Production Lead (Nights)
About The Position
The Production Lead collaborates with the Production Supervisor to assist with daily production-floor operations. The role helps ensure the shift meets safety, quality, and production goals while complying with applicable legal and food safety requirements. It involves coordinating shift handoffs, monitoring production and compliance, preparing lines and materials for production runs and changeovers, verifying production-system information, and supporting production reporting and downtime improvement efforts. The position works 12-hour shifts, day or night, on a rotating 2-2-3 schedule or a schedule determined by production demand.
Requirements
- At least 4 years of experience in the field or a similar manufacturing environment; experience may include a combination of work experience and education.
- At least 4 years of experience in the position; experience may include a combination of work experience and education.
- At least 4 years of experience managing people or projects; experience may include a combination of work experience and education.
- High school diploma or GED.
- Ability to work 12-hour shifts, day or night, on a rotating 2-2-3 schedule or a schedule dictated by production demand.
Nice To Haves
- 6 years of experience in the field or a similar manufacturing environment; experience may include a combination of work experience and education.
- 6 years of experience working in the position; experience may include a combination of work experience and education.
- 6 years of experience managing people or projects; experience may include a combination of work experience and education.
- Associate's degree.
Responsibilities
- Assist the Production Supervisor with daily shift activities and ensure products meet safety, quality, and throughput standards.
- Communicate with the previous shift about production-line challenges and opportunities.
- Conduct shift walkthroughs to verify safety, housekeeping, and quality compliance.
- Assist with batching minerals, when applicable, and prepare production lines for scheduled changeovers.
- Order and inspect raw materials before changeovers, perform first-pass quality checks after changeovers, and return raw materials after production runs.
- Verify discrete jobs in Oracle, the Warehouse Management System, and/or the Line Management System, including quality information and bills of materials.
- Support hourly and end-of-shift production reporting.
- Use Efficiency Improvement Tools to understand and comment on line downtime, and communicate according to the escalation plan.
- Follow company and plant safety programs, guidelines, rules, and regulations.
- Comply with Niagara’s Good Manufacturing Practices and Food Safety Standards.
- Maintain regular and predictable attendance.
Benefits
- Paid time off for holidays, sick time, and vacation time.
- Paid parental and caregiver leaves.
- Medical coverage, including virtual care options.
- Dental insurance.
- Vision insurance.
- 401(k) with company match.
- Health Savings Account with company match.
- Flexible Spending Accounts.
- Mental wellbeing benefits, including free counseling sessions for team members and household family members.
- Family-building benefits, including enhanced fertility benefits for IVF and fertility preservation, plus adoption, surrogacy, and doula reimbursements.
- Income protection, including life and AD&D, short- and long-term disability, critical illness, and accident plans.
- Special discount programs, including pet plans, prepaid legal services, identity theft protection, car rental, and airport parking.
- Tuition reimbursement, college savings plan, and scholarship opportunities.
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What This Job Offers
Job Type
Full-time
Career Level
Mid Level
Education Level
High school or GED
