Production Lead
Manufacturing / Logistics
Liberty ,  South Carolina Dec 13, 2024
Production LeadProduction Lead

2nd Shift - 8 hour shifts (12 hour (6 PM – 6AM) shift starting January 3, 2025)


Essential Duties and Responsibilities:
  • Responsible for building a well-trained team which is passionate about safety, quality, efficiency, and company success.
  • Develop, train, and motivate high potential staff in skilled positions to produce bench strength and cross training on assigned line
  • Demonstrates basic set up and operational knowledge of all line related equipment. 
  • Demonstrate Safety leadership - Enforce safe work practices by requiring proper PPE usage and correcting unsafe conditions. Safety incidents must be reported within 24 hours of occurrence.
  • Direct hourly production staff by training, coordinating, and verifying daily activities within assigned areas.
  • Monitor employee performance, productivity and provide constructive feedback and coaching.
  • Arrives 30 minutes before the start of the shift to supervise and coordinate proper shift start-up.
  • Must maintain 85% floor presence and 15% admin presence.
  • Effectively partner with staff from multiple departments: Production, Sanitation, Maintenance, and Quality Assurance to ensure shared goals are met or exceeded
  • Reports any food safety problems or potentially unsafe practices/conditions to lead or supervisor.
  • Meet or exceed company expectations for production performance to maximize sales
  • Ensure effective and consistent operation of assigned production line
  • Communicates with Supervisor and other Production Leads during shift operations and shift changeovers.
  • Direct adherence to regulatory, legal and company policies and procedures.
  • Provide assistance and direction to line team members to maximize labor utilization.
  • Reads and tracks production schedules; provides recommendations for changes.
  • Communicate production expectations, measure, communicate and manage gaps for your assigned line
  • Maintain required production rates to ensure production goals are met daily.
  • Ensure quality product and Audit readiness throughout manufacturing process.
  • Prepare for changeovers as required to ensure smooth, efficient, effective, and complete change-over in the quickest possible time and eliminate errors / potential for re-work
  • Coordinate with maintenance to determine length of downtime and send home or re-assign team members as needed
  • Manage production, efficiency, downtime on assigned production line to achieve maximum productivity throughout shift.
    • Properly utilize labor resources to improve efficiency, minimize labor expense and reduce waste
    Other Responsibilities and Skills Needed:
    • Oral Communication
    • Leadership
    • Instill initiative and a sense of urgency
    • Teamwork
    • Ethics
    • Dependability
    • Decision-making
    • Attention to Detail
    • Ability to delegate, plan, and organize based on production needs
    • E-mails: Be able to send and receive e-mails to communicate with Management
    • Perform related duties as assigned by management
    Education and/or Work Experience Requirements:
    • Must be willing to work weekends when needed
    • Moderate mechanical aptitude is needed
    •     Computer skills – Microsoft Word, Excel, Outlook and PowerPoint a plus
    •     PLEX – Utilize Plex System

    Physical and Safety Requirements: 
    • Must be able to lift and carry up to 50-70 lbs.
    • Complies with Good Manufacturing Practices (GMP’s) and all other food safety requirements
    • Complies with Personal Protective Equipment (PPE’s) requirements
    • Reports any food safety problems or potentially unsafe practices/conditions to lead or supervisor
    • Constant walking and standing on hard concrete surfaces
    • Frequent bending, stooping, squatting, pushing, lifting and climbing
    • Position will require working in very hot and cold conditions
    • Other conditions include flour dust, wet floors, occasional smoke and fumes if product burns
    Benefits:
    • Weekly Pay (Direct Deposit)
    • Insurance Benefits after 60 days (Medical, Dental, Vision and Life insurances)