Production Lead
Manufacturing / Logistics
Liberty ,  South Carolina Nov 19, 2024
Production LeadProduction Lead
Prerequisite: Must be able to train on 1st shift (6 AM – 2:30PM)

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)  ​​​​​​​