Sr. Manufacturing Team Member, Packaging

Overview:

The Sr. Team Member, Packaging role is responsible for supporting a variety of duties including coordinating and communicating with equipment partners and providers, operating equipment on and off the production line, starting and stopping the production line down when needed and communicating with manufacturing and distribution team frequently at the Bay Center manufacturing facility in Valencia, California. This role will also operate some of the most sophisticated manufacturing machinery in the industry.

A wholly-owned subsidiary of Chick-fil-A, Inc., Bay Center Foods, LLC will be a state-of-the-art, highly automated and technology-focused food production facility that will serve Chick-fil-A restaurants across the country by 2020. Bay Center will play an important role in Chick-fil-A's growth enabling innovation to improve team member, and ultimately the customer experience. The new subsidiary is in the early stages of development and will be a dynamic, fast-paced work environment.

As of the date of this posting, a good faith estimate of the current pay scale for this position is $24.00 to $26.00 per hour. This pay scale takes into account a wide range of business factors and may change over time.

Responsibilities :

• Direct and lead team members appropriately.
• Properly stage product and prepare for efficient loading procedures
• Ensure that product is promptly unloaded into the facility and prepared for processing
• Other duties may be assigned from time to time
• Train team members on responsibilities of their position for substitution.
• Set up and operate production equipment in accordance with current good manufacturing practices and standard operating procedures
• Start-up, pause, and shut down manufacturing line.
• Safely and properly operate HPP machinery and other sophisticated equipment
• Troubleshoot problems with equipment, devices, or products
• Ability to substitute for senior team leader when necessary.
• Maintain food and environmental health safety standards throughout the facility
• Other job responsibilities and activities include but are not limited to the following:
  • Safely and properly operate HPP machinery and other sophisticated equipment
  • Troubleshoot problems with equipment, devices, or products
  • Set up and operate production equipment in accordance with current good manufacturing practices and standard operating procedures
  • Ensure that product is promptly unloaded into the facility and prepared for processing
  • Properly stage product and prepare for efficient loading procedures
  • Maintain food and environmental health safety standards throughout the facility
  • Correctly enter data as required
  • Other duties may be assigned from time to time
• Communicate with Quality Assurance frequently regarding line changes.
• Correctly enter data as required

Minimum Qualifications:

• Work while standing for several hours at a time
• Manage pressure and conflicting demands; prioritize tasks and workload
• Prepare for a flexible schedule including weekends, holidays and rotating shifts
• Ability to work around a variety of different smells, aromas and different temperatures
• Wear all appropriate clothing safety equipment as required for the task being performed
• Work with and handle cleaning chemicals as needed
• Adapt to change and respond to difficult and challenging situations in a professional manner
• Complete physically demanding work, including lifting up to 50 pounds and occasionally moving with mechanical assistance up to 2,000 pounds
• Ability to work above shoulders
• Reach, bend, and stoop while performing work
• Communicate effectively across stakeholders

Preferred Qualifications:

• Highly motivated with strong interpersonal skills; a team player, yet able to work independently when necessary
• Self-starter with excellent project management and organizational skills
• Routinely shows interest / knowledge in and offers suggestions / solutions for continuous improvement
• Able to anticipate needs, lead multiple projects, and manage shifting priorities

Preferred Level of Education: High School