Production Shift Team Lead - Night Shift

Since 1956, Sunrise Soya Foods has been trusted by generations to produce healthy and delicious soy products. As Canada’s leading tofu manufacturer, we are dedicated in our commitment to putting Goodness First® behind everything that we do. From our products to our workplace, we adhere to our values of: Customer Focus, Honesty and Integrity, Respect, Teamwork and Corporate Citizenship.

Summary

The Production Shift Team Lead supports their production team by coordinating their activities and ensuring that all operational work and tasks for their production lines are completed in a safe, effective, and efficient manner. The incumbent is also responsible for operating production machinery, ensuring materials used for production and products made are within quality expectations, reporting daily operations to Production Supervisor and relaying company policies and decisions to production workers.

The successful candidate will have impeccable leadership and problem-solving skills to direct the team by effectively communicating and motivating team members.

Core Competencies 

Behavioral:                                             Functional:
Accountability and Dependability                        Resourceful
Ethics and Integrity                                                  Economical
Adaptability and Flexibility                                       Organization
Attention to Detail                                                     Time Management
Commitment to Health and Safety                        Cooperation
Commitment to Quality                                             Result Focus
Communication                                                       Customer Focus
Teamwork

Job Duties

• Conduct startup checks and routine inspections to ensure machinery is operatable, sanitized and ready for the safe production of food.
• Understands all aspects of the SOP’s, including ingredient preparation, proper production methods and quality standards.
• Review daily production schedule, labor schedule, bean-loading plan and verify daily production paperwork.
• Able to operate, troubleshoot and perform small repairs on machines.
• Ensure safety features are in place during production.

conducts pre-startup and post-operation checks with QA and Maintenance staff.

• Review all documents to ensure they are completed in compliance with Good Documentation Practices (GDP) and verify them in a timely manner.
• Ensure all production paperwork is prepared and ready for operators to use, including printing updated documents from the SharePoint folder as needed.
• Promotes, complies and adheres to SQF, OHS and GMP standards, requirements and practices.
• Participates in daily bean loading with production workers.
• Establishes and promotes a positive team-oriented work environment emphasizing. employee involvement, proactive communication, inter-departmental cooperation, and continual improvement on all levels.
• Ensures that members of the team are trained in all production and quality procedures.
• Identifies and implements efficient performance indicators to improve the performance of all members of the team.
• He/she would be expected to know how to communicate efficiently both in oral and written language
• Must be a swift learner and an excellent coach to train their teammates and so would be expected to have excellent problem-solving skills to effectively handle the challenges and problems in the production department
• Leadership skills including an ability to delegate tasks to other members of his/her team
• Other duties as assigned by the Production Management team.

Teamwork

• Work closely with other operators to keep the line running smoothly by rotating tasks during high-volume periods.

• Communicate Production needs and material shortages to Team lead /Supervisors and warehouse staff to ensure uninterrupted production.

• Communicate with teammates to quickly address lines or equipment issues to minimize downtime.

• Work as a team to inspect finished packages, ensuring date code, sealing, and weight standards were met.

• Follow safety protocols and remind team members of proper handling procedures to prevent injuries.
• Collaborate with team members to meet daily productivity goals while maintaining quality standards.