Day Dryer Production Team Lead - Dairy Farmers of America : Job Details

**Job Description**

**General Purpose:**

The Dryer Team Lead is the leader on the floor. They will be looked towards for leading workgroups, increasing thru-put and decreasing CIP times. The team lead will ensure that our goal of 0 defects is achieved in a safe and sanitary department following all GMP and safe work practices.

**Job Duties and Responsibilities:**

+ Learns, understands, and performs each job within the dryer department

+ Ensures the master sanitation schedule and quality assurance programs are fulfilled on time

+ Understands the dehydrated process and what is happening within each area during the shift, including rate, QA problems, staffing problems, change over times and clean in place times

+ Understands basic maintenance on pumps, valves and sanitation stations

+ Understands how to make process adjustments as necessary for achieving right the first time with products

+ Prints out product labels

+ SAP/data entry

+ Maintains safe working conditions for employees and compliance with all state and federal regulations regarding health and safety issues

+ Dedicate effort to safety as we expect every employee to leave work in the same condition as they arrive

+ Follow all DFA good manufacturing practices (GMP) and work in a manner consistent with all corporate regulatory, food safety, quality, and sanitation requirements

+ Exhibit the values and ethics of Dairy Farmers of America through honesty, discretion, and sound judgment

+ Adhere to all DFA Quality, Safety and GMP policies and procedures and report any nonconformity

+ Attend required training, including but not limited to, Safety, GMP, Hazard Analysis and Critical Control Point (HACCP), and Safe Quality Foods (SQF)

+ Perform other work as assigned

**Requirements**

**Minimum Requirements:**

**Education and Experience**

+ High School Diploma or GED required

+ 1-year manufacturing experience preferred

+ Supervisory experience preferred

**Knowledge, Skills and Abilities**

+ Perform work independently as required

+ Perform basic quality testing as necessary, including but not limited to total solids%, butterfat%

+ Able to understand the cream HTST system to effectively troubleshoot issues as they arise

+ Able to use and understand calculations, production rates and fluid inventories

+ Able to prepare and comprehend evaporator logs and master sanitation schedules

+ Perform necessary routine cleaning and preventive maintenance

+ Able to work in a hot environment

+ Able to work a full 12 hour or longer shift plus overtime as needed

+ Must be able to read, write and speak English

+ EEO/AA/Female/Minority/Disabled/Veteran

**Pay Range** $28.00/hour