Ventura Foods

QA Engineer

• Perform routine laboratory tests and other laboratory work under direct supervision
• Accurately test, monitor, and document quality results and process data for products produced
• Use RedZone to audit, verify, and follow up process controls, including weight checks, batch sheets, FSMA plant inspections, and receiving
• Support process variations related to formula adjustments to satisfy customer requirements
• Maintain effective communication with all operating departments
• Operate, calibrate, and maintain lab equipment
• Understand and apply the Hold Program functionality
• Maintain and complete files and documentation accurately and timely
• Utilize AS400 and/or JDE for necessary quality functions
• Gain knowledge of crystallizing and tempering processes for oils and margarines and production processes for mayonnaises, dressings, and sauces
• Follow food safety policies, procedures, and regulatory criteria, including SQF, GMPs, and FSMA preventive controls
• Assist plant operations personnel with quality and processing questions
• Perform other duties as assigned

QA Tech I – 3rd Shift

General

• Collect product not meeting quality standards from various lines
• Sort and process product as directed
• Melt raw product and cycle it back to the proper run tank
• Maintain accurate and legible paperwork for all products handled
• Maintain proper operation of equipment
• Follow Food Safety policies, procedures, regulatory criteria, SQF code, Good Manufacturing Practices, FSMA, Preventive Controls, and safety programs

Remelt Worker

Associate

• Ensure quality product is produced according to customer expectations
• Load empty lids and containers on the production line
• Open flat corrugated boxes and place product into cases
• Monitor code dates and product appearance
• Follow food safety policies, procedures, regulatory criteria, SQF code, Good Manufacturing Practices, FSMA, Preventive Controls, and safety programs

Production Associate

Recruitment

• Serve as the Subject Matter Expert for Talent Acquisition and collaborate with HR and business partners to plan and execute recruitment strategies
• Build and launch immediate and long-term talent acquisition strategies across sites in the U.S., Canada, and Mexico
• Evaluate and improve Talent Acquisition systems, processes, technologies, and the full-cycle recruitment funnel
• Develop reporting and analytics capabilities with HRIS & People Analytics to measure recruiting performance and guide decisions
• Launch employment marketing campaigns across social media, paid media, job boards, email marketing, and grassroots marketing
• Monitor and analyze talent marketing data, ROI, targeting, spend, content, engagement, and follow-through
• Champion equitable and bias-free hiring practices while attracting diverse talent
• Develop and maintain professional vendor networks, including schools, alumni groups, staffing firms, technology platforms, and job boards
• Ensure compliance with employment laws, regulations, company policies, and selection processes
• Manage external recruiting partners, monitoring performance, costs, service levels, and return on investment
• Perform other duties and special projects as assigned

Talent Acquisition Manager

Operations

• Implement strategy and guide advancement of OPEX at the assigned production location
• Collaborate with Production Managers, Quality Managers, and site personnel to develop business plans, priorities, and goals
• Prioritize Continuous Improvement activity at the production location
• Model mindsets and behaviors that create trust, participation, and accountability
• Consult with OPEX Methodology Leaders to identify best practices and simplify and standardize work
• Review site practices and recommend organizational interventions such as training and coaching
• Guide process-improvement priorities that affect production and business results
• Champion waste elimination and reduction
• Build a coaching culture and coach site and above-site leadership through change and transformation
• Monitor improvement progress and sustain transformational gains through metric review and stakeholder consultation
• Oversee and directly supervise Fuel for Growth projects delivering more than 3% annual savings
• Lead improvement projects using standardized OPEX tools and methods to improve plant performance and operational results

Operational Excellence Manager

Technician

• Physically pull raw materials from warehouse locations based on quantity and product for customer orders
• Enter each material transaction into the RF system
• Return residual materials accurately to their correct warehouse locations using an RF scanner
• Perform material movements in warehouse and production areas
• Weigh returned materials and update inventory with correct quantity and weight
• Assign new pallet tags
• Count materials using basic math and a calculator, including metric-system weight calculations
• Shrink-wrap materials onto pallets for prep-room processing
• Scan correct tags to each item picked for production
• Report material shortages for reordering to meet customer order deadlines
• Perform other general duties as needed

Material Handling Technician

Salesforce Analyst

• Drive the ongoing development, support, and enhancement of Ventura Foods' Salesforce CRM platform (Velocity)
• Collaborate with cross-functional Commercial teams to identify business needs, define requirements, and implement solutions
• Administer Salesforce by managing user access, monitoring and resolving system issues, and optimizing configurations and processes
• Provide primary user support, troubleshoot system issues, and deliver day-to-day help desk assistance
• Support onboarding, training, and ongoing coaching for Salesforce users
• Develop and maintain training materials, knowledge resources, and process documentation
• Monitor platform health, value, effectiveness, adoption, and system usage through data analysis
• Manage and maintain third-party industry data in Velocity
• Improve data quality, automate data feeds and processes, leverage AI where appropriate, and maximize CRM ROI
• Lead CRM data stewardship and reporting efforts
• Design and maintain custom reports and dashboards incorporating business, adoption, and system usage metrics
• Coordinate and support User Acceptance Testing for CRM enhancements, integrations, new software, and system updates
• Develop test scenarios, validate business requirements, document results, identify defects, and assess process impacts
• Partner with business stakeholders and technical teams to ensure solutions meet user needs and are adopted

Senior CRM Analyst, Salesforce

Supervisor

• Provide leadership and technical guidance to optimize plant equipment performance
• Supervise the Maintenance team
• Coordinate facilities and maintenance planning and scheduling
• Develop technician and operator training needs, materials, matrices, and training sessions
• Develop and implement long-term technical problem-solving strategies
• Coordinate technical resources and assign priorities based on operational and business needs
• Monitor compliance with cGMPs, safety, housekeeping guidelines, and SOPs
• Communicate issues, root causes, and corrective actions across all shifts
• Control repair and maintenance spending within the department budget
• Manage on-site contractors and ensure compliance with site safety rules
• Ensure timely and correct equipment set-ups, changeovers, and repairs
• Develop and maintain changeover sheets, start-up checklists, procedures, certification programs, and training
• Review and implement improvements to operations, autonomous maintenance, and maintenance activities
• Troubleshoot packaging, processing, plant support, pneumatic, hydraulic, mechanical, electrical, PLC/HMI, sensor, vision, and thermal printer systems
• Maintain accurate equipment spare-parts and change-parts inventory
• Identify and purchase replacement equipment components
• Review equipment reliability and recommend improvements
• Lead and support OPEX and preventative maintenance initiatives
• Implement equipment design upgrades to improve efficiency and reliability
• Participate in new equipment launches, specifications, acceptance protocols, factory acceptance tests, commissioning, start-up, and installation
• Identify and resolve safety concerns, conduct risk and hazard assessments, and participate in PSR and EH&S activities

Maintenance Supervisor – Afternoon Shift

• Physically pull raw materials from warehouse locations based on quantity and product
• Enter each transaction into the RF system to fulfill customer orders
• Return residual materials to the correct locations using an RF scanner
• Perform material movements in warehouse and production areas
• Weigh returned materials and update inventory with correct quantity and weight
• Assign new pallet tags
• Count picked materials using a calculator and the metric system
• Shrink-wrap materials to pallets for prep-room processing
• Ensure correct tags are scanned for each production item
• Report material shortages for reordering and customer-order deadlines
• Perform other general duties as needed

Material Handling Tech

Operator

• Safely transfer quality product from the facility mixing and distribution system to customer-preferred packaging
• Operate filling and packaging equipment
• Oversee and coordinate activities of other production-line employees under Supervisor/Foreman guidance
• Fill containers according to customer specifications, including weight, bottle coding, labels, and case coding
• Perform trained light equipment maintenance, including lubrication, cleaning, adjustments, timing, and sequencing
• Perform autonomous maintenance after training and maintain assigned equipment
• Train line-support employees on complete line functions
• Set up and assemble the line for production runs and shut down equipment according to schedule
• Document production output and tag losses properly in Informance
• Communicate and conduct shift handoffs with the incoming operator
• Maintain operational sanitation and perform sanitation tasks
• Perform quality-control checks on lids, bag closures, wrapping, weights, codes, and cases
• Ensure Ventura Foods process parameters are met
• Support the safety culture by raising near misses and reporting unsafe conditions or behaviors
• Follow food-safety policies, procedures, SQF code, GMPs, FSMA, and associated preventive controls
• Perform other duties as assigned

Line Operator

• Safely transfer quality product at a high rate of speed from the facility mixing and distribution system to customers’ preferred packaging
• Operate filling and packaging equipment
• Oversee and coordinate activities of other employees on the production line under the guidance and support of the Supervisor/Foreman
• Fill containers according to customer specifications, including weight, bottle coding, labels, and case coding
• Perform trained light equipment maintenance, including lubrication, cleaning, adjustments, timing, and sequencing
• Perform autonomous maintenance after training and maintain assigned equipment
• Train line support employees on complete line functions
• Set up and assemble the line for production runs
• Shut down equipment according to schedule
• Maintain production output documentation and properly tag losses in Informance
• Communicate and conduct shift handoff with the oncoming operator
• Maintain operational sanitation and perform sanitation tasks
• Perform quality control checks on lids, bag closures, wrapping, weights, codes, and cases
• Ensure Ventura Foods’ process parameters are met
• Support the safety culture, raise near misses, and report unsafe conditions or behaviors
• Follow food safety policies, procedures, and regulatory requirements
• Perform other duties as assigned

• Operate and maintain filling and/or packaging equipment
• Complete daily and weekly preventive maintenance tasks
• Adjust and align primary machine functions
• Make minor mechanical repairs and replace certain defective parts
• Troubleshoot filler and packing machine issues and make adjustments in the HMI
• Maintain daily production and quality records
• Operate equipment safely and keep the work area clean
• Train and evaluate production assistants while ensuring quality parameters, GMPs, and safety rules are followed
• Install and maintain information in the product library
• Sanitize filling line equipment, including operating C.I.P. circuits and mixing chemicals in correct proportions
• Follow food safety policies, procedures, SQF code, GMPs, FSMA, and associated preventive controls
• Perform other duties as assigned

Machine Operator

• Lead, manage, and execute Ventura Foods quality and food safety systems at the plant level
• Coordinate with the Regional Plant Quality Assurance Manager and other plant QA Managers on policy systems, communication, and training
• Maintain adherence to FSMA, USDA where applicable, and other regulatory requirements
• Coordinate projects and training support for Operations teams
• Serve as liaison with Technical Services, Operations Excellence, R&D, HS&E, Sales, Marketing, HR, and Finance
• Lead plant systems for SOPs, SSOPs, training, product specifications, Must Dos, Right First Time processing, and Total Product Containment
• Maintain quality and food safety policies, procedures, HACCP/GMP programs, SQF II requirements, and customer specifications
• Manage second-party and third-party audits
• Direct and train QA personnel and manage related budgets, costs, schedules, audits, and testing methodologies
• Collaborate with sanitation teams on Master Sanitation, Production Sanitation, and PEM programs
• Participate in plant management budgeting, people planning, and capital expenditure reviews
• Conduct staff reviews and establish annual performance goals
• Analyze QA plans, identify gaps, and improve critical control points and preventive measures
• Establish specifications, monitor analysis, and manage corrective actions and verification procedures with Technical Services and R&D
• Manage complaint reviews and corrective-action resolutions with Operations, Regional, and HQ teams
• Evaluate results statistically to improve processing and product performance
• Manage projects to reduce costs, eliminate variation, and standardize methods
• Oversee specifications for finished goods, processing, raw materials, and packaging, including Kosher and Halal requirements
• Ensure compliance with company policies, safety and HR policies, food regulations, and current Good Manufacturing Practices
• Serve as the primary plant technical contact for new products and test runs
• Coordinate new projects with Regional QA, Technical Services, and R&D
• Monitor facility processing projects to protect product quality
• Represent the Plant Operations Manager or Regional Quality Assurance Manager at company or industry events when needed

Senior Plant QA Manager

• Troubleshoot, repair and maintain facility production and equipment mechanical, pneumatic, hydraulic and electrical systems
• Perform emergency and unscheduled production equipment repairs during production
• Perform scheduled preventive maintenance and machine servicing
• Identify mechanical defects using touch, sight and sound
• Repair equipment according to GMP, safety procedures, building codes and safety codes
• Use mechanic’s tools, calipers, feeler gauges and micrometers
• Participate in Kaizen, focused improvement and other continuous improvement activities to improve facility SIS efficiency
• Complete daily mechanic time sheets and sign off work orders and preventive maintenance sheets
• Return completed paperwork to the planner scheduler
• Maintain radio contact with the planner scheduler, foremen and maintenance supervisors
• Operate shop tools such as lathes and drill presses to repair equipment or fabricate simple parts
• Follow food safety policies, GMPs, SQF code, FSMA and associated preventive controls
• Perform other duties as assigned

Maintenance Technician II

• Perform ongoing maintenance, repair, and performance work on production equipment
• Modify, repair, install, maintain, improve, and troubleshoot packing and process equipment in food manufacturing
• Diagnose mechanical problems and provide solutions for equipment breakdowns
• Apply skills in mechanics, fitting, plumbing, basic welding, metal work, machining, troubleshooting, and analytical problem solving
• Conduct preventive maintenance programs according to standards
• Perform equipment changeovers, setup, takedown, and relocation of packaging equipment
• Recommend solutions to routine and unique equipment problems
• Respond to equipment problems in a timely, customer-oriented manner
• Follow GMP, safety standards, SOP, SPC, quality, sanitation, and security policies
• Support timely and effective line handover between shifts, including documentation and briefings
• Acquire new skills through provided training
• Perform other work assigned by an authorized Supervisor or Team Leader

QA Tech I – 3rd Shift

Remelt Worker

Production Associate

Talent Acquisition Manager

Operational Excellence Manager

Material Handling Technician

Senior CRM Analyst, Salesforce

Maintenance Supervisor – Afternoon Shift

Material Handling Tech

Line Operator

Line Operator

Machine Operator

Senior Plant QA Manager

Maintenance Technician II

Industrial Mechanic – Millwright