MANUFACTURING / QC / PRODUCTION / WAREHOUSING / CONSTRUCTION

Our growing AG / Food Processing client is PARTNERING with STAFFING PARTNERS in search of an experienced Plant Manager for this IMMEDIATE DIRECT HIRE CAREER OPPORTUNITY! Ready to Eat to Retail experience a MUST!

SALARY - $125 - $150K, (POSSIBLY higher DOE)

BENEFITS - Medical, Dental, Vision, 401K, Vacation, Sick Pay

LOCATION - Modesto

Essential Duties and Responsibilities:

• Direct all activities for nut production operations in accordance with management plans, goals, product standards, costs, budgets, manpower and established procedures.
• Responsible for hiring, staffing, and performance measurement of production operations.
• Incorporate a culture of inclusion and continuity across departments and functions.
• Provide direction and guidance to operators and their activities across shifts
• Backup production supervisors in their absence.
• Initiate, implement and manage short and long term goals.
• Coordinate and support continuous improvement of operations at plant.
• Identify opportunities to eliminate waste and reduce cost.
• Streamline process flows to increase efficiency and improve quality.
• Train employees on production equipment such as laser and color sorters.
• Ensure compliance with food safety goals and regulations for foods safety certification and personnel safety (e.g., OSHA). This includes identifying and implementing best safety practices in conjunction with Foods Safety Director.
• Comply with all fumigation and other hazardous material safety protocols.
• Manage and maintain accurate daily inventory controls. This includes training employees on various inventory software packages.
• Institute accurate shipping procedures that confirm right product, right quantity, right quality, right weight, right  labeling, right time and right truck loaded.
• Prepare and responsible for capital and operational budgets.
• Establish with accounting accurate cost allocations including variable and fixed cost components.
• Implement production metrics and hold operations supervisors and staff accountable for meeting set productivity and quality targets.
• Identify and justify capital expenditures needed to improve operations including standard quantitative capital budgeting analyses.
• Support management’s decision making capabilities by researching and reporting market trends, economic outlook, and other relevant industry information.

Education / Experience / Skills:

• Bachelor's degree in related field OR 8 + years’ experience in a manufacturing environment.
• Nut Industry experience a PLUS.
• Ready to Eat to Retail experience a MUST!
• Experience implementing and managing in a medium-to-large facility.
• Detail oriented, and possess strong computer skills, including SAP, MS Office, and Excel

PLANT ENGINEER – (3/2/21)

Our well established and growing Food Manufacturing client is PARTNERING with STAFFING PARTNERS in their search for an experienced Plant Engineer for this IMMEDIATE DIRECT HIRE CAREER OPPORTUNITY!
 

SALARY - $105-115K

BENEFITS – Medical, Dental, Vision, plus Contribution towards cost for family, Sick Leave, 401K, Life Insurance, Long Term Disability, Paid Holidays, Vacation, etc.

LOCATION – Modesto  

WORK SCHEDULE - Day Shift

The Plant Engineer will be responsible maintaining grounds, buildings, equipment and assets. The Plant Engineer will need to assure compliance with all regulatory requirements, plant reliability, troubleshoot bottlenecks in operation, drive equipment design solutions to operating challenges, and lead continuous improvement programs for improved plant performance.  

Duties and Responsibilities 

• Performs and executes project management and engineering duties, including but not limited to equipment specification, design, construction, and maintenance of equipment and machinery.
• Responsible for the efficient operation of all electrical, refrigeration and steam utilities to ensure that facilities and continue to operate within desired cost effective parameters.
• Provide direction in all engineering / mechanical systems, new installations, repairs, overhauls, modifications upgrade of all production and support equipment.
• Responsible for development and execution of the capital project budget and plans. Executes and provides oversite of projects development and post approval project management.
• Ensure the reliability and maintainability of existing, new and modified installations. This position is responsible for adhering to the life cycle asset management (LCAM) process throughout the entire life cycle of new assets.
• Participates in the development of design and installation specifications along with commissioning plans. Participates in the development of criteria for and evaluation of equipment and technical MRO suppliers and technical maintenance service providers. Develops acceptance tests and inspection criteria.
• Participates in the final check-out of new installations. This includes factory and site acceptance testing that will assure adherence to functional specifications.
• Guides efforts to ensure reliability and maintainability of equipment, processes, utilities, facilities, controls and safety/security systems.
• Professionally and systematically defines, designs, develops, monitors and refines an asset maintenance plan that includes: 
  • 1) Value-added preventive maintenance tasks
  • 2) Effective utilization of predictive and other non-destructive testing methodologies designed to identify and isolate inherent reliability problems
• Provides input to a risk management plan that will anticipate reliability-related and non-reliability-related risks that could adversely impact plant operations.
• Develops engineering solutions to repetitive failures and all other problems that adversely affect plant operations. These problems include capacity, quality, cost or regulatory compliance issues. 
• Works with Production to perform analyses of assets.
• Provides technical support to production, maintenance management and technical personnel.
• Applies value analysis to repair/replace, repair/redesign and make/buy decisions.
• Reviews and develops plants construction and engineering standards.
• Identify research, recommend and design new equipment technologies. 
• Establishes standards and policies for regulatory compliance, testing, operating procedures, inspection and maintains plant      equipment, assets and buildings.
• Provides coaching and leadership to the Maintenance Planner/scheduler and Environmental Health and Safety Manager.
• Maintains accurate and up to date technical drawings and documentation on all plants equipment, process systems and facility.
• Utilize continuous improvement tools and lean tools to achieve KPI targets. 

Requirements, Qualifications, and Selection Criteria 

• BS or MS in Engineering or Technical field a plus but may consider equivalent experience for a strong candidate
• Minimum of 5 to 7 years of experience in Maintenance/Facility Management in a food processing manufacturing environment required.
• Working knowledge of OSHA regulations 
• Working knowledge of Process Safety Management 
• Capital Project management experience 
• Good computer knowledge (Microsoft Office, Excel, Access general application)
• A good understanding of the statistical analysis of data
• Excellent organizational, planning, time management, and communication skills as well as the ability to adapt to change.
• Strong Mechanical/electrical background is necessary.  Refrigeration experience a plus.  
• Demonstrated ability to read standard blueprints, machine and process drawings. Have the ability to sketch or redline existing drawings. 
• Knowledge and understands TPM, the maintenance processes.
• Can manage multiple priorities or projects      simultaneously and keep them progressing to completion.

Our well established Food Processing client is seeking an experienced Production Engineer for this Excellent DIRECT HIRE CAREER OPPORTUNITY! 

Salary - $105 – 115K DOE plus 10% Bonus

Benefits - Excellent Benefits! Relocation Allowance also offered.

Job Location - Position is located within San Joaquin County (Stockton, Manteca, Tracy)

SUMMARY:

Responsible for developing, implementing, testing, and supporting multi-discipline technical systems, solutions, and services. The primary focus is on the production assets and systems, which include: Ingredient Handling systems, Canning systems, Thermal Processing systems, Packaging systems, Fresh / Wastewater Management systems, and a full range of utilities services such as High & Low Voltage Electrical, Power and Controls, SCADA networks and controls, Boiler Steam Generation, Heat Recovery, and Compressed Air Systems. In addition to the manufacturing facility, the Plant Engineer manages and leads a wide scope of projects from idea inception through execution in support of operational safety, quality, production, and costs.

ESSENTIAL DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES:

• Actively support the Plant’s number one priority -- creating and maintaining a safe workplace environment for all employees.
• Lead the development of best-in-class manufacturing processes to improve operating efficiencies.
• Research, design, modify and test manufacturing methods to seek reductions in manufacturing costs. Identify opportunities for innovation by collaborating with equipment manufacturers, operations, and marketing.
• Develop and exhibit competent technical knowledge mastery and expertise regarding production equipment systems, processes, solutions, and services located on site.
• Provide technical subject matter guidance and support to several customers and stakeholders such as other Engineers, Maintenance Management, Production Management, Packing and Labeling Management.
• Manage projects related to safety improvements, quality enhancements, product expansions, legacy system upgrades and/or replacements, facility and utility refurbishments, and an extensive Continuous Improvement program.
• Lead project teams especially in the aspects concerning design, construction, and maintenance while ensuring that the projects are appropriately managed to achieve business objectives.
• Provide engineering support to operations in troubleshooting and correcting the root cause(s) of system malfunctions and failures.
• Leverage technical mastery and expertise to deploy creative solutions aimed at resolving or minimizing manufacturing failures to improve overall reliability and decrease system operating costs.
• Evaluate manufacturing process by applying knowledge of product design, fabrication, and materials- conferring with equipment vendors and soliciting observations from operators
• Integrate new technology and environmentally friendly practices into existing processes.
• Prepare project plans, scopes, specifications, requests for quotation (RFQ) and budgetary estimates to include vendor and contractor quotes.
• Justify, write, and submit Fixed and Capital projects to gain senior management’s approval.
• Work with internal engineering staff and managers to ensure deliverables are on-time, legal, safe, and environmentally responsible.
• Specify equipment and components used in process equipment, review technical specifications, and ensure good engineering practices are utilized.
• Develop project scopes based on a clear understanding of the stated process goals and established targets through project  implementation.
• Develop drawings/designs to meet all building codes, safety, and OSHA standards.
• Provide clear and accurate designs for bidding, fabrication, and construction purposes. Prepare all drawings using acceptable drafting standards/techniques.
• Lead the development of Best Practices Standards. Prepare specifications for the purchase of manufacturing process equipment and materials.
• The position may supervise members of the Maintenance department while performing projects and/or continuous improvement initiatives.

QUALIFICATIONS:

• Bachelor’s Degree in Engineering, or related field, with 3 to 5 years of experience.
• Excellent communication and interpersonal skills.
• Ability to prioritize, plan and work on multiple strategic and tactical work items.
• Well-organized, self-motivated, and detail oriented, with the ability to plan and execute job tasks independently.
• Strong computer skills, specifically the ability to use Microsoft Word, Excel, AutoCAD, PowerPoint, and Outlook.

Our well established, local Food Processing client is PARTNERING with STAFFING PARTNERS to fill 2 Quality Assurance positions, seeking an experienced QA Manager and an experienced Assistant QA Manager for these IMMEDIATE DIRECT HIRE CAREER OPPORTUNITIES!!
 

SALARY:

• Assistant QA Manager - $70K possibly HIGHER DOE (3-5 yrs food manufacturing experience in      supervisory capacity)
• QA Manager - $80 to 95K     possibly HIGHER DOE (10+ yrs food manufacturing      experience with required certs)

BENEFITS – Medical, Dental, Vision, 401K, 7 Paid Holidays, 6 Sick Days Annually, 2 Personal Days

LOCATION – Modesto

WORK SCHEDULE - Monday thru Friday, Day Shift but available for calls as they arise on Off-Shifts

2 POSITIONS:

*****  Position 1 -  ASSISTANT QUALITY ASSURANCE MANAGER  *****

ESSENTIAL DUTIES & RESPONSIBILITIES: 

• The Assistant Quality Assurance Manager is responsible for assisting in the implementation of the overall food safety and quality systems in our production plant, designed to ensure continuous production of wholesome freeze-dried products and applications. 
• Ensures all requirements for FSMA, SOP's, HACCP, FDA, SQF, Organic, and Kosher, are in place and compliant. 
• Assist in developing, managing, and executing the organization’s food safety, quality assurance, and regulatory compliance policies and establish performance standards, procedures, and audit controls to meet business requirements. 
• Strong Project Management capabilities with an ability to manage multiple projects and priorities, while applying an efficient approach to analytical and reporting processes. 
• Participate in internal audits as well as second- and third-party audits, and will lead all mock recall and product traceability efforts. 
• Document and implement inspection criteria and procedures. 

REQUIREMENTS: 

• Minimum of 3 to 5 years’ experience in food manufacturing quality assurance experience. 
• Bachelor’s Degree preferred, master’s degree preferred in microbiology, food science, or chemical engineering. 
• Proficiency in SQF, FSMA and other food safety and quality systems is required. 
• Must be HACCP and PCQI certified. 
• Prior management experience is required. 
• Travel up to 20% of the time may be required. 

*****  Position 2 - QUALITY ASSURANCE MANAGER  *****
 

ESSENTIAL DUTIES & RESPONSIBILITIES: 

• The Quality Assurance Manager is responsible for leading and overseeing quality systems in the production plant designed to ensure continuous production of freeze-dried products and applications (consistent with established standards, customer specifications and production goals). 
• Ensures all requirements for FSMA, SOP's, HACCP, FDA, SQF, Organic, and Kosher, are in place and complaint. Reviews and updates, as necessary. 
• Leads customer development by combining technical product & application knowledge with business through understanding what customers need to accomplish and providing data to enable customers to meet their needs. 
• Develop, manage, and execute the organization’s food, safety, quality assurance, and regulatory compliance policies and establish performance standards, procedures, and audit controls to meet business requirements. 
• Strong Project Management capabilities with an ability to manage multiple projects across multiple customers and apply efficient approaches to analytical and reporting processes. 
• Participate in internal audits including second- and third-party audits and documents and implements inspection criteria and procedures.

REQUIREMENTS: 

• Minimum of 10 + years’ experience in food manufacturing quality assurance experience. 
• Bachelor’s Degree required, master’s degree preferred in microbiology, food science, or chemical engineering. 
• Proficiency in SQF, FSMA and other food safety and quality systems is required. 
• Must be HACCP and PCQI certified. 
• Travel up to 20% of the time may be required.

Long-time and very well established Food Processing client is PARTNERING with STAFFING PARTNERS in search of an experienced Quality Control Manager for this IMMEDIATE FULL TIME DIRECT HIRE CAREER OPPORTUNITY!

SALARY: $70,000 to $95,000 - DOE

BENEFITS: Excellent Benefits

LOCATION: This position is located within Merced County (Merced, Los Banos, Atwater, Surrounding areas) -RELOCATION PACKAGE AVAILABLE

This position is responsible for overseeing Quality Control team.  They will also handle Crisis Management and be responsible for developing company policies and procedures to properly manage and prepare for unforeseen crisis (such as: covid19 outbreak within the facility, natural disasters, etc.).  Will be responsible for coaching, training and implementing these policies among supervisors and employees.  In addition, this position will also be responsible for developing an in-house lab and ensuring it functions to industry standards.   

Requirements:

• Bachelors Degree a plus and/or Military or Industry Experience 
• Fluent in Spanish a MUST
• Minimum 5-8 years Quality Control Experience 
• Excellent verbal and written communication skills with the ability to train staff
• HACCP Certified
• BRC Audit Experience preferred, but not required
• Strong supervisory and leadership skills
• Must be able to work in a humid environment 
• Thoroughly understands the importance daily research and education on Covid-19 and how it can affect a business
• Thoroughly understands the severe threat Covid-19 has on the employees working inside a food processing plant 
• Proactive thinker and the ability to problem solver for unforeseen crisis before they happen

Our well established, local Food Processing client is PARTNERING with STAFFING PARTNERS in their search for an experienced Maintenance Supervisor for this IMMEDIATE DIRECT HIRE CAREER OPPORTUNITY!
 

SALARY - $74-85K possibly HIGHER DOE

BENEFITS – Medical, Dental, Vision, 401K, 7 Paid Holidays, 6 Sick Days Annually, 2 Personal Days

LOCATION – Modesto

WORK SCHEDULE - Night Shift: Monday thru Friday, 9:00 pm to 5:30 am

ESSENTIAL DUTIES & RESPONSIBILITIES: 

• Supervises maintenance team responsible for performing highly diversified duties to install, troubleshoot, repair and maintain production and facility equipment according to safety, predictive and productive maintenance systems and processes to support the achievement of the site’s business goals and objectives. 
• Acts as hands on supervisor supervising department employees in a freeze-dried manufacturing environment
• Plans and assigns work
• Implements policies and procedures
• Recommends improvements in production methods, equipment, operating procedures and working conditions. 
• Works to maintain uptime and efficiency through entire operation to include ammonia system and packaging operation.

SKILLS:    

• Must be familiar with the basic machine functions and operations.
• Is responsible for constructing, developing, and launching new ideas while training others on the best practices.
• Possesses strong communication skills and can explain complex concepts in ways everyone can understand. 
• Design, roadmap and continuous process/control improvement plans, leading implementation of both, including application/system change management for increased efficiency and effectiveness of processes or data.
• Evaluate and develop departmental procedures that support cost control, quality standards and foster efficiency and accuracy; champion process improvement initiatives as set out by the company.
• Develop department requirements and establish budget for Department
• Maintains accurate records and tracking of team absenteeism and time-keeping. Demonstrated responsibility for employee hiring and retention, performance reviews, departmental conducting of employee training and development, and discipline.
• Read and interpret equipment manuals and work orders to perform required maintenance, service, or operation.
• Track KPIs and reporting on cost savings, cost avoidance and efficiency gains
• Perform highly diversified duties to install and maintain projects or tasks to keep the business in proper working order. 
• Manages departmental performance measures, priorities, including visual controls and provides regular progress.
• Creates and develops processes and procedures to new or established processes and procedures.
• Balances quality, productivity, cost, safety and morale to achieve positive results in all areas. Works to continuously improve in all areas.
• Demonstrates the ability to manage task flow and complete assignments on time, accurately, and with efficiency.
• Proper operation of equipment to safety and productivity requirements.
• Implement and maintains regulations, requirements and programs. Provides support during audits of programs and other regulatory audits of programs.
• Provide emergency/unscheduled repairs to equipment and performs scheduled maintenance as needed.
• Prioritize a culture of safety and ensure ongoing communication of safety related priorities, champion process improvements with a focus on elimination of preventable workplace incidents.
• Possesses technical expertise in area of specialty.
• Detect faulty operations, defective material and report those and any unusual situations to proper supervision. 

REQUIREMENTS: 

• Bachelor’s degree OR Equivalent in Engineering, Business Administration, or a similar field is preferred.
• Experience/knowledge with Ammonia Refrigeration a PLUS. 
• Must possess a demonstrated ability to lead people and get results through others.
• Ability to think ahead, plan and prepare action plans to achieve results. 
• Ability to balance and achieve positive results in the areas of safety, quality, productivity, cost, and employee relations. 
• Possession of quality orientation and attention to detail, problem analysis and resolution. 
• Strong interpersonal and communication skills and an ability to manage multiple priorities.

Our very well established and long time Fabrication / Construction client is PARTNERING with STAFFING PARTNERS in search of an experienced Project Manager / Estimator for this EXCELLENT DIRECT HIRE CAREER OPPORTUNITY!

STRUCTURAL STEEL EXPERIENCE REQUIRED !!

SALARY - $35.00 - 40.00/HR

BENEFITS - Excellent Benefits

LOCATION – Modesto

HOURS - M - F, 7:AM to 4:PM

The Project Manager is responsible for coordinating the activities of a project to ensure cost, schedule, document control and quality standards are met. The Project manager is expected to bid and manage their jobs to fit within budgeted amounts.

The ideal candidate will have 5-10 years of construction experience. 

General Responsibilities: 

• Bid projects, and win projects suitable for our shop
• Manage administrative tasks for any projects and proposals, email communication, contract management, RFIs, PCOs.
• Communicate with vendors and procurement of materials.
• Follow the companies Best Practices. 
• Manage all aspects of their jobs.

Work Deliverables: 

The results that are expected from a top performing  Project Engineer

STRUCTURAL STEEL EXPERIENCE REQUIRED !!

• Project Set Up: Ensure that proper information and materials are in place prior to the beginning of a project.
• Draft, submit, and track all RFI’s
• Review project logs (RFI’s, Submittals, PCO’s) with Superintendent on a weekly basis.
• Review contract and specifications and become familiar with terms & conditions.
• Take off and bid projects.
• Ability to review drawings and specifications to become completely familiar with the project and identify long lead times and critical path items. 
• Maintain excellence and professionalism in all correspondence with customers and sub-contractors.

 Our well established and growing Food Processing Client is PARTNERING with STAFFING PARTNERS in search of an experienced Production Supervisor for this IMMEDIATE DIRECT HIRE CAREER OPPORTUNITY! 

Salary: $55,000.00 - $65,000.00 / YR - DOE

Benefits: Excellent Benefits!

Location: This position is located within Stanislaus County (Modesto, Ceres, Turlock, Newman, Surrounding areas)

Hours: Must be able to work established shift that is available at time of hire.

Under the direction of the department manager the Production Supervisor is responsible for carrying out all bottling assignments as scheduled in a safe and efficient manner. These assignments include bottling line(s) operation, employee hiring, training scheduling and discipline. You will be responsible to supervise production, cellar and maintenance workers in on your shift - up to approximately 20-25 employees. Other responsibilities include job description and SOP updating as necessary, production reporting, warehousing of produced goods, department housekeeping, equipment sanitation, material management, recycling and waste management. Overall will be responsible for all aspects of the bottling operations on assigned shift while offering a team effort for the department as a whole.

Essential Duties:

• Understand and comply with all ISO 9001-2015, HACCP and GMP requirements and processes
• Meet with the previous shift supervisor and maintenance leads prior to pre-shift meetings to discuss any issues that may affect your line productivity
• Complete all safety requirements as in tailgate trainings, line checks and the overall safety awareness and commitment of staff
• Reporting of daily shift production along with other required documentation.
• Conduct pre-shift meetings which will be conducted during the first 15 minutes of every shift where employees will be informed of daily tasks, goals, and issues…..followed by line clean up
• Check and ensure proper set up of lines and materials
• Ensure all product is being properly filled, sealed, decorated and coded to the current BOM specifications
• Ensure both case and pallet tag printers are correct and legible
• Enter all issues and corrective actions in the Supervisors Log
• Evaluate employees as necessary to advise them of their strengths and/or weaknesses
• Ensure proper staffing is communicated to HR per production requirement.
• All employee time transactions in Paycom are to be reviewed and approved by the shift supervisor and signed by the employee at the end of each week or pay period
• Ensure there is cross training being conducted to always have a backup for any position
• Send in all vacation and other leave requests through Paycom
• Assist Quality Assurance in keeping all Case print and Pallet tags current and correct
• Inform, assist and/or assign all maintenance and line personnel including labs to help ensure optimum bottling performance
• Ensure all employees are following all company practices, policies and safety procedures.
• Evaluate line employee’s performance constantly, with a written evaluation yearly.
• Attend or provide a representative at all required safety meetings.
• Follow all company policies in as assigned in new hire training.
• Oversee and ensure proper sanitation of filters, chutes, fillers at startups

Education/Experience:

• High School diploma or GED
• Food Processing industry or production experience desirable
• Case good inventories and supply demands, line change, availability planning, and alternative planning, recycling.
• Production machinery, including printers, bottling pumps, membrane filtration, CIP skid, and forklift operations.

Our Food Processing client is PARTNERING with STAFFING PARTNERS in search of an experienced Food Safety & Quality Assurance Coordinator for this IMMEDIATE DIRECT HIRE CAREER OPPORTUNITY!! Bilingual Spanish required.

Salary - $50 - $60K

Bonus Target - 15% of Annual Compensation

Benefits -

• Health, Dental, and Vision Plans
• Employer funded Health Savings Account if enrolled in a High Deductible Plan
• Company Sponsored Long Term Disability Plan
• 401K plan with a company match
• Paid Vacation and Sick Leave
• Two-week plant closure mid-year and at the end of the year
  

Job Location - Stanislaus County (Modesto, Ceres, Turlock, Patterson, Riverbank, Oakdale)

Hours - Day Shift, M-F, 8:00 am to 4:30 pm (could include SOME Saturdays as needed during Season)

The Food Safety & Quality Assurance Coordinator will ensure quality, food safety, and regulatory compliance. The goal is to ensure the organization is meeting or exceeding regulatory and customer expectations with regards to food safety and quality.

DUTIES & RESPONSIBILITIES:

1. Food Safety Program- Assist in maintenance and also enforce SQF 9.0, Food Safety programs and Food Safety SOP’s. This includes but is not limited to updating and enforcing all prerequisite programs.

2. Quality Program- Assist with defining, improving, and maintaining all quality programs and procedures, to ensure all product meets quality standards.

3. Specifications- Assist with defining, improving, and maintaining all raw and finished product specifications, to ensure all product meets quality standards.

4. Internal & External Auditing- Assist with audits with the Food Safety and Quality Assurance Manager like Internal audits for the food safety program. Facilitate all food safety related audits including customer, regulatory, and 3rd party.

5. Sampling Program- Maintain quality and food safety based on the Food Safety and Quality Assurance Manager’s sampling programs to ensure all standards are being met.

6. Results & Record Keeping- Maintain and request documentation for continuous improvement per SQF Code 9.0. These records consist of all trainings, inspections, prerequisite programs, and any other required tasks.

7. COA Review- Review Certificates of Analysis for any viruses/pathogens for each lot tested and file.

8. Quality Grading- Oversee quality control grading to ensure accuracy and compare with the USDA specifications. Supervise product testing to ensure procedure accuracy.

9. Training- Train all production employees on Food Safety and Job duty procedures.

REQUIRED EDUCATION, EXPERIENCE & SKILLS / QUALIFICATIONS:

• High school diploma or equivalent
• A background in food safety and/or quality assurance
• Knowledge of food safety principles, specifically HACCP
• Knowledge and understanding of GFSI Codes
• PCQI

DESIRED SKILLS / QUALIFICATIONS:

• Bachelor’s Degree in related field a plus
• Knowledge and understanding of FSMA a plus
• Experience with internal and external auditing procedures
• Fluent in English & Spanish required

Our Food Processing client is PARTNERING with STAFFING PARTNERS in search of an experienced Supply Chain Analyst for this IMMEDIATE FULL TIME CAREER OPPORTUNITY.

SALARY - $23.00 - $25.00/hour

BENEFITS – Medical, Dental, Vision, Life Insurance, 401K

LOCATION - San Joaquin County (Manteca, Lathrop, Ripon, Stockton, Tracy or Surrounding Cities within the County)

HOURS: Monday thru Friday

Under the direction of the Supply Manager, the candidate will assist in managing inventory, maintain supply sources, and purchase supplies to support current and anticipated demand. The Supply Chain Analyst will maintain inventory management processes, protocols, and practices to ensure adequate redundancy to support growth and demand spikes; develop and maintain a vendor roster; introduce improvements and upgrades; and ensure alignment with processing facilities and internal customers.

Essential Duties and Responsibilities:

• Maintain supply & demand forecasting reports and proactively identify opportunities for improvement.
• Produce various ad hoc reports, summaries, and graphs, and provide actionable insights into balancing inventory positions to meet organizational needs.
• Support material resource planning of raw materials for multiple locations.
• Develop and maintain a supplier evaluation system and coordinate with vendors to help improve their performance
• Create purchase orders for current and forecasted demand 
• Follow-up with vendors to ensure purchase orders have correct price, freight charge, and delivery date 
• Coordinate with vendors in the event of an issue with quality 
• Follow-up with vendors on back-orders and notify operations of impacts to project ship dates 
• Communicate with vendors timeliness of orders 
• Monitor work in progress and coordinate with the production team to resolve issues with open work orders 
• Review vendor invoices with errors and coordinate a quick resolution
• Ongoing demand forecasting 
• Build and maintain supply
• Work with the production team to coordinate outsource partnerships for volume during peak production 
• Work with the sales team to provide vendors forecasting information
• Working knowledge of Excel functions and spreadsheet navigation is required 
• Experience extracting data from software platforms and manipulating data in Excel is required 

 Qualifications & Requirements:

• Associate degree OR equivalent in supply planning or related fields are required; other degrees with food industry experience are acceptable.  
• 3+ years’ experience in production/planning in a fast pace manufacturing environment preferred.  
• Organized, analytical, math skills, with excellent record keeping and documentation skills are required.   
• Proficient computer skills.

Our long-time, growing and well established Fabrication Client is PARTNERING with STAFFING PARTNERS in search of an experienced Welder / Fitter for this IMMEDIATE FULL TIME CAREER OPPORTUNITY. 

PAY RANGE: $16.00-$25.00hr

BENEFITS: Excellent Benefits Offered

LOCATION: Modesto

WORK HOURS: 

• Modified shift 4-10s. 6am-4:30pm
• Must be willing to work Overtime Monday – Friday including some Saturdays - 8hrs

JOB DUTIES / SKILLS / EXPERIENCE:

• Read, interpret, layout and fit parts on assemblies from shop drawings.
• Use shop equipment
• Lift 60-90 lbs
• Already certified, or be able to be certified in GMAW (Gas Metal Arc Welding) and/or FCAW (Flux Corded ARC Welding)
• Have knowledge of welding symbols and welding procedures.
• Layout steel and stainless steel heavy and light structure, frames, skids, piping, handrails, and other projects for fabrication.
• Be trainable, and be able to mentor others.

Our very well established and growing Food Processing client is PARTNERING with STAFFING PARTNERS in search of an experienced Quality Control Technician for this IMMEDIATE FULL TIME CAREER OPPORTUNITY. 

Salary - $19.00 to $26.00 Per Hour

Benefits - Excellent Benefits to include Medical, Dental, Vision, Retirement, Vacation, Sick & Holiday Pay 

Job Location - San Joaquin County (Stockton, Lathrop, Manteca, Tracy, Ripon or surrounding cities)

Hours:

• During Training - Day Shift - 6:00am-2:30pm - Monday-Friday with mandatory Saturdays as needed 
• After Training - Night Shift, 6:00pm-6:30am with Rotating Shift to include Weekend Work, Alternating weeks:
  • Week 1 – Working Wednesday and Thursday
  • Week 2 – Working Monday, Tuesday, Friday, Saturday & Sunday
• INCLUDES OVERTIME PAY!

The Quality Control Technician is responsible for implementing and adhering to the Quality Control program at the manufacturing site. This includes conducting Quality Control checks during production, verifying adherence to the mycotoxin testing protocol, conducting mycotoxin testing, verifying sanitation activities, and other responsibilities as needed.
 

Essential Duties and Responsibilities:
• As directed and trained, conduct various tests for incoming ingredients, including sieve, NIR, moisture, and mycotoxin testing.
• Routinely check operator paperwork for accuracy and completeness.
• Routinely check label, bags and seals.
• Perform and comply with all Standard Operating Procedures (SOPs).
• Working overtime is MANDATORY and requires full participation.
• Maintain Good Manufacturing Practice (GMP) in accordance to company policy.
• Perform all functions in accordance with sound safety practices and procedures.
• Report all safety violations and safety hazards to Shift Supervisor/Safety Manager immediately
• Participate in all safety programs

Qualifications:
• Must be computer literate
• Must have ability to accept temporary assignment changes to assist other areas of the plant, maintaining a positive, professional attitude.
• Must be capable of lifting 50 pounds of product routinely, and climbing a ladder to maintenance equipment from a catwalk.
• Must maintain assigned portion of master sanitation schedule.
• Must work in a safe, professional manner at all times.
• Must report any accidents, property damage, or near misses to a supervisor immediately.
• Must have the ability to be trained and certified to operate forklifts.

Other Qualifications:
• HACCP, GFSI, or SQF certification is a plus.
• Must have excellent communication skills to communicate with other employees and supervisors.
• Flexibility to be available to help cover for other Quality Control employees when called upon.
• Ability to read bin level and work schedule.

Our well established Manufacturing client is PARTNERING with STAFFING PARTNERS in search an experienced CNC Programmer/Operator for this Full-Time Career Opportunity.

SALARY - $19.00 - $25.00/hr

BENEFITS - Excellent Benefits

LOCATION - Stanislaus County (includes cities - Modesto, Turlock, Ceres, etc,)

CNC Programmer/Operator

• Develop NC code for 3-axis machining centers and 2-axis turning centers using CAM software.
• Develop new programs and enhance existing programs to improve productivity.
• Add operator notes to describe and error-proof the NC programs.
• Output electronic NC data through a post-processor.
• Evaluate the G-code program to ensure the G-code matches the graphics program.
• Select appropriate cutting tools, speeds, feeds and cut depths to achieve best metal removal rates.
• Work with machinists to proof NC programs and modify machining parameters to optimize metal removal and maximize tool life.
• Develop rigid work-holding techniques to optimize machining and quick change setups on short machine runs.
• Provide setup sheets and tool lists for machinists that are clear and consistent.
• Prepare sheets to specify stock material type and dimensions, work and tool offsets, and fixturing.
• Set up information depicted pictorially using CAD.
• Maintain tool lists that specify cutter geometry, material, coating, holder type and protrusion (stick out).
• Develop master parametric models for multiple configuration products.
• Develop standard tooling database to ensure consistent, repeatable NC programs.
• Develop standard work and tool offsets to minimize set-up time and manufacturing variances.
• Develop materials database to calculate speeds and feeds accurately and consistently.
• Review Engineering CAD drawings for programming and manufacturability.

Our well established Food Processing client is PARTNERING with STAFFING PARTNERS

in search of an experienced QC Technician for this IMMEDIATE FULL TIME DIRECT HIRE CAREER OPPORTUNITY!!!!

SALARY: $17-19/HR - Possibly Higher DOE

BENEFITS: Excellent Benefits - Medical/Dental/Vision (Co pays 90%), 401K

LOCATION: Los Banos

HOURS:

• MUST BE ABLE TO WORK ANY SHIFT! - First, Second or Third
• Most likely 3rd shift (10:00 pm-6:30 am), possibly 2nd shift (2:00 pm-10:30 pm)
• Some 12 hour shifts and some weekends as needed

JOB PURPOSE AND SUMMARY:

• Perform calibrations prior to shift initiation.
• Support the production line by providing analytical testing per frequency schedule. 
• Monitors and upholds the standards of food safety and quality by inspections on the production floor.
• Support post-CIP ATP testing & Allergen Testing of processing equipment when required.
• Completes shelf life studies testing per frequency schedule.
• Completes technician certifications per frequency schedule.      
• Completes required training and assessments as required.
• Lab is left in ready to work conditions for sequential shift. Lab is to be left cleaned, with floors mopped, utensils cleaned, and equipment reagents filled. 
• Accurately follows written laboratory procedures.
• Support the review, understanding, and compliance of all programs, policies, and procedures contained in the Food Safety and Quality Management System. Responsible for reporting food safety issues observed so appropriate action can be taken. Actively participate and support the 5S and MES initiatives. 
• Minimum high school diploma. Some college courses in a science field preferred. 
• 2 to 4 years in food processing quality control lab experience

Our long-time Food Processing Client with an excellent reputation in their industry is PARTNERING with STAFFING PARTNERS in search of an experienced Warehouse Inventory Control Coordinator for this EXCELLENT & IMMEDIATE DIRECT HIRE CAREER OPPORTUNITY.

Salary - $16.50 to $18.00/HR (PLUS $2.50/HR Hazard/Covid Pay Currently) 

Benefits - Excellent Benefits to include Medical, Dental, Vision, HSA, Short/Long Term Disability, Life Insurance, 401K, PTO, etc.

Job Location - Stanislaus County (Modesto, Ceres, Turlock, Patterson, Riverbank, Oakdale)

Hours - Night Shift (10:30 pm to 7:00 am) 

Responsibilities include providing quality products and service to customers. Will be responsible for material movements & managing transactions/data associated with movements. Critical operator in the planning, assigning, and supervising the daily ERP (DAX system) to ensure the efficient and accurate documentation and adherence of production plan.

Essential Duties and Responsibilities:

• Communicate with other departments to plan and manage material movements / replenishment and put-away to ensure accurate and efficient production operations.
• Act with a sense of urgency
• Advise management of problems while requesting guidance and counsel as appropriate.
• Recommend solutions to warehouse operational problems.
• Identify opportunities for long-term improvements.
• Listen and communicate effectively with the work team on difficult issues.
• Assist with and perform miscellaneous projects as assigned by the Warehouse Manager.
• Report non-conformance to expedite corrective measures and maximize long-term quality goals and training metrics.
• Receives product from production to be placed in warehouse or into trucks.
• Assumes responsibility of warehouse areas from previous shift following warehouse checklist procedures and regulates traffic of production personnel into warehouse.
• Delivers product and packaging material to production in a timely manner to prevent stand by time.
• Records all transactions and locations of products and packaging materials moved during shift on tally sheets, correctly and consistently using scanning device.
• Keeps work areas clean including freezer, dry warehouse, shipping coolers and spice room, and in safe condition during shift.
• Empties trash bins every shift or as needed when full.
• Tempers product for use by production following procedures.
• May perform sanitation duties on any of the lines as needed.
• Interpret documents to include safety requirements, planned production instructions, and processes and procedure documents.
• Follow all safety, security regulations and requirements to ensure good leadership of all employees and operational activities which occur in the warehouse.

Experience and Education:

• 2 years food manufacturing experience required, and / or AA degree. 
• Pallet Jack certification a plus.
• Forklift experience & certification
• Basic computer skills (Word, Excel, email) ERP system experience a plus.
• Ability to add, subtract, multiply and divide in all units of measure, using whole numbers, common fractions, and decimals.
• Ability to work independently and/ or collectively in a fast-paced environment
• Possess good communication, organizational, interpersonal and time management skills
• Ability to promote team interaction and value.
• Ability to lift up to 50 lbs. consistently and unassisted
• Positive attitude
• Bilingual a plus
• Successful working under pressure
• Safety and Quality oriented
• Detail oriented a must