Production Operator Lead - Nights 2-2-3

Niagara Water•Pittsburgh, PA

1d•Onsite

About The Position

This position is responsible for collaborating with the Production Supervisor to assist with daily operations of the production floor; ensuring the shift meets established safety, quality, and production goals in compliance with all applicable legal and food safety requirements. The Production Operator Lead will assist the supervisor with daily activities of the assigned shift, ensuring product adheres to Niagara’s standard of safety, quality, and throughput. This role involves communicating with the previous shift regarding challenges and opportunities, conducting walkthroughs to verify compliance, assisting with batching minerals and preparing production lines for changeovers, ordering and inspecting raw materials, performing first pass quality checks, returning raw materials, verifying job details in Oracle, Warehouse Management System, and/or Line Management System, supporting production reports, and utilizing efficiency improvement tools. The role also requires adherence to the highest standards of company and plant safety programs, guidelines, rules, and regulations, as well as Niagara’s Good Manufacturing Practices (GMP) and Food Safety Standards. Regular and predictable attendance is essential, and the ability to work 12-hour shifts on a rotating 2-2-3 schedule or as dictated by production demand is required.

Requirements

4 Years – Experience in Field or similar manufacturing environment
4 Years – Experience in Position
4 Years - Experience managing people/projects experience may include a combination of work experience and education
High School Diploma or GED

Nice To Haves

6 Years–Experience in Field or similar manufacturing environment
6 Years- Experience working in Position
6 Years – Experience managing people/projects experience may include a combination of work experience and education
Associate's Degree

Responsibilities

Assists Production Supervisor with daily activities of assigned shift, ensuring product adheres to Niagara’s standard of safety, quality, and throughput.
Communicates with previous shift regarding any challenges and opportunities on the production lines to prepare for the shift.
Conducts walkthroughs throughout the shift to verify safety, housekeeping, and quality compliance.
Assists supervisor with batching minerals (if applicable) and preparing production lines for scheduled changeovers.
Orders and inspects raw materials prior to changeovers to ensure correct inventories for production runs.
Performs first pass quality checks after changeovers to prevent non-conforming product.
Returns raw materials after completion of production runs.
Verifies discrete jobs are correct in Oracle (including quality and bill of material list), Warehouse Management System, and/or Line Management System.
Supports Production Supervisor with hourly and/or end of shift production reports.
Utilizes the Efficiency Improvement Tools to understand and comment on line downtime and communicates appropriately per the escalation plan.
Adheres to the highest standards of company and plant safety programs, guidelines, rules, and regulations.
Abides by Niagara’s Good Manufacturing Practices (GMP) and Food Safety Standards at all times.
Regular and predictable attendance is an essential function of the job.
Ability to work 12 hour shifts, day or night, on a rotating 2-2-3 schedule or schedule as dictated by production demand.

Benefits

Paid Time Off for holidays, sick time, and vacation time
Paid parental and caregiver leaves
Medical, including virtual care options
Dental
Vision
401(k) with company match
Health Savings Account with company match
Flexible Spending Accounts
Expanded mental wellbeing benefits including free counseling sessions for all 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 an accident plan
Special discount programs including pet plans, pre-paid legal services, identity theft, car rental, airport parking, etc.
Tuition reimbursement, college savings plan and scholarship opportunities