and timely process work orders as they relate to safety concerns.      
     
     QUALIFICATIONS, EDUCATION, AND WORK EXPERIENCE:      Certificates and/or Licenses Required                     
     The Production Lead must understand (GMP) good manufacturing practices, (HACCP) hazard analysis critical control points, must work well with individuals, must be a team player at all levels of the organization, and must be willing to accept, at the operations level, a main role on the company emergency response team. Prior management experience is preferred, but not required, depending on other qualifications.     
      
      
     
    Other Job Requirements: This job description in no way states or implies that these are the only duties to be performed by this employee. He/she will be required to follow any other instructions and to perform any other duties requested by management.
     
    CCP AWARENESS:
                            
     Plant Leads should be aware of all CCPs at the facility. Below is a breakdown of all CCPs.