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Team Lead (LPT)

Job Locations US-OR-Medford
ID
2025-3534
Category
Manufacturing
Position Type
Full Time
Location : Location
US-OR-Medford
Telecommute
No

Summary

About Amy’s   

We are a family-owned, proudly independent organic food company and Certified B Corporation® whose purpose is to make it easy and enjoyable for everyone to eat well. Amy’s is committed to cooking authentic great tasting food with high-quality, meticulously sourced organic ingredients and making them convenient for consumers.       

 

Shift:   2nd shift. Start time varies by line, typically between 2–3 PM. Shifts are 10+ hours, Monday through Friday. Occassional weekend work. 

 

Pay: $18.75/hour, plus an additional $1.00/hour for 2nd shift.

 

Location:   441 West Antelope Rd. White City, OR 97503

 

Amy's Perks:   

  • A fun and safe atmosphere where teamwork is encouraged   

  • Weeks of on-the-job training for your new role    

  • Discount on Amy’s products   

  • Opportunities to grow and advance your career   

  • Competitive compensation and benefits package   

  • Affordable Amy’s meals on-site for lunch and dinner    

  • Bonus incentives based on attendance and safety   

  • Referral Bonuses  

  • Safety Shoe Program, covered by Amy’s  

  • 401k program (up to 4% contribution matching after 1 year)

  • Parental Leave Program   

  • Education reimbursement; scholarship Program    

  • Paid Time Off (PTO) and Unpaid Time Off options   

If you or someone you know is interested, submit your application today.

Essential Duties and Responsibilities

The Line Performance Technician is a key member of the manufacturing team responsible for executing their production or packaging line’s key performance targets while ensuring, Quality, People and Food Safety requirements are being maintained. They seek to maximize efficiency and productivity while minimizing waste. They are responsible for coordinating, controlling, and tracking material usage and for performing adjustments and troubleshooting of equipment and processes to maintain a consistent flow and pace to assembly and packaging line activities. 

 

Safety Always & Quality

  • Ensure safe work practices are adhered to by manufacturing workers including discussing daily safety topics in huddles, ensuring warm-up exercises are performed, executing rotations to create equal distribution of repetitive work, and ensuring adherence to training requirements.
  • Escalate to a People and Production Supervisor any line or people noncompliance, violations and/or variances.
  • Ensure compliance with all people safety and food safety policies, procedures and requirements.
  • Inspect for proper sanitation of equipment and facilities and take corrective action to resolve deficiencies.
  • Maintain product quality and required documentation.
  • Ensure that product and date codes are accurate and correctly placed and documented.
  • Conduct People Safety and Good Manufacturing Practices (GMPs) audits.
  • Understand quality standards for each product. Taste product and ingredients for quality

Productivity & Performance

  • Accountable for timely line startup and related preparation of ingredients and packaging.
  • Lead achievement in Case Goal Attainment (CGA), Right First Time (RTF), and Usage Variance.
  • Monitor equipment and/or line set up and ensure all equipment is operating correctly and safely. Monitor safety and guards for correct position and operation.
  • Lead daily team meetings (at start and end of shift) when the People and Production Supervisor is not available.
  • Monitor line speed and equipment downtime working with the maintenance team to resolve equipment related problems. Quickly respond to interruptions on the production line and/or process.
  • Ensure return of finished product, Works in Progress (WIPs), return to stock, leftovers, and disposals to proper storage or staging areas.
  • Ensure all weight checks, lot codes are monitored and changed as required.
  • Participate in shift handoffs to ensure on time start of next shift.
  • Work with the Changeover Coordinator to order equipment needed for next day schedule.
  • Ensure all positions are covered during breaks.

Recordkeeping

  • Responsible for completing all required production and packaging reports including but not limited to line performance, CGA, staffing shortages, material usage, downtime in systems (PFIS) or on paper as required.
  • Maintain accurate records of all inventory of ingredients for the shift and work in process.
  • Report assembly License Plant Number’s (LPNs) to packaging batch sheets using handheld scanners.
  • Complete code sign-off on packaging lines.
  • As part of the Positive Release Process (PC) collect and review batch sheets and disposal forms daily and on time.
  • Sign off on all batch sheets after the review process / PCQI for daily production.
  • Ensure Good Document Practices by looking over all documentation for legibility and correctness before it is turned in.
  • Complete Alias forms as necessary.
  • Print LPNs for finished goods pallets as necessary.

It is the responsibility of all employees to uphold the mission of the Amy’s Food Safety and Quality Policy. This includes following all Food Safety and Sustainability programs and participating in all required training.

Qualifications and Skills

To perform this job successfully, an individual must be able to perform each essential duty satisfactorily. The requirements listed below are representative of the knowledge, skill, and/or ability required. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.  

 

Education and/or Experience 

  • High school diploma or general education degree (GED); or 1 to 2 years food manufacturing experience; or equivalent combination of education and experience.
  • Familiar with Amy’s products and processes.

Skills

  • Active listening skills.
  • Builds and maintains relationships easily, working with diverse styles backgrounds.
  • Able to confront issues and conflict in a constructive and productive manner.
  • Able to train others to perform to standards.
  • Cooperates easily with peers and others. Can collaborate across organizational boundaries.
  • Able to identify problems, isolate causes and provide fact-based solutions.
  • Ability to review data for accuracy and recognize inconsistencies or errors of any kind and report or correct them as necessary.
Language Skills
  • Ability to read and comprehend instructions, short correspondence, and written procedures.  Ability to write simple correspondence.  
  • Spanish language is preferred; English must be developed so that company business can be communicated in English or Spanish on the production floor.
  • It is necessary to be able to clearly present information on a large range of forms and short reports.

Mathematical Skills 

  • Ability to add, subtract, multiply and divide in all units of measure, using whole numbers, common fractions, and decimals. 
  • Ability to compute rate, ratio, and percent.  Know how to interpret bar graphs.
  • Have a good understanding of production standards and efficiencies

Reasoning Ability  

  • Can apply common sense understanding to carry out instructions furnished in written, oral, or diagram form.  
  • Ability to deal with problems involving several concrete variables in standardized situations. 
  • Ability to take previous information and incorporate it into an understanding of a new topic. Able to see the similarities among essentially different objects or ideas and use existing knowledge about the first set of objects or ideas to understand the others. 
  • To fully understand procedures so they are used as basis for decision making.
  • Ability to interpret a variety of instructions furnished in written, oral, diagram, or schedule form.
  • Ability to solve practical problems and deal with a variety of concrete variables in situations where only limited standardization exists.

Physical Demands 
The physical demands described here are representative of those that must be met by an employee 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 frequently required to stand; walk; use hands to finger, handle, or feel; and taste or smell.  The employee is occasionally required to reach with hands and arms.  The employee must occasionally lift and/or move up to 30 pounds.  Specific vision abilities required by this job include close vision, distance vision, color vision, peripheral vision, depth perception, and ability to adjust focus.

 

Work Environment 
The work environment characteristics described here are representative of those an employee encounters while performing 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 frequently exposed to moving mechanical parts. The employee is occasionally exposed to wet and/or humid conditions, extreme cold, slippery floor and risk of electrical shock. The noise level in the work environment moderate to high. 

 

May handle foods that contain allergens including: Soy, dairy, tree nuts, gluten, mustard and sesame. 

 

Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion at Amy's 

At Amy’s, we don’t just accept differences—we celebrate them, support them, and thrive on them for the betterment of our employees, our culinary creations, and our communities. 

 

Amy’s takes pride in being an Equal Opportunity and Second-Chance Employer and is equally dedicated to Affirmative Action and providing fair chances in our workplace. We are committed to fostering diversity and inclusion, ensuring that every individual has an equal employment opportunity regardless of race, color, ancestry, religion, sex, national origin, sexual orientation, age, citizenship, marital status, disability, gender identity, or Veteran status. 

 

For further details, please refer to Amy’s EEO Policy and EEO is the Law. Additionally, Amy’s is dedicated to collaborating with candidates and providing reasonable accommodations during the interview process. Should you require assistance, please contact us at careers@amys.com or notify your Recruiter. 

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