Production Lead; Evening Shift

955 North Haverhill Rd El Dorado Kansas

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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 advises peers and works other 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 and is 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. Lead on 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 pass high-quality product. Minimize cost of poor 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 personnel and communicating to supervisor as appropriate.
• Lead culture through positive interactions, motivation, and recognition as needed.
• Train, or arrange training of, shift personnel to ensure consistent methods and results.
• Communicates daily with all levels of employees regarding daily 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.
• Leads shift start up ‘stand-up’ meeting constructively
• Ability to work in the assigned area and lead in metrics while maintaining safety and quality expectations.
• Maintain housekeeping and an orderly 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…