Production Lead Operator - Night Shift

Assists in facilitating and achieving plant goals of safety, food safety, quality, efficiency, and productivity. Incorporates Company associate relations philosophy of “Associate Empowerment” to foster a positive work environment. Visibly supports Company policy, decisions, and objectives at all times.

• Utilizing available resources, coordinates efforts of assigned personnel to achieve plant performance goals of safety, quality, efficiency, sanitation, scrap and attendance on a line and shift.
• Carries out daily production plans; works with associates to develop recommendations for changes to equipment; completes all work orders, personnel, and shift reports as assigned in absence of the Production Supervisor.
• Communicates, trains and monitors good manufacturing practice standards with special emphasis in the areas of safety, housekeeping and quality.
• “Empowers” assigned personnel to become self-directing. Develops assigned personnel to make decisions pertaining to their operational areas and bounds.
• Serves as a resource, providing leadership and training to assigned personnel; assesses job assignments, methods and priorities with associate input; evaluates performance of assigned personnel to the Production Supervisor
• Performs other duties as directed or as necessity dictates.

A high school diploma or GED

Knowledge of operation of batch manufacturing equipment; operation of high-speed packaging; production maintenance; sanitation; distribution or administrative specialties required.

Food Manufacturing background preferred.