Select Milk Producers is one of the nation's largest and most progressive dairy cooperatives, with 32 wholly owned subsidiaries, 12 processing plants, and 8 joint ventures including Fair Oaks Farms, Continental Dairy Facilities, Continental Dairy Facilities Southwest, Mill Haven Foods, Select Custom Solutions, GreenLink and Select Services. With over 1,000 employees, the Select Milk family of companies impacts all aspects of the dairy farm business and at the heart of our family of companies, is you.We strive to go above and beyond what's expected in providing for our families, leading our employees, caring for our land and animals, serving our customers, producing quality milk, and serving one another. This commitment is more than our business, it's in our culture and our character. We believe in being accountable, in doing what's right, in performing at our best, in setting a higher standard.Select Milk Producers and its subsidiaries offer attractive compensation and a best-in-class benefits package that includes but is not limited to medical, vision, dental, life insurance, and more that can be tailored for you and your family. Other benefits for eligible employees include 401(k) up to 6% company match, life and disability insurance, and paid holidays & vacation. We are proud to promote an equal employment opportunity workplace.
Summary/Objective The production lead position is responsible for supervising production associates in a dairy manufacturing / blending facility. The Batcher Lead position is responsible for pulling all ingredients to create a batch, confirming inventory, weighing up ingredients and maintain paperwork and pulls them to fill multiple orders simultaneously. Orders are batched together to reduce the number of trips to the same location within the warehouse to retrieve product. The position follows standard work methods and safe work habits to ensure product integrity.
Essential FunctionsReasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.
- Matching blend orders to our internal item identification and vendor identifying numbers.
- Move materials and items from the warehouses to other designated areas and setup your staging area.
- Sort and place materials or items on racks or in rows according to predetermined sequence.
- Lift, move, and position bags of product so that all product is pulled and layout out in the correct position for blending.
- Update inventory location, quantities, and adjustments by adding and subtracting weight counts
- Verify that the correct ingredient, check bag size matches your paperwork.
- Notifying Quality Assurance with any material issues and inventory control with any quantity issues.
- Once all products are staged that is needed for this recipe then all remaining ingredients need to be put back out in the warehouse.
- Label ingredients and totes for each recipe and run.
- Fill out all paperwork indicating that the ingredients for this recipe is pulled and ready to be blended.
- Ensure warehouse is clean, accessible, and safe for pedestrian traffic.