Production Line Lead - 3rd Shift

Mars•Salt Lake City, UT

About The Position

The Production Line Lead coordinates assigned team members to support production, food product quality and safety, team member safety, housekeeping, adherence to the production schedule, line efficiency, and effective communication with production leaders. The role works under the guidance of a Line or Area Supervisor and may require reasonable accommodations for individuals with disabilities to perform essential functions. The lead maintains a neat, safe, and orderly work area using Lean Manufacturing techniques; follows company and plant policies, including Good Manufacturing Practices; and supports OSHA compliance and lockout/tagout and job rotation procedures. The role monitors the production schedule and case attainment, adjusts to schedule changes and changeovers, and ensures packaging standards and quality checks are met. The position also sets up and operates packaging equipment for start-ups, changeovers, and shutdowns; communicates, trains, coaches, and motivates team members; supports new-hire and ongoing training; assists with equipment and material handling; helps develop standard operating procedures; prepares shift reports and communicates visual performance indicators; and conducts daily post-operation meetings. The lead fills in for absences and performs other responsibilities as communicated by the supervisor.

Responsibilities

Maintain the work area in a neat, safe, and orderly condition using Lean Manufacturing techniques.
Follow company and plant policies and procedures, including the facility’s Good Manufacturing Practices program.
Ensure OSHA guidelines are followed, report unsafe conditions to leadership, and validate use of lockout/tagout and job rotation procedures as needed.
Follow the production schedule, respond to schedule and flavor or packaging changeovers, and monitor case attainment to address schedule deviations.
Ensure packaging standards are met, including film, carton, case, code date, packaging integrity, and quality checks for each packaging order.
Set packaging equipment to centerline settings, including wrappers, carton closers, carton formers, and jet printers.
Perform packaging equipment start-up, changeover, and shutdown duties at the beginning, middle, and end of shifts.
Communicate with, train, coach, and motivate team members; pass along training, processes, procedures, company values, and other updates to new hires and existing personnel.
Fill in as needed for callouts, vacations, PTO, and other absences.
Load, remove, or off-bear materials and products using hand tools and moving devices.
Communicate with supervisors, peers, and team members by telephone, in writing, by email, or in person, and maintain constructive working relationships.
Assist in developing standard operating procedures.
Create daily reports covering staffing, production numbers, scrapped material, and issues encountered during the shift.
Develop, maintain, and communicate visual key performance indicators for productivity, quality, safety, sanitation, and housekeeping.
Conduct daily post-operation meetings covering prior-day performance and current-day requirements.
Perform other responsibilities as communicated by the supervisor.