Group Leader - 1st Shift

OSI Careers • West Chicago, IL

12h • Onsite

About The Position

The Group Leader is responsible for the department’s daily operations, including assigning and reviewing work, resolving shipment issues, and ensuring compliance with departmental procedures. The position leads and supervises a team of 16–25 employees but does not have authority to hire or performance-manage them.

The role oversees shipment processing, inventory checks, workplace cleanliness, and departmental equipment maintenance. It also involves documenting receipts, inventory, material movements, and outgoing shipments using a keyboard and computer. The Group Leader is responsible for understanding and applying appropriate safety procedures through training, protective equipment when applicable, and adherence to safety policies, regulations, standards, and laws.

Work takes place in an office and manufacturing plant environment, which may include noise, extreme temperatures, and movement of powered equipment, people, and conveyors. The job requires standing and walking for the duration of work hours and continuous physical activity, including lifting up to 50 pounds.

Requirements

• 0–1 years of experience in a related field is preferred.
• Ability to read and understand documents related to shipping and receiving goods and materials.
• Ability to accurately enter information into software applications using a keyboard and personal computer.
• Basic understanding of mechanical operations.
• High school diploma and/or equivalent work experience.
• Certified forklift operator.

Nice To Haves

• 0–1 years of experience in a related field.

Responsibilities

• Lead the work of departmental employees by assigning tasks, verifying task completion, rotating assignments, and enforcing company safety and work rules.
• Investigate and report incidents and non-compliance with safety or work rules to the Supervisor as directed.
• Ensure all work areas are clean.
• Maintain departmental equipment or coordinate its maintenance, including scales, forklift batteries, spotters, forklifts, and hand trucks.
• Review equipment inspection sheets daily or as prescribed, and follow up with employees when sheets are incomplete.
• Process shipments according to company procedures, including validating truck drivers, directing trailer activity, verifying bills of lading, cross-checking lot numbers, and reviewing and approving direct reports’ work.
• Inspect and report on cooler and freezer conditions, finished product cycle counts, packaging materials, and other inventory levels as directed.
• Enter data using a keyboard and personal computer to document goods receipts, inventory levels, material movements, and outgoing product shipments, including volumes, material codes, and costs.
• Understand and apply appropriate safety procedures, including through education, training, use of protective equipment as applicable, and compliance with safety policies, regulations, standards, and laws.
• Perform other duties as assigned.

Benefits

• Medical insurance
• Dental insurance
• Vision insurance
• 401(k)
• Paid time off
• Paid holidays
• Potential overtime pay, shift differentials, and/or bonus opportunities, as applicable

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Mid Level
• Education Level: High school or GED