Senior Manager of Production Planning and Facilities

Posted: 12-Jan-24

Location: New Brunswick, New Jersey

Salary: Open

Categories:

Facilities//Maintenance/Trades
Staff/Administrative

Internal Number: 214380

Position Summary:

Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey is seeking a Senior Manager of Production Planning and Facilities for the New Jersey Agricultural Experiment Station. The Rutgers Food Innovation Center (FIC) is a unique business incubation and economic development accelerator program, which provides business and technology expertise to small and mid-sized food and agribusinesses in New Jersey, and utilizes its outreach capacity to reach the food industry throughout the nation.
The FIC provides extensive programs in training and workforce development; customized and comprehensive business and technical mentoring services; and a 23,000 sq. ft. USDA– and FDA-inspected facility that enables design, development, analysis, commercialization and manufacture of value-added food products for sale to retail and foodservice markets. This position reports to the Executive Director and Director of the Food Innovation Center (FIC).
Among the key duties of the position are the following:

• Provides leadership for production planning, manufacturing, scale-up to commercialization, working in conjunction with quality assurance and food training and the associated steps to bring a food product to market.
• Responsible to interface with the entire management team at FIC, and be accountable to provide total business solutions for farmers, start-up companies and food processing clients that are served.
• Oversees the mechanical production functionality of the facility and equipment, and meet all Rutgers and regulatory requirements, working in conjunction with the FIC Processing Engineering consultant, and Rutgers Facilities and REHS personnel
• Implements and maintains sanitation and production and sanitation programs and personnel training, in compliance with FDA and USDA regulations for the manufacturing of food products.
• Provides personalized and customized technical support to FIC clients in the areas of regulations, and compliance. Interface with clients on a daily basis and provide appropriate food production and sanitation to maintain facility policies.
• Identifies, implements and/or evaluates advanced strategies for sanitation in food manufacturing, production processes and services, facility management, building security, food defense, etc.

Minimum Education and Experience:

• Bachelors degree or an equivalent combination of education and/or experience.
• At least 7 years of food industry supervisory experience required, ideally in a supervisory position in the fields of food manufacturing, production planning, facilities management, compliance, and/or sanitation within food processing environments.

City: Bridgeton

State: NJ

Equipment Utilized:

• Production: Hot water heater, steam boiler, air compressor, vacuum seal machine, automatic filling machine, automatic capper, steam jacketed kettles, refrigeration systems, ovens, dough proofers, commercial mixers., etc.

Physical Demands and Work Environment:

• Standard hours are 8:30-4:30 with extended hours based upon facility and client needs.
• Must be able to work extended hours in either a hot & humid environment or refrigerated rooms -15 to 50°F.
• Ability to walk or stand on hard, wet, slippery concrete floors for extended length of time.
• Ability to lift items up to 50 lbs.

Salary: Benchmark $88,210 up to School Average of $100,862

Posting Number: 23ST2929

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About Rutgers University
Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey, is a leading national public research university and the state’s preeminent, comprehensive public institution of higher education. Rutgers is dedicated to teaching that meets the highest standards of excellence; to conducting research that breaks new ground; and to turning knowledge into solutions for local, national, and global communities. As it was at our founding in 1766, the heart of our mission is preparing students to become productive members of society and good citizens of the world. Rutgers teaches across the full educational spectrum: preschool to precollege; undergraduate to graduate and postdoctoral; and continuing education for professional and personal advancement. Rutgers is New Jersey’s land-grant institution and one of the nation’s foremost research universities, and as such, we educate, make discoveries, serve as an engine of economic growth, and generate ideas for improving people’s lives.
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