The kitchen is responsible to supply thermally processed and ready to eat materials for the plate and pack operation. Areas of responsibility are decant, dish room, CIP systems, WIP storage and spice batching. The kitchen lead works with their leadership to monitor and maintain production in the kitchen in a safe and efficient manner. The kitchen lead will assign team members duties within the department, provide hands on training to employees, complete production logs, quality records, and troubleshoot upsets as needed. The kitchen lead will be a team player to work collaboratively with plate and pack, quality, warehouse and maintenance to achieve the day’s production targets. The kitchen lead will solve technical problems, resolve conflicts, and achieve results through growing and developing team members in the department. The kitchen lead may need to interface with in plant USDA inspectors. This position may require team members to work in variable temperature environments during the shift 34˚F - 70˚F