Production Lead Job at Abacus in Baltimore

Overview
1st shift schedule, working from 6 AM to 3:45 PM, with designated days off on Thursday and Friday. The Lead is responsible for guiding a line or table of production associates during portioning, meal bagging, and shipping.

Duties

• Collaborates with the Supervisor to get the production plans and targets for the day.
• Follows production schedules to ensure order completion during timeframes.
• Effectively communicates the targets and production expectations.
• Ensures associates are following policies and procedures. Escalates any concerns to the Production Supervisor.
• Conducts checks on ingredients for quality, accuracy, and shelf life before starting the line and while the line is running.
• Effectively communicates exact product and quantity needs to avoid any unnecessary downtime.
• Ensures line does not overproduce portions or meal bags.
• Identifies and completes all sections listed on the production sheet, works with FSQA to ensure meal bag checks are conducted.
• Retrieves more labels from the label office when needed and communicates shortages of labeled packaging to supervisor.

General Responsibilities

• GMP Enforcement and Education- Calls out and corrects GMP violations when they occur.
• Employee Safety - Attends all safety trainings to maintain safety compliance and escalates any employee safety risks.
• Pre and Post-Operative Sanitation- Ensures work area (portioning table or meal bagging line) is clean (i.e. tables have been sanitized, and floors are free of spills and debris).
• Production Pace- Sets example of expected work pace for the entire line.
• Line Integrity- Identifies and escalates any disruptive behavior.
• Conflict Resolution- Works to quickly and calmly resolve conflicts between associates on the line.

Requirements

• General high school degree, or equivalent, (e.g. GED).
• Strong attendance and performance record as a Home Chef production associate is required for this position.