Production Lead; Evening Shift
Listed on 2026-09-18
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Manufacturing / Production
Production Manager, Manufacturing & Industrial Operations
955 North Haverhill Rd El Dorado Kansas
_ Why Valmont _
We’re Here to Move the World Forward.
Valmont impacts millions of people around the world every day, yet they might not realize the many ways. Our technology is helping feed the growing population, supplying the world with more reliable energy and access to renewables, enhancing connectivity in remote and urban locations to create a sustainable future and so much more. Simply put, Valmont is advancing agricultural productivity and reimagining vital infrastructure to make life better.
Join a Fortune 1000 company that respects hard work, honors diversity and invests in our employees as we focus on creating the world of tomorrow, today. We are the modern workforce. Are you ready to move the world forward?
Shift
Hours:
4:00 pm - 2:30 am
Days:
Monday
- Thursday
(Training
Hours:
5:00 am - 3:30 pm, Monday
- Thursday)
Starting Wage $30.21/hr + $1.50 shift differential
The Production Lead 13 advisespeers andworksother departments to contribute to Valmont’s overall success.
The Production Lead must be a person of passion and integrity who has the drive to excel and deliver exceptional results. This position reports directly to the Production Supervisor andis responsible for driving the Safety, Quality, Delivery, and Cost metrics in the Shop.
Effective communication, leadership,teamwork,and motivation with all employees while adhering to Valmont’s standards, policies, and procedures are critical for this role.
- Recommends employment action to Production Supervisor based on work performance or work behaviors.
- Attends production employee performance review meetings, as needed.
- Actively model, lead,and enforce established safety policies and consistently seek opportunities for safety improvements.
- Drive a ‘safety first’ culture.
Leadon safety contacts, near misses, and bright ideas.
Safety is a mindset, not a task. - Ability to wear all required personal protective equipment (PPE) and work both in a non-temperature-controlled environment and outdoors.
- Accept, make, and passhigh-quality product.
Minimize cost ofpoor quality with training and improvement. - Ensure all quality checks and paperwork are complete as expected and without error.
- Maintain the work instructions,best-practices, and material flow to ensure that products are manufactured on schedule and within quality and cost objectives.
- Responsible for supervising the daily work of all production personnelandcommunicatingtosupervisor as appropriate.
- Leadculturethrough positive interactions,motivation,andrecognitionas needed.
- Train, or arrange training of, shift personnel to ensure consistent methods and results.
- Communicates daily with all levels of employeesregardingdaily safety,quality,and production metrics to be achieved, and on-going training and development activities. Communicates regularly with direct reports on their personal and team achievements and improvements needed, so that these individuals understand what is expected of them and their team.
- Maintaining a positive and engaged work environment for all personnel.
- Ability to effectively communicate between different shifts, personnel, and leadership.
- Leadsshift start up ‘stand-up’meetingconstructively
- Ability to work in the assigned area and lead inmetrics whilemaintainingsafety and quality expectations.
- Maintain housekeeping and anorderly production environment that is thoroughly cleaned for the following shift.
- If applicable based on location, help assess and manage the team’s bench strength and cross training needs
- If applicable based on location, lead the Team on Root Cause Analysis (RCA) to understand losses;take action to prevent future breakdowns and incidents
- Develop a strong personal understanding of all processes and equipment within the…
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