Production Team Lead (Bilingual)

A3 Solutions•Hodgkins, IL

14h•Onsite

About The Position

This role is responsible for supporting a culture of safe production and safe work practices within the team. The Production Team Lead ensures operational efficiency by managing material availability, verifying job ticket accuracy, assessing labor needs, and ensuring employees are trained and rotated effectively across tasks. This position also involves coaching and counseling employees, overseeing equipment functionality like the metal detector, and maintaining high standards for product quality and compliance with all legal and food safety requirements. A key aspect of the role is utilizing Redzone for line checks and downtime tracking, with a continuous focus on improvement.

Requirements

Bilingual (Spanish/English) is mentioned in the title, implying a requirement.
Ability to assess labor and ensure efficient running.
Ability to ensure employees can perform assigned tasks.
Proficiency in cross-training employees on all tasks and ensuring proper rotations.
Skills in coaching and counseling employees on performance.
Knowledge of metal detector functionality, training, and testing.
Ability to verify quality conditions and ensure compliance with product specifications.
Proficiency in verifying and documenting production metrics (units per hour, percentages).
Ability to ensure all paperwork is filled out entirely and on time.
Experience utilizing production management software like Redzone for line checks and downtime categorization.
Commitment to maintaining the highest standards for quality, safety, and legal/food safety compliance.
Focus on continuous improvement.

Responsibilities

Support a culture of safe production and safe work practices.
Ensure there is enough material to run the entire shift, and that all materials are recorded.
Verify item/quantity allocated /quantity remaining is correct on job tickets.
Assess labor at the beginning of the shift to ensure ability to run efficiently.
Ensure all employees on the line can perform each task assigned.
Cross train all employees on all tasks in each room and ensure proper rotations every 2 hours.
Work with Floor Production Leads to coach and counsel employees on performance per assigned task.
Oversee the functionality of the metal detector, including training and testing.
Verify the quality conditions of all end products to ensure compliance with product specifications.
Verify and document units required per hour and percentages and that all paperwork is filled out entirely at the scheduled times.
Utilize Redzone for the required line checks per order and enter appropriate downtime categories.
Ensures that all work activities are performed with attention to the highest standards for quality, safety and compliance with all appropriate legal and food safety requirements and a focus on continuous improvement.