Line Shift Lead

Swire Coca Cola•West Valley City, UT

About The Position

The Line Shift Lead is part of a high-performing team committed to World Class Manufacturing. The role prioritizes employee safety and builds a culture of continuous improvement focused on eliminating operational defects and losses. In conjunction with other functional leaders, the Line Shift Lead is accountable for shift results across safety, quality, reliability, production attainment, productivity, and costs. The Line Shift Lead sets and leads daily direction setting, plans stops, and develops action plans to reduce losses. The role sets clear expectations, coaches team members, maintains standards, and ensures that everyone understands expected results. The lead owns equipment and Daily Management Systems (DMS), receives and gives coaching, and communicates feedback from daily direction setting and results from the previous shift. The role confirms production sequences and changeover plans, and assigns staff to workstations and planned stops.

Requirements

High school diploma or GED.
At least 2 years of experience working as a production or machine operator.
Ability to perform essential functions with little or no supervision.

Nice To Haves

Experience in high-speed food manufacturing and/or working knowledge of bottling operations.
Knowledge of manufacturing and industrial technology.
Food manufacturing experience.

Responsibilities

Ensure the shift team complies with company safety and quality procedures.
Coach, train, and develop the shift team.
Work with the line functional team to determine root causes and address line losses and performance outages.
Own the Line Shift Daily Direction Setting (DDS) process, including shift-to-shift handover.
Ensure the team creates a robust planned-stop plan with clearly defined roles and actions for each team member to deliver results for the current and next shift.
Communicate line, department, and plant direction from DDS to teams.
Work with the Manufacturing Line Manager to plan and execute team training.
Coach team members on owning their skill profiles so training needs can inform training plans.
Coordinate with other Line Shift Leads to resolve or coordinate staffing issues across the shift, and follow escalation processes for critical issues such as serious safety or quality concerns or breakdowns.
Apply plant standards for safety, break time, quality, vacation scheduling, overtime management, and absenteeism.
Provide constructive feedback and rewards, and model appropriate behaviors.
Build personal technical skills and help the Manufacturing Line Manager and Technical Specialists set priorities to improve process reliability and uptime and reduce losses.
Complete shift documentation, SOP processes, and orders according to standards.
Perform other duties as assigned.