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Dawn Foods is a global leader in bakery manufacturing and ingredients distribution. As the partner of choice for inspiring bakery success, we help customers grow their business through meaningful partnerships, research-driven insights and innovations, and products and expertise they can depend on. As a family-owned company, our commitments to our people, products, customers, and corporate values, are all part of our recipe for success.

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Why work for Dawn Foods?

PEOPLE.    PRODUCTS.    CUSTOMERS.

Why should you apply? We invest in you!

• Industry-leading health insurance on Day 1!
• Competitive Pay $32.60
• 401(K) + company match
• 10 Paid Company Holidays
• Paid Time Off
• Professional training
• Family-owned business over 100 years in service
• An opportunity for career advancement, working as part of an empowering workforce

Shift Schedule Monday-Friday, Saturday as needed. Mid Shift 12:00pm to 9:30pm

Job Purpose and Overview

The Production lead will assist the Production Supervisors in all areas of production. Direct day to day activities of the team in respect to line assignment, completion of scheduled production, quality, efficiency, and completion of required paperwork while ensuring compliance with plant safety, food safety and GMP. 

What Does It Take to be a Production Lead at Dawn Foods? 

Below are the minimum qualifications to be a fit for this job.  

• High school diploma or general education degree (GED) preferred
• Associate’s degree desired or have equivalent experience.
• One (1) years of experience (and/or equivalent education) in a food manufacturing facility preferred
• Ability to read and interpret documents such as safety rules, operating instructions, maintenance instructions, and procedural manuals.  Ability to write routine reports.
• Ability to add, subtract, multiply, and divide in all units of measure, using whole numbers, common fractions, and decimals.
• Good verbal and written communication skills
• Computer skills required.
• Handle many diversified tasks, correctly prioritize conflicting, time sensitive tasks.
• Proactive, self-directed independent team member with self-confidence.
• Forklift certification is desired or must be able to become certified

What Will You Do as a Production Lead at Dawn Foods?

• Manage and assist in continuous production runs.
• Assures that all product manufactured meets the product specifications, food safety and regulatory requirements.
• Establish high performance standards in housekeeping, Good Manufacturing Practices (GMP), International Food Standard (IFS) and Hazard Analysis and Critical Control Points (HACCP) requirements.
• Performs all the functions of the Mixer Operator, Premix Operator and Packing Operator and WMS (Warehouse Management Systems) scanning system.
• Follows the guidelines as printed in the job descriptions for those positions.
• Performs other duties as assigned including Dawn Operations Tracking (DOT), IFS packets and Critical Control Points (CCP) documents.
• Support to the Production Supervisor and hourly positions.
• Collaborate with all departments that support production.
• Adhere to the Food Defense and Security functions within the facility.

Physical Demands & Work Environment

The physical demands described here are representative of those that must be met by a Team Member 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 regularly required to stand; walk; use hands to grasp, move, or utilize objects, tools, or controls; reach with hands and arms; and talk and hear. The employee is frequently required to climb or balance and stoop, kneel, crouch, or crawl. The employee is occasionally required to use sensory perception for quality measurement of products.
• The employee must regularly and individually lift and/or move up to 50 pounds and may frequently team lift and/or move over 50 pounds  
• Specific vision abilities required by this job include close vision, distance vision, color vision, peripheral vision, depth perception, and the ability to focus
• Temperature fluctuates with the season – colder during the winter/warmer during the summer
• Working around heavy machinery – hearing protection required in production area

Note: The level of physical effort may vary from site to site and in some cases be greater or lesser than documented here.

Company Provided/Required PPE

• Non-slip shoes
• Gloves
• Hair Net
• Beard Net (if needed)
• Safety googles/ safety ear protection
• Additional PPE may be required

If this sounds like the opportunity that you have been looking for, please click "Apply.”

About Our Benefits

Dawn is proud to employ the top talent in the baking industry, and we reward our people with comprehensive health and well-being coverage, competitive compensation packages, and award-winning benefit offerings. We also help protect your future financial health with a generous 401(k) matching program that provides additional retirement funds and many tools and resources on financial wellness. Dawn encourages professional growth through tuition assistance and educational programs, and we are always searching for ways to improve our industry-leading services and benefits.

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An Equal Opportunity Employer.  All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, age, sex, national origin, disability, pregnancy, sexual orientation, gender identity/gender expression, citizenship status, military or veteran status, genetic information or any other status or condition that is protected by applicable law.

Requisition ID: 38103