J&J Snack Foods

Manufactures nutritional snacks and frozen beverages

Assistant Lead

Machine & Process OperationConfirmed live in the last 24 hours

Full-timeMoscow Mills, MO, USANo salary listedIn-person

About the Job

Requirements

Math and reading skills are required.
Ability to troubleshoot, diagnose, and solve problems mechanically.
Ability to lift, bend, stoop, and stand for long periods.
Regular and reliable attendance is required.

Responsibilities

Assist with training, processes, and procedures for all Mixing Department employees; operate mixing machines and set up ingredients for mixing products.
Provide training and support to peers, perform tasks with minimal guidance, and support inventory activities.
Implement the Shift Supervisor’s direction and goals to maintain production yield, efficiency, quality, cleanliness, and safety.
Reinforce policies, procedures, and culture consistent with the Shift Supervisor’s direction, including production yield and efficiency, safety, leadership, cleanliness, food safety and quality, adherence to standard operating procedures, employee ownership and understanding of products and processes, team building, and employee welfare.
Take independent action, complete daily paperwork, and recommend corrective actions to the Production Shift Supervisor concerning safety, quality, cleanliness, yield, and efficiency.
Maintain the work area in a clean, orderly, and safe manner; assist supervisors in enforcing company rules; and report broken, unsafe, or inoperable equipment to the Shift Supervisor.
Mix ingredients according to the production schedule and start lines on time by performing the required procedures.
Maintain working knowledge of department equipment and independently diagnose and solve problems, determining when outside help is needed.
Recommend changes to written production standards or specifications to the Shift Supervisor to reflect actual processes.
Follow environmental, health, and safety requirements and procedures, and maintain food safety and quality.
Throughout the shift, verify adherence to written production specifications and formulas; assist with training full-time and temporary employees; and ensure in-process documents are accurate, compliant, and completed at the proper frequency.
Verify products meet qualitative standards and that employees correct nonconforming process controls; confirm breaks and lunches occur on time and in accordance with the shift.
Verify Mixing Department cleanliness and organization, and ensure employees wear proper personal protective equipment and use proper lifting and equipment-handling techniques.
Maintain applicable training in inventory control; food safety, allergens, Good Manufacturing Practices, Hazard Analysis and Critical Control Points, and Critical Control Point procedures; Occupational Safety and Health Administration-regulated programs; personal protective equipment; machine guarding; and electrical safety.
Perform other tasks as assigned.

As a leader and innovator in the snack food industry for over 50 years, J&J Snack Foods provides branded snack foods to foodservice and retail supermarket outlets across the U.S. Its products include such icons as SUPERPRETZEL, ICEE, and Dippin’ Dots along with other key brands like LUIGI’S Real Italian Ice, The Funnel Cake Factory Funnel Cakes, and Hola Churros. J&J also has a strong presence in bakery providing cakes, cookies, and pies to some of the largest grocery and convenience retailers in industry. Our company continues to deliver record sales led by a talented team and a commitment to “Fun Served Here”.

Scope:

Assists in the training, processes, and procedures for all employees in the Mixing Department. Skilled knowledge of lines in Mixing department to enable proper ingredient set up and mixing of all products. Requires the operation of the mixing machines. Employee is able to perform all tasks with minimal guidance or supervision and will provide training and support to other peers. Key member for inventory.
Institute the direction and goals of the Shift Supervisor to maintain yield, efficiency, quality, cleanliness, and safety.

Key Responsibilities:

Emphasize policy, procedures, and culture consistent with the Shift Supervisor’s direction that control and improve:

- production yield and efficiency of facility against standard
· safety
· leadership
· cleanliness
· food safety and quality
· adherence to SOP’s
· employee ownership and understanding of product and process and overall teambuilding
· employee welfare

Continuously take independent action, perform the daily paperwork, and provide corrective action recommendations to the Production Shift Supervisor in the areas of:

· safety
· quality
· cleanliness
· yield & efficiency

· Maintain their area in a clean, orderly, and safe manner

· Aid Supervisors in enforcing company rules

· Report broken, unsafe or inoperable equipment to the Shift Supervisor

· Able to mix necessary ingredients, per the production schedule.

· Start lines on time, perform any and all necessary procedures to do so.

· Working knowledge of all equipment in department

· Ability to independently diagnose and solve problems and gage when outside help is needed

· Report recommended changes to written production standards/specifications to reflect actual process to the shift supervisor

· Adhere to all environmental, health and safety requirements and procedures

· Responsible for food safety and quality

· Verify throughout the shift:

· Adherence to the written production specifications and formulas
· Aid in training process and procedures of full time and temporary employees
· Verify in process documents are in compliance, are accurate, and in the proper frequency
· Verify product being produced is in conformance to qualitative standards and that the employees address and make corrective action for non-conforming process controls
· Breaks and lunches are timely and in accordance with the shift
· Cleanliness and organization of the Mixing department
· Employees are wearing proper PPE and maintaining proper techniques for lifting and handling equipment

· Performs other tasks as assigned

Maintains training as applicable in the following areas:

· Inventory control

· Food Safety, Allergens, GMP’s, HAACP, CCP Procedures

· OSHA regulated programs

· Personal Protective Equipment

· Machine Guarding and Electrical Safety

Position Requirements:

· Math and reading skills

· Able to troubleshoot, diagnose, and solve problems mechanically

· Ability to lift, bend, stoop, and stand for long periods of time

· Regular and reliable attendance

Disclaimer: This position description is not designed to cover or contain a comprehensive listing of activities, duties or responsibilities that are required of the team member. Duties, responsibilities, and activities may change, or new ones may be assigned at any time with or without notice.

EEO Statement: J&J Snack Foods Corp.is an equal opportunity employer and prohibits discriminatory employment actions against, and treatment of, employees and applicants for employment based on actual or perceived Federal, State and local laws that prohibit employment discrimination on the basis of race, color, age, national origin, ethnicity, alienage, religion or creed, gender, gender identity, pregnancy, marital status, sexual orientation, citizenship, genetic disposition or characteristics, disability or veteran's status, sex offenses, prior record of arrest or conviction, genetic information or predisposing genetic characteristic, status as a victim or witness of domestic violence, sex offenses or stalking and unemployment status.

About the Company

J&J Snack Foods

Manufactures nutritional snacks and frozen beverages

J&J Snack Foods Corp. makes and distributes nutritional snack foods and frozen beverages across the United States. Its products reach a wide range of customers, including food service providers, retail supermarkets, convenience stores, quick-service restaurants, malls, hotels, college campuses, and fast-casual dining locations. The company uses a dual business model that combines selling its own branded snacks with contract manufacturing to meet specific customer needs, whether sweet or savory. Revenue comes from both branded product sales and custom-manufactured goods, with more than $1 billion in annual sales and a long track record of growth. The company employs over 4,200 people. Its goal is to expand its portfolio of well-known brands and maintain a strong, diversified presence in multiple consumer markets by delivering tailored snack solutions through direct sales and contract manufacturing.

Company size: 1,001-5,000
Company stage: IPO
Headquarters: Mt Laurel Township, NJ
Founded: 1971

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