Welcome to Nortera Foods! If today we are present on all North American tables, it is because we have cultivated a spirit of initiative, ours as well as that of our 3,000 employees. At Nortera, the corporate culture has only one ambition, to allow everyone to achieve their full potential by developing useful skills for tomorrow, by recognizing everyone's efforts and by offering the means to implement ideas.
This role acts as the lead person with regard to our frontline hourly team members by directing the activities of workers and processes in a vegetable production environment (processing, packaging, canning and supply chain) according to established schedules, safety and quality procedures while striving to continually improve all facets of the business.
Job Responsibilities
- Lead regularly scheduled team and/or line meetings, and process improvement teams.
- Assume a leadership role in the plant safety, food safety, waste reduction program; ensure production process planning objectives are met while continually analyzing, planning and implementing process improvements.
- Develop a working knowledge of equipment (adjustment and troubleshooting maximizing output and quality by controlling process parameters) to support coaching and mentorship of team members.
- Lead, influence, motivate and liaise with team members and peers in a diverse working environment.
- Understanding of KPI's.
- Participate in onboarding of new team members; coordinate team member training (i.e. job, safety, skills matrix, etc.) and monitor work performance. Determine need for additional training and/or ensure completion of scheduled training, at times participate in recruitment functions.
- Conduct regular departmental tours and participate in daily meetings; conduct inspections of equipment and premises to ensure safety compliance.
- Coordinate/monitor scheduling of team members to ensure proper staffing; identify staffing needs.
- Proactively facilitate job transfers to support workforce planning.
- Participate in workplace investigations; administer and participate in disciplinary process where required.
- Responsible for completion of daily shift reports, action plan logs, and communicating variances to inbound team members.
- Other duties as assigned.
Job Requirements
- Required · post secondary degree or diploma in a related discipline - or equivalent experience (2-3 years).
- Committed to producing a safe product in a safety oriented environment.
- Excellent interpersonal/listening skills in order to interact with a diverse workforce.
- Communicator with proven leadership abilities.
- Demonstrated occupational health & safety and food safety competency (hazard recognition, legislation, safety practices).
- Innovative, resourceful with a continuous improvement mindset.
- Outgoing, visible, and approachable with the ability to inspire and influence others.
- Problem solver with the courage to lead change, resolve conflict and being respectful.
- Ability to work a flexible schedule including weekends and overtime rotative shifts.
- Ability to work in an environment that has a great deal of urgency.
Although all job applications are taken into consideration, only the selected candidates will be contacted.
Nortera Foods is committed to Diversity and Inclusion and aims to create a healthy, accessible and rewarding work environment which highlights employees’ unique contributions to our company’s success.
As an equal opportunity employer, we welcome applications from all represented groups in order to build a diverse workforce which reflects the diversity of our customers, and communities, in which we live and depend on.
The masculine is used without discrimination and only to lighten the text.