The Company:
Join the Keystone-Pacific Team at our Pellet Mill facility in Hines. Keystone is a privately held, family-owned company that provides personnel and management services to several affiliated entities including Organic Milk Exchange, Basics markets, BioDynamics, Mayfield Farm, and Silver Sage Farms.
We are a growing company with opportunities for career advancement, offering competitive salary and benefits.
The Position:
The Operations Foreman ensures the successful daily operations of the plant and employees. Oversees manufacturing, packaging, shipping, and quality control, including creating production schedules, troubleshooting product and equipment issues. Supervises and trains other plant staff.
Essential Responsibilities:
This list of duties and responsibilities is not all inclusive and may be expanded to include other duties and responsibilities per management discretion.
- Front-line supervision of production team – oversees team in an appropriate manner regarding all aspects of production activities, including prioritizing duties, delegating work assignments, and scheduling employees to optimize production and maintenance functions.
- Prepares operation schedules and coordinates processing activities to ensure production, cost and quality expectations are met.
- Responsible for production, including mixing, batching, and product formulation with a focus on first-time quality and consistency.
- Optimizes the safety and production performance of the operation.
- Analyzes production metrics and methods and makes recommendations for continuous improvement, equipment performance, utilization of people, and safety objectives.
- Operates and trouble-shoots milling and grinding equipment and packaging line.
- Responsible for packaging line quality control, ensuring that the lot numbers are correct.
- Coordinates accurate logistics for the loading finished products onto trucks.
- Manages packaging of products into supersacks or small bags.
- Cleans and maintains packaging line to prevent cross-contamination of product and oversees others as needed.
- Takes core samples of the raw materials and finished goods to ensure quality of product (such as the moisture percentage and bulk density) are within expected parameters.
- Completes inventory of raw materials and finished products, reports count to Plant Operations and enters them into Parity.
- Backs up the Mill Operators.
- Unloads and stages raw materials, processes bills of lading.
- Operates forklift, aerial lift, scissor lift, reach lift and skid steer.
- Helps with maintenance/repair of plant machinery, such as milling, bailing and packaging equipment and lines.
- Responsible for following safety programs and reporting deficiencies to management.
- Attends daily Job Safety Analyses (JSAs) meetings and adheres to safety measures.
- Safety committee participation.
- Maintains daily production and quality assurance logs that are neat and orderly.
- Demonstrates an understanding of the products manufactured and the processes involved.
- Contributes to a positive workplace in a mill environment that promotes safety, quality, trust, and teamwork.
- Able to communicate clearly both in writing and verbally.
- Demonstrates a willingness to work in all environments as needed.
- Supports other functions and special projects related to the success of the business.
- Demonstrates a team player approach and self-motivated individual.
- General housekeeping of operator’s office, breakroom, and restroom areas.
- Other duties as assigned.
Supervisory Responsibilities: This role serves as the front-line supervisor to other plant employees, and the Process Development Manager will oversee the full management of the team.
Job Qualifications and Experience:
- 5 years of experience working in a plant environment.
- 3 years of inventory experience.
- 3 years of supervisory experience preferred.
- Mechanical aptitude is required.
- Experience operating lifts.
- Understanding of packaging machined fits and ability to use measuring equipment to verify proper bagging and sealing.
- Understanding machine adjustments, along with some hydraulic and electrical experience is a plus.
- Ability to follow a problem to the source and solve the issue.
- Professional communications skills with both internal and external customers, co-workers and team members.
- Exceptional attention to detail and strong organizational skills.
- Ability to adapt effectively within a continually changing and demanding environment.
- Basic understanding of equipment operations and minor troubleshooting ability.
- Must be comfortable in year-round outdoor temperatures. Must be able to demonstrate an ability and willingness to communicate effectively in order to maintain high levels of safety, quality and efficiency.
- Ability to read and comprehend standard operating procedures and company guidelines in order to maintain regulatory compliance as guided by manager.
- Able to perform at a high level in a fast-paced environment.
- Computer experience
- Valid OR Driver License required.
Education Requirement:
- High School diploma/GED required.
- Associate or Bachelor’s degree preferred.
- Chemistry/Engineering classes or background helpful.
Benefits Offered:
- Health, dental, and vision insurance.
- Company reimbursement for part of the medical plan deductible.
- Company-paid Life, AD&D, and Disability plans for eligible employees, with the option to purchase voluntary Life & AD&D coverage for themselves and dependents.
- Flexible Spending Account plan.
- 8 paid holidays; 3 weeks of Paid Time Off (PTO) per year.
- Discount on all Basics market products.
We are an equal opportunity employer
