Sauce Lead $19-$23 First Shift -Bilingual a Must at Ragozzino Foods Inc. – Meriden, Connecticut

1st Shift

Monday - Friday and Some Saturdays

4am start - Out around 230pm

MUST BE BILINGUAL Speak, read and write English and speak Spanish.

Essential Job Functions:

• Reviews schedule and plans for next day; responsible for determining ingredients.
• Responsible for obtaining ingredients from warehouse and cooler/freezer, spice room and bringing back to Sauce Room.
• Delegates assignments ever mindful of skill set of personnel. Delegates work to appropriate staff, specifically selecting certain personnel and clearly explaining the duties and expectations.
• Responsible for ensuring the staff is very knowledgeable in producing the sauce.
• Ensures that recipe is with every worker and that ingredients are measured exactly.
• Continuously closely observes all staff with an emphasis on quality and time to ensure accuracy, efficiency and effectiveness is met to highest standards.
• Ensures that boiler is in proper operating order.
• Ensures that appropriate Cryovac sealers are maintained and that the hot sauce such as marinara and spaghetti sauce are sealed for heat and sent to cooling tank and then to packets;;
• Ensures that cold cream sauces such as Alfredo and vodka are sent to Pasta Room where they are frozen with the pasta and then packed in boxes.
• After daily production, responsible for counting the remaining inventory, reporting to Chester who puts it in data base. Produces daily reports and checks the report against the planned schedule.
• Manages staff job duties so there is no down time; includes reassignments to maintain productivity.
• Responsible for taking pallets to cooler or Loading Dock. Operates forklift and is trained in its safe operation.
• Participates in Safety Committee meetings and is versed in Lock out, tag out.
• Assists with maintaining Cryovac machine and kettles for ensuring that equipment is thoroughly cleaned out on a daily basis.
• Ensures that equipment meets QC inspection standards. Is aware of safety issues involving forklift, tomato pumps, pasta pumps and big kettles.
• Participates in quarterly inventory count.
• Other duties as assigned

Job Requirements:

• 1-3 years experience in supervising semi-skilled production staff.
• Basic Math Skills
• Must be Bilingual - read, write and speak English and Speak Spanish.
• Ability to perform multi-tasking.
• Ability to solve simple problems independently in a timely and cost-effective manner
• Ability to operate machinery.
• Ability to operate forklift.
• Ability to delegate assignments and ensure efficient production.
• Ability to communicate verbally and in writing
• Ability to hear and see.
• Ability to analyze both schedules and recipes.
• Ability to determine exact ingredients for sauce recipe.
• Ability to walk and stand for long periods of time
• Ability to sit.
• Ability to push, pull and lift more than 75 lbs.
• Ability to reach, feel, handle equipment
• Ability to work indoors and outdoors
• Ability to work in hot and humid environment