Job Title
Weight Technician
Company Name
Amy's Kitchen
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Company Overview
Founded in 1987 by former CEO Andy Berliner and Rachel Berliner, incorporated since 1988, and still family owned and operated, Amy's Kitchen took its name from their then-newborn daughter, Amy. All of Amy's 250+ products are vegetarian and made with organic ingredients. The company has over 120 vegan offerings and makes over 130 gluten-free products.
Equal Opportunity Employer/Protected Veterans/Individuals with Disabilities
Equal Opportunity Employer/Protected Veterans/Individuals with Disabilities
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Job Duties
Summary:
This position supports the manufacturing function by monitoring the assembled weights of the Frozen Department lines to ensure they meet the weight target and the quality standards. Tasks vary from product to product but primarily focus on activities outlined in our weight compliance procedures.
The Weight technician will take weights every hour, record weights, calculate averages and apply corrective actions following the corresponding work instruction. They will also perform visual inspection of the units for proper distribution of the topping and/or ingredients.
They will report to the Line Performance Technicians and the People and Performance Supervisor any assembled weight trend that drifts from target, remove the non-compliant units and ensure compliance to the weight control requirements. This position will be responsible for completing and maintaining all associated records and will assist in CAPA activities as needed.
Essential Duties & Responsibilities:
- Follow the work instructions for weight checks, completing a minimum of 50 weight checks per hour, recording the individual weight and calculate the average.
- Ensure compliance with Amy’s internal requirements, the E-Mark rules and the NIST requirements.
- Follow work instruction and procedures by removing any non-compliant product.
- Communicate quality issues to the leads and trainers and escalating to members of the management team issues as appropriate
- Stop the line if quality issues arise that are too numerous to mitigate in real time during assembly activities
- Lead the weight control activities of multiple lines, or one line, as assigned by the supervisor.
- Comply with the rules and regulations set forth in Amy's Kitchen Inc. handbook for employees, the safety manual and GMP booklet
- Take proper precautions and use all equipment safely
- Wear personal protective equipment as assigned.
- Notify the Line lead or Supervisor of any quality, safety, or mechanical problems
- Maintain a clean work area and perform housekeeping procedures as needed
- Perform other duties as assigned
- Train other co-workers as needed.
- May be required to work overtime during peak season or based on company needs.
This position supports the manufacturing function by monitoring the assembled weights of the Frozen Department lines to ensure they meet the weight target and the quality standards. Tasks vary from product to product but primarily focus on activities outlined in our weight compliance procedures.
The Weight technician will take weights every hour, record weights, calculate averages and apply corrective actions following the corresponding work instruction. They will also perform visual inspection of the units for proper distribution of the topping and/or ingredients.
They will report to the Line Performance Technicians and the People and Performance Supervisor any assembled weight trend that drifts from target, remove the non-compliant units and ensure compliance to the weight control requirements. This position will be responsible for completing and maintaining all associated records and will assist in CAPA activities as needed.
Essential Duties & Responsibilities:
- Follow the work instructions for weight checks, completing a minimum of 50 weight checks per hour, recording the individual weight and calculate the average.
- Ensure compliance with Amy’s internal requirements, the E-Mark rules and the NIST requirements.
- Follow work instruction and procedures by removing any non-compliant product.
- Communicate quality issues to the leads and trainers and escalating to members of the management team issues as appropriate
- Stop the line if quality issues arise that are too numerous to mitigate in real time during assembly activities
- Lead the weight control activities of multiple lines, or one line, as assigned by the supervisor.
- Comply with the rules and regulations set forth in Amy's Kitchen Inc. handbook for employees, the safety manual and GMP booklet
- Take proper precautions and use all equipment safely
- Wear personal protective equipment as assigned.
- Notify the Line lead or Supervisor of any quality, safety, or mechanical problems
- Maintain a clean work area and perform housekeeping procedures as needed
- Perform other duties as assigned
- Train other co-workers as needed.
- May be required to work overtime during peak season or based on company needs.
Skills/Experience Preferred
To perform this job successfully, an individual must be able to perform each essential duty satisfactorily. The requirements listed below are representative of the knowledge, skill, and/or ability required. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.
Language Skills:
- Ability to read and write English/Spanish instructions
- Ability to complete forms
- Ability to accurately record numbers displayed on the scale
- Ability to verbally communicate with supervisor
- Bilingual English-Spanish is preferred.
- Mathematic Skills
- Ability to add and subtract and multiply numbers
- Ability to calculate averages
- Ability to input numbers into Excel to determine average
- Ability to understand decimal numbers.
- Reasoning Ability
- Ability to apply common sense understanding to carry out detailed but uninvolved written or oral instructions.
- Ability to deal with problems involving a few concrete variables in standardized situations.
- Ability to make decisions based on the data gathered through weighing samples
- Ability to determine the appropriate correction based on numeric results.
Language Skills:
- Ability to read and write English/Spanish instructions
- Ability to complete forms
- Ability to accurately record numbers displayed on the scale
- Ability to verbally communicate with supervisor
- Bilingual English-Spanish is preferred.
- Mathematic Skills
- Ability to add and subtract and multiply numbers
- Ability to calculate averages
- Ability to input numbers into Excel to determine average
- Ability to understand decimal numbers.
- Reasoning Ability
- Ability to apply common sense understanding to carry out detailed but uninvolved written or oral instructions.
- Ability to deal with problems involving a few concrete variables in standardized situations.
- Ability to make decisions based on the data gathered through weighing samples
- Ability to determine the appropriate correction based on numeric results.
Benefits
Amy’s benefits programs are a direct reflection of the family-focused culture that represents who we are as a company. Our generous benefits package is designed to keep our employees and their families physically, emotionally and financially healthy. That’s why we built on-site Family Health Centers at our Santa Rosa, Medford and Pocatello plants to make it as easy as possible for our employees to access affordable healthcare. Other benefits include retirement savings plans, paid time off, tuition reimbursement, scholarships and discounts on Amy’s products.
Hours
Full-time
Location
North San Jose
Other Application Requirements
Equal Opportunity Employer/Protected Veterans/Individuals with Disabilities
The contractor will not discharge or in any other manner discriminate against employees or applicants because they have inquired about, discussed, or disclosed their own pay or the pay of another employee or applicant. However, employees who have access to the compensation information of other employees or applicants as a part of their essential job functions cannot disclose the pay of other employees or applicants to individuals who do not otherwise have access to compensation information, unless the disclosure is (a) in response to a formal complaint or charge, (b) in furtherance of an investigation, proceeding, hearing, or action, including an investigation conducted by the employer, or (c) consistent with the contractor’s legal duty to furnish information. 41 CFR 60-1.35(c)
The contractor will not discharge or in any other manner discriminate against employees or applicants because they have inquired about, discussed, or disclosed their own pay or the pay of another employee or applicant. However, employees who have access to the compensation information of other employees or applicants as a part of their essential job functions cannot disclose the pay of other employees or applicants to individuals who do not otherwise have access to compensation information, unless the disclosure is (a) in response to a formal complaint or charge, (b) in furtherance of an investigation, proceeding, hearing, or action, including an investigation conducted by the employer, or (c) consistent with the contractor’s legal duty to furnish information. 41 CFR 60-1.35(c)
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