Lead Person - GG3

Post Holdings, Inc.; Wakefield; On-site; GBP 60,000 - 80,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading food processing company in Wakefield seeks a dedicated Safety Coordinator to ensure compliance with safety standards and manage employee training. The ideal candidate has a certificate from a recognized institution and strong communication skills. This role involves overseeing safety procedures, conducting audits, and maintaining effective departmental relations. Opportunities for overtime exist, making it suitable for proactive individuals committed to safety and quality.

Qualifications

• Ability to read and interpret safety rules and procedures.
• Must have proper math skills.
• Must be able to work overtime and weekends occasionally.

Responsibilities

• Provide a safe work environment for personnel.
• Assign work tasks to department personnel.
• Maintain sanitation standards of the facility.

Skills

Good communication skills

Ability to consistently follow safety and quality procedures

Basic computer skills (Excel, Word, etc)

Self-motivated and a willingness to learn

Ability to analyze problems and find solutions

Ability to train new employees

Ability to safely lift 30-50 lbs

Education

One-year certificate from college or technical school

Job description

Business Unit Overview

Michael Foods, Inc. is a leader in the food processing and distribution industry with business in egg products, refrigerated grocery and potato products. We offer exciting job possibilities throughout our organization where you can enhance your career, sharpen your talents and make an impact. Join our company and be part of an innovative team that’s First in Food.

Location Description

Michael Foods, Inc. located in Wakefield, Nebraska is known as the Baseball Capital of Nebraska. Milton G. Waldbaum and Dan Gardner founded our egg‑processing business in 1950 here in Wakefield. Our location raises chickens and produces tankers of liquid egg to be consumed by our processing facilities.

Responsibilities

JOB RESPONSIBILITIES:

1. Provides a safe work environment for all personnel.
2. Involved in SRMP (Safety & Risk Management Process)
3. Completion of all safety audits, scans & inspections.
4. Responsible for the general safety of your employees.
5. Assists in training of all processing and production personnel in assigned department. Assists supervisor in updating training for existing personnel whenever equipment changes are instituted, or new procedures are implemented.
6. Assists with Noah feed, light, ventilation program.
7. Communicate with Breaking personal and Farm maintenance at all times.
8. Helps in providing for a safe work environment for all personnel. Also helps ensure that all production complies with food safety standards as established by Michael Foods, Inc.
9. Works with supervisor to help maintain sanitation standards of facility.
10. Assigns work tasks to department personnel.
11. Assist with monthly requirements and audits.
12. Assist with safety audits.
13. Maintains effective working relationship between members of department and other areas.
14. To follow all PPE (Personal Protective Equipment) requirements and safety procedures.
15. To follow all GMP (Good Manufacturing Practice) “washing hands, etc.” throughout the day.
16. Follow all Bio Security programs.
17. Monitors production equipment on a continual basis to maintain proper production standards.
18. Reports and fills out work orders on maintenance issues as they relate to productivity, food safety, quality and human safety to maintenance.
19. Encourage suggestions from employees which will improve productivity, quality or control cost of production.
20. Maintains accurate downtime records and Daily shift report of all equipment in assigned area.
21. Adhere to safe work practices, follow GMP’s, maintain sanitary conditions and ensure that product quality is maintained. Report to management any conditions or practices that may adversely affect food safety, food quality or personnel safety.
22. Travel to and work at multiple locations as needed.
23. Perform other duties as assigned.

Qualifications

JOB QUALIFICATIONS:

EDUCATION:

One-year certificate from college or technical school or equivalent combination of education, training and/or experience.

EXPERIENCE:

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LANGUAGE SKILLS:

Ability to read and interpret documents such as safety rules, operating and maintenance instructions, and procedure manuals. Ability to write routine reports and correspondence. Ability to speak effectively before groups, customers/vendors or employees of the organization.

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 and to draw and interpret bar graphs.

REASONING ABILITY:

Ability to define problems, collect data, establish facts, and draw valid conclusions. Ability to interpret an extensive variety of technical instructions in mathematical or diagram form and deal with several abstract and concrete variables.

LICENSES, CERTIFICATES, REGISTRATIONS:

Licenses, certificates, and registrations required:

• Driver’s license

OTHER SKILLS AND ABILITIES

1. Ability to consistently follow safety and quality and procedures
2. Ability to follow oral and written instructions.
3. Must have good communication skills.
4. Self‑motivated and a willingness to learn.
5. Must have proper math skills.
6. Must be able to train new employees.
7. Ability to safely lift 30‑50 lbs at the farms
8. Must be able to work overtime and weekends (once a month). Also, willing to work an alternate shift.
9. Excessive walks, standing on hard surfaces
10. Must have basic computer skills (Excel, Word, etc).
11. Ability to analyze problems and find solutions
12. Ability to speak, write and understand English.
13. Ability to assist utility house person with mechanical or electrical issues
14. Ability to obtain training in First Aid/CPR, Hot Works, Confined Space, Respiratory and Lock Out Tag Out.