Packing Lead

Aspire Bakeries is a North American baking company with a leadership position in specialty frozen baked goods. Formed from leading bakery companies, its innovative food portfolio includes breads, artisan breads, buns, cookies, donuts, muffins and pastries from beloved brands like La Brea Bakery®, Otis Spunkmeyer®, and Oakrun Farm Bakery®. With 13 bakeries in North America, we are committed to driving innovation, predicting upcoming consumer trends and flavors, and exceeding our customers’ expectations. Aspire Bakeries champions the values of Integrity, Ownership, Customer Focus, Creativity and Care to help us deliver on People Safety, Food Safety, Quality and Collaboration.

Responsibilities:

• Ensures adherence to the daily production, packaging, and retail bagging schedule.
• Verifies that metal detectors are operational and performs regular tests as directed by the Quality Assurance Department.
• Monitors blast freezer temperature and core product temperatures to ensure product temperature specifications are met. Monitors products to ensure that other product specifications are met.
• Informs maintenance department or Packaging Supervisor of equipment maintenance issues.
• Adjusts and prepares inkjet coder for daily production. Monitors to ensure accuracy and legibility.
• Ensures that lot codes, bar codes, use-by dates, case labels, and retail bags are correctly applied, used, or inserted into the cases according to specifications.
• Ensures all packaging documentation, including finished product report, spoils report, metal detector log, pallet tags, checklist, daily employee hour reports, and other documentation, is filled out accurately, legibly, and on time.
• Operates forklift and pallet jack to move product, including into and out of freezer.
• Completes duties, and ensures that subordinates complete their duties, in accordance with quality assurance, GMPs (Good Manufacturing Practices), safety, and other company programs and procedures, and in accordance with government codes and regulations.
• Performs other duties as assigned.

Qualifications: 

• A high school diploma or GED 
• Two years of related manufacturing experience and/or training; or an equivalent combination of experience and training.
• Ability to read and interpret documents such as production schedules, safety rules, operating instructions and procedure manuals. Ability to complete routine reports
• To perform this job successfully, an individual should have knowledge of the Microsoft Excel spreadsheet software. Ability to learn new computer software as required by the company
• Bilingual English and Spanish is helpful
• Knowledge of inventory control software is helpful.
• Forklift certification is preferred.

Shift: 2nd (2:00 pm - 10:30 pm) *must work weekends*

Aspire Bakeries is proud to be an equal opportunity employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability or veteran status.