Production Lead

As a Production Lead, you will play a pivotal role in overseeing and guiding workers in their daily activities to ensure the production of high-quality products. You will be responsible for maintaining safety standards, ensuring adherence to Good Manufacturing Practices, and monitoring product quality. This role requires strong leadership skills and the ability to manage manufacturing software and inventory accuracy.

• Monitor and lead workers in daily activities to produce products.
• Receive packaging specs and work orders to determine product to be produced and ensure correctness of packaging materials and labels.
• Ensure adherence to safety rules and communicate unresolved issues to supervisors.
• Operate a handheld scanner to manage manufacturing software and record all manufacturing transactions.
• Reconcile department staging area using Mapics RF tools.
• Utilize a computer to run automated reports and enter Work Order requests.
• Schedule and monitor lunches and breaks of crew members.
• Operate production equipment and ensure compliance with safety guidelines.
• Perform and assign housekeeping and sanitation responsibilities daily according to GMP standards.
• Monitor product quality and safety documentation, reporting production data as specified.
• Update the communication board daily and conduct shift change meetings.
• Perform all required QC testing in the department during the shift.
• Direct crew members towards efficient production, identifying bottlenecks and product loss.
• Ensure all HACCP and CQP documentation and checks are performed correctly.
• Ensure adherence to allergen procedures and policies.
• Communicate the importance of changing outer garments when working with allergens.
• Use basic math skills to calculate quantities of ingredients for partial batches.
• Ensure smooth transition of lines to the oncoming shift.
• Participate in Safety & Quality programs.
• Enter Work Order requests to support S, Q, C, D, M.
• Perform all other related duties as required.

• One to three years of related experience and/or training.
• Ability to read and interpret documents such as safety rules and procedure manuals.
• Proficiency in basic math skills, including fractions.
• Ability to compute rate, ratio, and percent, and interpret bar graphs.
• Common sense understanding to conduct instructions and deal with standardized problems.

• Experience in production, general labor, supervision, continuous improvement, and production supervision.

We offer hands-on training and promote from within, providing a smaller company feel. As the first US location, significant investments are being made into the site. Employees are highly valued, creating a supportive work environment.

Working in a food company requires adherence to GMP rules, including wearing a uniform, hair net, beard net, and safety shoes. Sanitization procedures include washing up before entering the floor and sanitizing boots and hands before entering each room. The facility includes 8 production rooms with 2-4 people per line and 4 packaging lines. The position involves working 1st Shift from 3am-1:30pm, Monday to Thursday, with potential progression to floor lead and additional responsibilities.

This is a Contract to Hire position based out of Elk Grove Village, IL.

The pay range for this position is $23.00 - $24.00/hr.

Eligibility requirements apply to some benefits and may depend on your job classification and length of employment. Benefits are subject to change and may be subject to specific elections, plan, or program terms. If eligible, the benefits available for this temporary role may include the following:

• Medical, dental & vision
• Critical Illness, Accident, and Hospital
• 401(k) Retirement Plan - Pre-tax and Roth post-tax contributions available
• Life Insurance (Voluntary Life & AD&D for the employee and dependents)
• Short and long-term disability
• Health Spending Account (HSA)
• Transportation benefits
• Employee Assistance Program
• Time Off/Leave (PTO, Vacation or Sick Leave)

This is a fully onsite position in Elk Grove Village, IL.

This position is anticipated to close on Aug 19, 2026.

Aerotek® Inc. provides staffing and services solutions in manufacturing, logistics