Quality Crew Lead Currently Hiring!
- 2-2-3 schedule: 2-week cycle
- Week 1: 2 days on / 2 days off / 3 days on
- Week 2: 2 days off / 2 days on / 3 days off
- Shifts: 12-hour shifts
- Day Crew - 6am to 6pm
- Night Crew -6pm to 6am
What Youll Do:
Finding the right place to grow your career isnt (over) easy so were here to help by sharing a few reasons why the grass is greener at Vital Farms. We think youll appreciate our focus on Conscious Capitalism which drives business decisions that benefit all our stakeholders (leading to even better business results). You might be drawn to our innovative approach and refusal to settle for the way things have always been done. Or you could find it exciting to grow your skills while working for an industry-leading brand. Whether youre into our values our brand or our egg-cellent puns we hope youll join our Crew and help us change the world 108 square feet at a time!
What Youll Do as a Quality Crew Lead:
- Organize workflow by assigning responsibilities and preparing schedule
- Set daily / weekly / monthly objectives and communicate to employees
- Lead and develop crewmembers creating equipment and system ownership
- Work directly with crewmembers supervisors and managers to meet quality goals
- Evaluate job performance of quality techs
- Ensure all personnel safety and food safety procedures are followed rigorously
- Drive continuous improvement of waste elimination
- Anticipate problems and make quick decisions under time pressure
- Must be able to perform all jobs on the lines and be able to coach others in work
- Lead daily direction setting meetings when required
- Provide verbal and/or written recommendations to leadership concerning problems or issues
What You Bring to the Table:
- Able to frequently lift and / or move up to 60 pounds
- 1 year of quality experience in production/manufacturing.
- Able to work safely in an environment where regularly exposed to moving mechanical parts
- Able to work safely in an environment when exposed to wet conditions
- Able to be certified to operate a forklift or pallet jack
- Able to perform quality / procedural checks as well as operate equipment
- Proven experience in leadership / supervisory roles
- Strong people skills and ability to deal with all levels of employee and management groups both on site and remote
- Demonstrate strong accountability consistency and follow-through skills
- Must be able to speak read and write in English for safety and quality reasons
- Have knowledge of sets up operations adjustments to equipment or machinery
- Proficient with: Excel Outlook Word PowerPoint and designated inventory systems
- Strong planning organizing problem solving math and communication skills
- Strong critical thinking skills
- Preferred: HACCP certification PCQI certification Allergen Control training 21CFR Part 110 training certification
- Youre no hero You know the power of teamwork and celebrate the work of others before your own
- You give a sh*t You believe in acting like an owner and making Vital Farms a place to be proud of.
- You raise the standards You know growth can be hard but you strive to improve yourself and others each day.
- You can walk in someone elses boots You seek to understand others viewpoints and think that you get to better answers by sitting on the same side of the table.
- You dont walk on eggshells Youre not afraid to leave the bullsh*t behind and have honest conversations.
Whats in it for You:
- Be part of a movement to bring ethically produced food to the table
- Work in a Mission-focused environment alongside passionate colleagues
- Competitive pay and benefits
- Generous retirement contributions
- Free eggs butter and ghee along with friends and family discounts
- Fun team SWAG
- Learning and Development team dedicated to your growth
Who We Are:
Vital Farms a Certified B Corporation offers a range of ethically produced foods nationwide. Started on a single farm in Austin Texas in 2007 Vital Farms became a national consumer brand that works with 350 family farms and is the leading U.S. brand of pasture-raised eggs by retail dollar sales. Vital Farms products including shell eggs butter hard-boiled eggs and liquid whole eggs are sold in over 24000 stores nationwide. Vital Farms ethics are exemplified by its focus on the humane treatment of farm animals and sustainable farming practices. In addition as a Delaware Public Benefit Corporation Vital Farms prioritizes the long-term benefits of each of its stakeholders including farmers and suppliers customers and consumers communities and the environment crew members and stockholders. In short we exist to improve the lives of people animals and our planet through food.
Next Steps:
Shortly after you complete your application youll receive a follow-up email elaborating on any potential next steps in our process. If you dont immediately receive said follow-up email we would highly encourage you to check your spam filter!
In order to fulfill Vital Farms mission to bring ethically produced food to the table we seek to build teams that leverage diverse perspectives to create a welcoming and innovative environment that is committed to the principles of equal employment opportunities.
To that end we make employment decisions based on qualifications merit and business need. Vital Farms does not discriminate on the basis of race color religion gender and gender identity sex (including pregnancy childbirth lactation and related medical conditions) sexual orientation marital status age national origin citizenship status military or veteran status physical or mental disability genetic information or any other characteristic protected by applicable law.
Notification to Agencies:
**Vital Farms is not accepting unsolicited third-party recruitment agencies in the hiring process for this role. If you are a potential candidate interested in a role with Vital Farms please submit an application directly.