Lead, Nights

Van Drunen Farms•Crown Point, IN

11d•$24 - $27•Onsite

About The Position

The Van Drunen Family of Companies is growing! Shift: Monday-Friday 10pm-6:30am Expected Pay Range: $24.25 $27.13 Bonus: This role may further qualify for supplemental compensation in the form of bonus and incentive programs, contingent upon achieving pre-established individual and company performance metrics. Benefits Eligible: Yes Benefits Available: 2026-benefits-summary.pdf Shift Differential: Yes Who We Are At Van Drunen Farms, we’re not just providing ingredients; we’re providing people with purpose and possibility. As a trusted partner in delivering fruit, vegetable, herb, and grain-based ingredient solutions to companies around the globe, we’re striving to build a values-aligned workforce that embodies humility, integrity, passion, and excellence. What You’ll Do Lead and guide a third-shift production team, setting work plans, preparing for each shift, and filling in for the supervisor as needed. Oversee food production activities across multiple processing areas to ensure safety, quality, and production standards are met. Coach, train, and support team members, ensuring compliance with GMPs, SOPs, safety protocols, and attendance expectations. Ensure efficient equipment setup, operation, and readiness while coordinating with other departments to improve safety, quality, and efficiency. Perform and verify CCP checks, LOTO procedures, sanitation activities, and required documentation. Lead pre-shift meetings, support shift change communication, and help meet production goals through effective decision-making and teamwork. What You’ll Bring At least two years of production experience, with prior team leadership experience preferred. Strong working knowledge of food manufacturing processes, safety standards, and quality requirements. Basic computer skills, including use of Excel, ERP systems, email, and data entry. Ability to communicate clearly, lead by example, and address performance or operational issues effectively. Strong math skills and attention to detail to track inventory, weights, and production data. Forklift experience preferred, with certification and training provided as needed. What You Can Look Forward To Medical, dental, vision, and life insurance. Paid holidays and vacation. Tuition assistance and 401(k) with company match. Third-shift schedule, Monday–Friday from 10:00pm to 6:30am, with overtime as needed to support production goals. A leadership opportunity in a fast-paced manufacturing environment with room for growth and development. Physical & Work Environment Requirements Regular standing, walking, climbing stairs and ladders, bending, stooping, kneeling, and lifting up to 50 pounds. Ability to push or pull sizeable equipment and perform repetitive physical tasks throughout the shift. Required use of personal protective equipment including respirators, hearing protection, eye protection, and head protection. Work in environments that may be dusty, cold, hot, humid, wet, loud, or outdoors depending on assignment. Primarily production-based work with minimal administrative duties, and the ability to meet all physical requirements with or without reasonable accommodation. In the Van Drunen Family of Companies, commitment to excellence is in everything we do! As a global ingredient and nutritional supplement supplier to the world’s best companies, we thrive on nourishing others with our products and our care for people. If you are looking to make an impact and grow with a family-friendly, values-driven company, you'll fit right in with the Van Drunen Family of Companies! Our employees are the most valuable asset we have. The collective sum of the individual differences, life experiences, knowledge, creativity, innovation, unique capabilities and talent that our employees invest in their work represents a significant part of not only our culture, but our Company’s achievement as well. The Van Drunen Family of Companies is an Equal Opportunity Employer and prohibits discrimination and harassment of any type. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability status, protected veteran status, or any other characteristic protected by federal, state, or local laws. This applies to all terms and conditions of employment, including recruiting, hiring, placement, promotion, termination, layoff, recall, transfer, leaves of absence, compensation, and training. If you are an individual with a disability in need of assistance or an accommodation during the application process, please contact us at [email protected]. Van Drunen Family of Companies may use artificial intelligence ("AI") in its recruitment and hiring process. To the extent AI is used, Van Drunen Family of Companies ensures that its use does not result in discrimination against applicants on the basis of any protected class. Van Drunen Family of Companies does not accept unsolicited resumes. Any resumes, CV’s, and other unsolicited assistance from search firms that do not have a submitted request and written search agreement for a position-specific requisition will be deemed the sole property of Van Drunen Family of Companies and no fee will be paid in the event the candidate is hired by our Company. Equal Opportunity Employer: Disability/Veteran Our Work Experience is the combination of everything that’s unique about our culture, our core values, our commitment to success, our recognition programs, but most importantly, it’s our people. Our employees are self-disciplined, hardworking, curious, trustworthy, humble, and truthful. They make choices according to what is best for the team, they live for opportunities to collaborate and make a difference. To all recruitment agencies: Van Drunen Family of Companies does not accept unsolicited resumes. Any resumes, CV’s, and other unsolicited assistance from search firms that do not have a written and approved search agreement for a position-specific requisition will be deemed the sole property of Van Drunen Family of Companies and no fee will be paid in the event the candidate is hired by our Company

Requirements

At least two years of production experience, with prior team leadership experience preferred.
Strong working knowledge of food manufacturing processes, safety standards, and quality requirements.
Basic computer skills, including use of Excel, ERP systems, email, and data entry.
Ability to communicate clearly, lead by example, and address performance or operational issues effectively.
Strong math skills and attention to detail to track inventory, weights, and production data.

Nice To Haves

Forklift experience preferred, with certification and training provided as needed.

Responsibilities

Lead and guide a third-shift production team, setting work plans, preparing for each shift, and filling in for the supervisor as needed.
Oversee food production activities across multiple processing areas to ensure safety, quality, and production standards are met.
Coach, train, and support team members, ensuring compliance with GMPs, SOPs, safety protocols, and attendance expectations.
Ensure efficient equipment setup, operation, and readiness while coordinating with other departments to improve safety, quality, and efficiency.
Perform and verify CCP checks, LOTO procedures, sanitation activities, and required documentation.
Lead pre-shift meetings, support shift change communication, and help meet production goals through effective decision-making and teamwork.

Benefits

Medical, dental, vision, and life insurance.
Paid holidays and vacation.
Tuition assistance and 401(k) with company match.
Third-shift schedule, Monday–Friday from 10:00pm to 6:30am, with overtime as needed to support production goals.
A leadership opportunity in a fast-paced manufacturing environment with room for growth and development.

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