Encapsulation Lead (Third Shift)

Somafina Pharmacy Lead — Third Shift

Somafina | 10:00 PM – 6:30 AM

Somafina is a growing, thriving co-manufacturer of vitamins and supplements with two locations in Layton and Lindon, UT.

Essential Responsibilities

Team Oversight

• Ensure all personnel, full-time or temporary, complete required training before working in the area.
• Ensure employees follow quality, safety, and other work standards and policies; empowered to initiate and implement disciplinary action when necessary.
• Ensure smooth, efficient shift transitions.
• Ensure Encapsulation Technicians follow machine and operator work order assignments.
• Monitor the process to confirm it meets expectations for quality, machine control, and work efficiency.
• Ensure time standards are met for room cleaning, machine assembly, and product processing.
• Complete and distribute written reports as needed, in a timely manner.

Product & Materials Handling

• Ensure incoming product is organized, accessible, free of contamination, and clearly identified.
• Supply operators with materials as needed, including but not limited to:
  • Powder barrels
  • Empty barrels lined with clean plastic bags
  • Capsules
  • Plastic bags
  • Tools and other items as needed
• Promptly remove finished capsule barrels from the encapsulating rooms as they come out, and:
  • Weigh
  • Log
  • Label
  • Keep separate from other product
• Ensure team members have needed supplies, including but not limited to:
  • Gloves
  • Shoe covers
  • Masks
  • Zip ties
  • Scale trays, etc.

Technician Support

• Ensure Technicians assist operators with machine set-up by providing clean parts or other needed items.
• Ensure Technicians assist operators with room cleanup and sanitation as needed.
• Check finished product against the work order to confirm accuracy, and report any errors to the supervisor.

Additional Responsibilities

• Contribute to department team incentive goals, which are based on productivity (quantity and quality of work) and process accuracy.
• Support and participate in company, department, and safety policies, procedures, programs, and activities.
• Maintain a clean and orderly work area.

Education Requirements

• High school diploma or GED; or 1–3 months of related experience/training; or an equivalent combination of education and experience.

Competencies / Skills

• Able to read, write, and understand simple instructions, short correspondence, and memos in English; good verbal and written communication skills.
• Able to add, subtract, multiply, and divide using whole numbers, fractions, and decimals, in all units of measure.
• Basic computer skills for entering data into a database.
• Able to apply common sense to carry out detailed (but not complex) written or verbal instructions, and to solve problems involving a few concrete variables in standardized situations.
• Must obtain and maintain a current food handler's permit.
• English proficiency required.

Physical Requirements

• Regularly required to stand, walk, reach with hands and arms, climb or balance, and converse and listen.
• Must be able to exert up to 90 lbs. of force occasionally, up to 40 lbs. frequently, and up to 20 lbs. constantly to move objects.
• Specific vision abilities required: near acuity, far acuity, accommodation, color vision, and field of vision.

Character Traits

• Friendly
• Approachable
• Proactive
• Honest
• Responsible
• Punctual
• Team player