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Job Title: Assistant Production Manager

Job Description

The Assistant Production Manager assists plant management with planning and executing production schedules to meet customer demand. The role involves hiring, training, and managing production employees, ensuring quality, safety, and procedural standards are maintained.

Requirements

• Bachelor's degree in food science, business, or related field PLUS 5 years in culinary/food manufacturing, including at least 2 years as a supervisor.

• Food manager certification, sous vide certification preferred

• Fluent in English (reading, writing, speaking), Spanish-speaking ability preferred

• Direct experience with coaching and training employees on recipes, proper procedures and measurement techniques

• Ability to identify production errors such as improper procedures, scaling, hygiene, sanitation, and safety

• Ability to perform repetitive motions, bend, stoop and stand for long periods of time, including working in coolers and freezers

• Ability to perform basic addition, subtraction, multiplication, and division

• Preferred: experience with production computer system & Excel, experience as a chef in a retail food preparation environment

Job Responsibilities

• Collaborate with production management to meet production requirements and customer demand while minimizing labor expenses.

• Review production schedule, complete work orders, and maintain updated ERP system; complete and generate reports.

• Ensure all new employees receive necessary training, and provide regular feedback to line employees on their performance.

• Ensure compliance to all company policies, procedures, food safety requirements, and safety standards.

• Report quality issues to QA management.

• Respond efficiently to production issues including equipment failures, recipe questions, and non-compliance with standards.

Job Type

This is a permanent position.

Work Site

This is a fully on-site position in San Antonio, Texas.

Work Environment

• Working in areas between 45-60°F, as well as in coolers (25-40°F) and freezers (as low as -10°F)

• Use or being in the proximity of knives, broilers, grills, ovens, searing and other food preparation equipment, plus packaging equipment that requires attention to safety guidelines

• Fast-paced, deadline-oriented work environment

About Aerotek:

We know that finding work is hard, and finding meaningful work is harder. Aerotek connects 180,000+ light industrial and skilled trades workers with 14,000+ employers each year, helping our workers navigate an evolving labor market and find jobs that meets their goals, skills and interests. Since 1983, we have provided a variety of career opportunities across North American industry – from short-term assignments at Fortune 500 companies where you can build your skills, to long-term opportunities where you can play a vital role solving for companies’ construction, manufacturing and maintenance challenges. Our 1,500+ experienced recruiters across 250+ offices work relentlessly to put our workforce in a position to thrive. Let us rise to meet your challenges and put our people-are everything spirit to the test as your career continues to grow.

Aerotek offers weekly pay, employee benefits including medical, dental & vision, life insurance, health advocacy and employee assistance programs, a 401(k) plan, and employee discounts.

The company is an equal opportunity employer and will consider all applications without regards to race, sex, age, color, religion, national origin, veteran status, disability, sexual orientation, gender identity, genetic information or any characteristic protected by law.