Packaging Supervisor

Packaging Supervisor

Departement: Production & Operation
Shift: Day, Evening, or Night
Workplace: Ingersoll
Company: Nortera

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.

WHY CHOOSE NORTERA

• Group insurance program
• Employee and family assistance program
• Retirement savings plan with employer contribution
• Reimbursement program for physical activity and Tuition reimbursement program
• Wellness activities
• Ability to volunteer in your community
• Activities where we serve our communities
• Opportunities for advancement within a growing company.

YOUR DAILY ROLE

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.

An employee in this role is expected to fulfill the following key functions and 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.
• participate in onboarding of new team members; coordinate team member training (i.e. job, safety, skills matrix, etc.).
• participate in workplace investigations; administer and participate in disciplinary process where required;
• responsible for completion of daily shift reports, action plan logs, communicate variances to inbound team members;
• Other duties as assigned.

YOUR PROFILE

• 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; a communicator with proven leadership abilities.
• Mechanical aptitude and experience; analytical.
• Demonstrated occupational health & safety and food safety competency (hazard recognition, legislation, safety practices).
• Innovative, resourceful with a continuous improvement mindset.
• Committed to personal development.
• Outgoing, visible, and approachable with the ability to inspire and influence others.
• Problem solver with the courage to lead change; resolve conflict; respected and respectful.

Come grow with Nortera!

Although all job applications are considered, only successful applicants will be contacted. The use of masculine gender could have been used without discrimination and only for the purpose of lightening the text. We are an equal opportunity employer and encourage applications from a wide variety of candidates in order to staff a diverse workforce that is representative of the communities in which we operate.