Team Leader, Production

About Lamb Weston

You’ve probably enjoyed our fries without even knowing it! As a leading manufacturer in our industry, and public Fortune 500 company, we inspire and bring people together with foods they love and trust. Our customer base includes international food service providers, restaurants, and households in over 100 countries around the world.

A highly innovative global corporation with a start‑up mindset, we empower every individual to make a genuine difference. You’ll gain access to hands‑on training to fuel your growth and success, explore opportunities for new solutions, and you’ll join a winning team of 10,000+ people all dedicated to raising the bar – together.

If you have a strong drive for results, a desire to help us bring the world together through our fries, and are ready for a fresh challenge, we want to hear from you.

The Team Leader Production opportunity develops future leaders here at Lamb Weston. This is a supervisor role where you will help your production team reach target goals, manage day‑to‑day operations, and will be responsible for identifying areas of improvement in the manufacturing process. Our Team Leaders not only receive extensive leadership and functional training, but they are also quickly and frequently promoted throughout Lamb Weston.

When you choose a career with us, every day is Fry‑day!

In the Team Leader Production (TLP) role, you are responsible for managing and ensuring the safety of your production team members, between 15‑50 people per shift, and for attaining production and quality goals.

Oversee areas of improvement throughout the production process. Team Leaders ensure schedules and goals are met through guiding production resources, materials, processes, and equipment.

Support continuous improvement goals in safety, quality, cost, and customer service. They are responsible for managing and owning various functions of the business and for creating an engaged and team oriented work environment in order to improve business results.

• Monitor production to ensure that quality, productivity, and cost standards are maintained
• Provide team member training to ensure that teams are performing job responsibilities effectively and safely
• Assist with the supervision of sanitation operations as necessary to promote and maintain a clean and food safe environment
• Enforce plant rules, regulations and procedures
• Evaluate team member performance and provide guidance for performance improvement
• Participate in the support of plant and company safety programs by promoting and maintaining a high‑level of awareness and adherence to defined employee safety requirements: lock‑out/tag‑out, personal protective equipment, confined space entry, etc.

• Bachelors or Associates degree, minimum 4‑years of relevant industry/work experience, or supervisory/management experience is required
• High School diploma/GED required

• Demonstrated supervisory or leadership experience
• Excellent communication, interpersonal, problem solving and organizational skills
• A self‑motivated individual that is able to multi‑task and lead others
• Must be able to regularly lift and/or move up to 25 pounds and occasionally lift and/or move up to 50 pounds

• Ability to work various shifts (i.e. Weekdays, weekends, day, swing, grave) based on the scheduling needs of the production site
• Previous experience working in a manufacturing environment is a plus
• Working knowledge of plant equipment and safety is a plus
• Previous experience in a food‑processing is a plus

The physical and work environment characteristics described here are representative of those an employee encounters while performing the essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.

• You may be regularly required to stand, walk, and sit
• You may be regularly required to use your hands to handle, feel, reach
• You may be regularly required to taste and smell
• You may be regulary…