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**[General Description: [Responsible for leading the operations departments of production and packaging while coordinating with sanitation and maintenance to ensure compliance with the highest standards of safety, food safety and quality throughout the plant. The shift manager shall be engaged in continuous improvement in order to drive increases plant efficiencies and units per man-hour while decreasing waste in plant operations. Responsible to see all employees of the shift in production and packaging receive ongoing training in safety, quality and food safety. Responsible to ensure that the company complies with all AIB standards for GMPs, HACCP, Food Defense and BRC on a continual basis. Follows up to insure corrective action and full implementation is effectuated. Coach, counsel and train plant personnel in daily operations.

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• Direct and coordinate all operation activities within the plant including production and packaging while coordinating with sanitation and maintenance to ensure compliance with food safety standards, SSOPs, GMPs, HACCP, Food Defense and BRC. This includes extensive training for plant employees in each of these key areas to enforce a culture of food safety.
• Support all GMP, HACCP, Food Defense and BRC related programs, policies and procedures including internal plant audits, monthly meetings and documentation of results.
• Participate to the extent required in all food safety audits w/AIB, RIDOH and FDA and insure compliance w/all regulations.
• Direct and coordinate all operations activities within the plant including all duties of Production supervisors / line leads and packaging supervisor / line leads
• Coordinate activities with maintenance manager / supervisor and sanitation manager / supervisor
• Actively participate in weekly plantmeetings to communicate plant performance and goals with supervisors and line leads

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``` - Develop line meetings agenda for supervisors to use for weekly line meetings - Maintain strict adherence to metal detector CCPs, finished weights programs and documentation. - Ensure that all Food Safety Training is completed - Prepare reports and documentation to inform management of shift performance - Looks for operational changes (product, equipment, job functions, materials, etc.) to improve company KPI - Look for ways to continuously improve our compliance w/all food safety standards.

Job Qualifications:

• Degree preferred but not required
• Minimum of 5 years experience in the food industry.
• Demonstrable understanding of processing and packaging

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``` - Demonstrable understanding of HACCP, GMPs, and SOPs - Experience with GMP, BRC or SQF audits, AIB preferred. - Minimum of 5 years of supervising and managing personnel. - Proficient in MS Excel, Word, Outlook and Power Point; Excellent English written and verbal communication skills with fluency in Spanish a strong advantage. - Lead by example - promotes safety, quality, food safety culture.

Physical Requirements:

Bend to grasp objects and ability to climb ladders.

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