Line Lead - Packaging

Stoltzfus Quality Meats (SQM)•Leacock Township, PA

About The Position

Stoltzfus Quality Meats (SQM), under the management of John F. Martin & Sons, is hiring a Line Lead for its Packaging Department. The Line Lead assists the department supervisor in overseeing the production team and day-to-day operations, helping ensure that work runs smoothly and efficiently and that employees meet production, quality, and safety goals. In the supervisor’s absence, the Line Lead assumes the supervisor’s duties. The role includes supporting operational and safety functions involving company equipment and machinery; operating machinery; planning staff schedules, rotations, and tasks; reporting equipment breakdowns to maintenance technicians; and informing management about employee safety, quality, productivity, and attendance issues. The Line Lead also provides input to the supervisor on employee counseling and performance evaluations, and helps train and motivate employees in a fast-paced refrigerated environment. This is a first-shift role with hours of 5:30 a.m. to 2:30 p.m. and some mandatory overtime.

Requirements

Ability to use basic math to add, subtract, multiply, and divide using whole numbers, common fractions, and decimals.
Ability to understand all aspects of company recipes.
Ability to present information effectively in one-on-one and small-group situations to management and team members.
Ability to use common-sense understanding to carry out instructions and deal with problems.
Ability to work with and train employees in a fast-paced refrigerated environment.
Ability to engage and motivate a production team while setting a professional example.
Consistent and reliable attendance.

Responsibilities

Assist the Packaging Department supervisor in overseeing production-team activities and day-to-day production.
Help ensure the team meets production, quality, and safety goals and that operations run smoothly and efficiently.
Assume the department supervisor’s duties when the supervisor is absent.
Assist with operational and safety-related functions involving company equipment and machinery.
Provide input to the supervisor on employee counseling and performance evaluations.
Train and motivate production employees and set a professional example.
Report employee safety, quality, productivity, and attendance issues to management.
Operate machinery and plan staff schedules, rotations, and tasks.
Report plant machinery breakdowns to maintenance technicians.
Maintain consistent and reliable attendance.