Utz Quality Foods is currently seeking a Production Manager for our High Street facility located in Hanover, PA. Required hours are Monday-Friday-dayshift, ability to overlap weekends and nights as needed.
The Production Manager oversees facility processing, packaging and repack operations at the High St. Manufacturing facility. Key responsibilities include reviewing plant operations with shift leadership to ensure quality and efficiency goals are met and for developing plans for improvement.
Responsibilities
- Ensures that production requirements as indicated by the production scheduler are met in the most efficient manner while maintaining high quality standards
- Responsible to ensure that Utz processing and packaging standards are consistently maintained.
- Quality of finished product, salt and oil content, finished moisture, slice thickness, F.F.A. of oil, code dates, prices, bag weights, seal integrity, seasoning level, nitrogen flush program, scanning activity and finish product accountability, etc.
- Coordinates and builds lines of communication within the departments, specifically with processing and packaging supervisors, and all personnel reporting to them.
- Monitors and analyzes labor hours and crew size needed to efficiently run production lines.
- Oversees training programs for the Night Shift and provides training for all newly hired Processing and Packaging personnel to ensure proper job performance.
- Ensures that the Night Shift film waste program is maintained throughout the Packaging department and that information is incorporated into the overall packaging waste program.
- Analyzes existing production lines and recommends adaptations and innovations, which will increase effectiveness and lower costs.
- Monitors and analyzes RedZone for machine efficiencies, quality checks and downtime.
- Makes schedule adjustments due to downtime, lack of supplies, etc.
- Responsible for quality and food safety tasks for their position.
- Performs other duties as assigned that will impact and support the overall outcome of the company and department objectives.
Requirements
- Requires analytical, math and reading skills
- Knowledge and understanding of Microsoft Word, Excel, PowerPoint and Outlook (Email)
- Requires leadership and management to direct the packaging departments and interface with other departments.
- Interpersonal and supervisory skills necessary to lead others.
- Knowledge of designated packaging and processing operations to assist when needed.
- Moderate lifting and occasional skid pulling.
- Strong public speaking and presentation skills required.
- 5 years of processing and packaging equipment knowledge.
- Strong problem-solving skills and planning abilities to schedule production.
- Working knowledge of D365 and Redzone is preferred.
