Production Lead

Surlean Foods • San Antonio, TX

11d • Onsite

About The Position

The Production Lead is responsible for establishing a safe work environment and ensuring delivery of quality products as outlined in the production schedule. This role involves setting up and starting production lines, motivating teams, communicating daily tasks and goals, training and monitoring workers, coordinating with the receiving department for raw materials, and maintaining daily production documentation. The position requires the ability to solve practical problems, interpret instructions, and effectively troubleshoot issues in a production environment. Bilingual Spanish is preferred.

Requirements

• High School Diploma, (GED) or 2 years’ lead experience and/or training; or equivalent combination of education and experience
• Knowledge of production environment and troubleshoot problems effectively
• Bilingual – Spanish preferred
• Hard hats, ear plugs or muffs, frocks, non-porous steel toed boots, hair nets, must be worn at all times within the plant
• Latex gloves must be worn when handling product or contacting sanitary surfaces

Responsibilities

• Setup and startup of production lines each day
• Initiates plans to motivate workers to achieve goals
• Willing to jump in and help the team members that they supervise
• Effectively communicate with production employees the specific tasks and goals for the day
• Train and monitor production line workers and track their efficiencies
• Coordinate with receiving department to ensure that raw product is available at the front of line when needed
• Responsible for the daily production documentation
• All other tasked assigned by management

What This Job Offers

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