Senior Packaging Operator

About Ya YA Foods:

Ya YA Foods is a dynamic and high-growth manufacturer of liquid food and unique beverages. With over 30 years’ experience, we have evolved into a versatile manufacturer and co-packer of a variety of low acid and high acid beverage and liquid food items. We are a family-owned Canadian business who prides itself in its proven track record of satisfying the needs of global multi-national customers. We are a solution provider for our customers, always striving to exceed expectations on innovation, quality, service, and speed to market. For further information about us, please check our website at yayafoods.com

A career at Ya YA FOODS will offer you the opportunity to

• Build a career, not just have a job
• Work in a dynamic and high-growth company with very skilled professionals
• Become part of a teamwork focused culture
• Be a part of an organization that supports your future growth

Reports to: Shift Supervisor

Responsibilities:

• Lead the production team on multiple lines.
• Lead by example and train, develop, and inspire production team.
• Be instrumental in developing a high-performance team where all team members work coherently to “win” together.
• Inspect machines and equipment to ensure specific operational performance and optimum utilization.
• Inspect products to verify conformance to specifications and directs set-up and adjustments of machines.
• Confer with shift leaders and coordinates production to ensure product is ready per customer requirements.
• Operate filler and downstream when required.
• Plan production operations, establishing priorities and sequences for manufacturing products.

• Develop plans for efficient use of material, machines, and labor.
• Responsible to maximize Overall Equipment Effectiveness (OEE) for the line.
• Review production orders or schedules to ascertain product data such as types, quantities and specifications of products and scheduled delivery dates to plan department operations.
• Operating manufacturing equipment for packaging products, including daily maintenance and problem solving
• Anticipate needs before they arise, while keeping focus on deliverables and what is needed for timely success
• Think systematically to help ensure everything makes sense and is in lock-step
• Naturally prioritize and integrate complex inputs
• Together with coworkers and global organization build up, maintain, and further develop the quality system and HACCP work at site
• Comply with GMPs, PPE, sanitation procedures, general housekeeping and food safety & food defense practices and procedures
• Utilize process data, trend analysis and training to monitor, troubleshoot and respond to process conditions to optimize the Plant operations
• Collect and test samples on different stages of the process and act based on the results when required
• Other duties as assigned

Requirements:

• Secondary education or equivalent combination(s) of education, industry experience and training an asset
• Hands on experience high volume manufacturing, preferably within the food and beverage field
• Knowledge of statistical calculations and applications
• Basic HACCP Knowledge

• Excellent organization skills and abilities to make decisions on quality issues
• Must have flexibility with the variety of work responsibilities available
• Ability to exert up to 50 pounds of force at times and/or up to 20 pounds of force frequently, and/or up to 10 pounds of force constantly to lift, carry, push, pull or otherwise move objects, including the human body
• Ability to work in cold and hot environments (approximately 38F-80F degrees)
• Ability to be mobile in accomplishing tasks and or moving from one worksite (up to 1-mile range) to another this could include but not be limited to in-plant departments, (Shipping- Receiving, Production, etc.)
• Acts as interim Supervisor as needed

Why Join Us

We believe that the key to creating and growing a successful business is by investing in our peoplesome of whom have been a part of our team for over 25-years. This is at the core of who we are, what we do, and how we grow our businessas a versatile, automated manufacturer and co-packer of a wide-variety of beverages and liquid food items. In our view, a happy team means a better workforce, a better product, and more satisfied customers.

Ya YA Foods is an equal opportunity employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration foremploymentwithout regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability or veteran status.