Line Performance Technician - 1st Shift

Line Operator

At Amy's Kitchen, we're more than just a food company- we're a family-owned, proudly independent organic, and vegetarian food company on a mission. As a Certified B Corporation, our purpose is clear: to make it simple and enjoyable for everyone to eat well.

We're committed to crafting authentic, mouthwatering dishes using only the finest organic ingredients sourced with care. From farm to table, we ensure top-notch quality in every bite, making healthy eating accessible and convenient for all. At Amy's, we're not just serving meals; we're serving up a taste of goodness, one delicious dish at a time.

Shift: 1st

Schedule: M-F, 6-7:30 am start time, varies daily.

Pay: $20.00

Location: White City

The Line Operator is a key member of the manufacturing team responsible for executing their production or packaging line's key performance targets while ensuring, Quality, People and Food Safety requirements are being maintained. They seek to maximize efficiency and productivity while minimizing waste. They are responsible for coordinating, controlling and tracking material usage and for performing adjustments and troubleshooting of equipment and processes to maintain a consistent flow and pace to assembly and packaging line activities.

Safety Always & Quality

• Ensure safe work practices are adhered to by manufacturing workers including discussing daily safety topics in huddles, ensuring warm-up exercises are performed, executing rotations to create equal distribution of repetitive work, and ensuring adherence to training requirements.
• Escalate to a People and Production Supervisor any line or people noncompliance, violations and/or variances.
• Ensure compliance with all people safety and food safety policies, procedures and requirements.
• Inspect for proper sanitation of equipment and facilities and take corrective action to resolve deficiencies.
• Maintain product quality and required documentation.
• Ensure that product and date codes are accurate and correctly placed and documented.
• Conduct People Safety and Good Manufacturing Practices (GMPs) audits.
• Understand quality standards for each product. Taste product and ingredients for quality.

Productivity & Performance

• Accountable for timely line startup and related preparation of ingredients and packaging.
• Lead achievement in Case Goal Attainment (CGA), Right First Time (RTF), and Usage Variance.
• Monitor equipment and/or line set up and ensure all equipment is operating correctly and safely. Monitor safety and guards for correct position and operation.
• Lead daily team meetings (at start and end of shift) when the People and Production Supervisor is not available.
• Monitor line speed and equipment downtime working with the maintenance team to resolve equipment related problems. Quickly respond to interruptions on the production line and/or process.
• Ensure return of finished product, Works in Progress (WIPs), return to stock, leftovers, and disposals to proper storage or staging areas.
• Ensure all weight checks, lot codes are monitored and changed as required.
• Participate in shift handoffs to ensure on time start of next shift.
• Work with the Changeover Coordinator to order equipment needed for next day schedule.
• Ensure all positions are covered during breaks.

Recordkeeping

• Responsible for completing all required production and packaging reports including but not limited to line performance, CGA, staffing shortages, material usage, downtime in systems (PFIS) or on paper as required.
• Maintain accurate records of all inventory of ingredients for the shift and work in process.
• Report assembly License Plant Number's (LPNs) to packaging batch sheets using handheld scanners.
• Complete code sign-off on packaging lines.
• As part of the Positive Release Process (PC) collect and review batch sheets and disposal forms daily and on time.
• Sign off on all batch sheets after the review process / PCQI for daily production.
• Ensure Good Document Practices by looking over all documentation for legibility and correctness before it is turned in.
• Complete Alias forms as necessary.
• Print LPNs for finished goods pallets as necessary.

It is the responsibility of all employees to uphold the mission of the Amy's Food Safety and Quality Policy. This includes following all Food Safety and Sustainability programs and participating in all required training.

Supervisory Responsibilities

This position has no direct reports.

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.

Education and/or Experience

High school diploma or general education degree (GED); or 1 to 2 years food manufacturing experience; or equivalent combination of education and experience.

Familiar with Amy's products and processes

Skills

Active listening skills

Builds and maintains relationships easily, working with diverse styles backgrounds.

Able to confront issues and conflict in a constructive and productive manner.

Able to train others to perform to standards.

Cooperates easily with peers and others. Can collaborate across organizational boundaries.

Able to identify problems, isolate causes and provide fact-based solutions.

Ability to review data for accuracy and recognize inconsistencies or errors of any kind and report or correct them as necessary.

Language Skills

o Ability to read and comprehend instructions, short correspondence, and written procedures. Ability to write simple correspondence.

o Spanish language is preferred; English must be developed so that company business can be communicated in English or Spanish on the production floor.

o It is necessary to be able to clearly present information on a large range of forms and short reports.

Mathematical Skills

o Ability to add, subtract, multiply and divide in all units of measure, using whole numbers, common fractions, and decimals.

o Ability to compute rate, ratio, and percent. Know how to interpret bar graphs.

o Have a good understanding of production standards and efficiencies

Reasoning Ability

o Can apply common sense understanding to carry out instructions furnished in written, oral, or diagram form.

o Ability to deal with problems involving several concrete variables in standardized situations.

o Ability to take previous information and incorporate it into an understanding of a new topic. Able to see the similarities among essentially different objects or ideas and use existing knowledge about the first set of objects or ideas to understand the others.

o To fully understand procedures so they are used as basis for decision making.

o Ability to interpret a variety of instructions furnished in written, oral, diagram, or schedule form.

o Ability to solve practical problems and deal with a variety of concrete variables in situations where only limited standardization exists.

Certificates, Licenses, Registrations

None

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 frequently required to stand; walk; use hands to finger, handle, or feel; and taste or smell. The employee is occasionally required to reach with hands and arms. The employee must occasionally lift and/or move up to 30 pounds. Specific vision abilities required by this job include close vision, distance vision, color vision, peripheral vision, depth perception, 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 frequently exposed to moving mechanical parts. The employee is occasionally exposed to wet and/or humid conditions, extreme cold, slippery floor and risk of electrical shock. The noise level in the work environment moderate to high.

May handle foods that contain allergens including: Soy, dairy, tree nuts, gluten, mustard