Lead, Production - Days
About The Position
The Production Shift Lead supports the Production Supervisor and helps oversee daily production activities on a new high-speed bottling line. The role helps lead a team of 6–8 production personnel and is responsible for training production and injection molding staff, maintaining a safe work group, and supporting quality, customer service, employee development, and cost-effective production. The position requires spending at least 95% of the time on the production floor, developing and supporting employees, and providing hands-on equipment setup, training, operation, and troubleshooting. The Lead carries out safety and food-safety practices, completes packaging and food-safety quality checks, and records results in the company’s Food Safety and Quality Assurance software. The role also supports on-time delivery, maintains production-area cleanliness and organization, ensures care of equipment, and completes or verifies paperwork accurately and on time. The schedule is 5:00 a.m.–5:10 p.m. on a rotating 2-2-3 shift schedule. The position is based in Chippewa Falls, Wisconsin, and pays $27.38 per hour.
Requirements
- High school diploma or equivalent.
- 1–2 years of packaging or manufacturing experience.
- Ability to work a flexible schedule as needed.
- Basic reading, writing, math, and computer skills.
- Must be able to complete the forklift certification course and drive a forklift.
Responsibilities
- Assist the Production Supervisor in leading a team of 6–8 production personnel.
- Help create an inclusive, supportive, feedback-driven, team-oriented workplace that puts people first and promotes ethical conduct.
- Promote and enforce safety guidelines and provide hands-on safety training for production staff.
- Lead, motivate, and delegate work to personnel in the Production area together with the Production Supervisor.
- Spend at least 95% of working time on the production floor developing and supporting employees.
- Set up, operate, train employees on, and troubleshoot packaging and production equipment.
- Perform packaging and food-safety quality checks and document them in the Food Safety and Quality Assurance software.
- Train production employees in quality, machinery operation, and applicable operating procedures.
- Support compliance with GMPs, sanitation standards, SQF and FDA requirements, and quality and food-safety processes.
- Help ensure products are delivered on time according to the production schedule.
- Maintain organization and cleanliness throughout the production area.
- Ensure proper maintenance and care of machines, tools, and auxiliary equipment.
- Complete or verify the timely and accurate completion of paperwork.
Benefits
- Medical, prescription drug, and vision programs starting on day one.
- Dental coverage starting on day one.
- 112 hours of PTO in the first year.
- Paid parental leave.
- Gym reimbursement program and company-paid wellness coach.
- Online virtual care.
- Company-paid life insurance for employee, spouse, and children.
- Company-paid long- and short-term disability.
- Company-paid employee assistance program.
- Flexible Spending Account.
- Education/tuition reimbursement.
- 401(k) with 100% company match up to 4%.
- Bereavement leave.
- Volunteer Time Off Program.
- Holiday pay.
- Free employee water program.
- Referral bonus.
- Daily pay.
- Free on-site physical therapy.
- Free access to a near-site health care clinic for employees.
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What This Job Offers
Job Type
Full-time
Career Level
Mid Level
Education Level
High school or GED
