Shift Lead - Front Royal, VA

CHEP•Front Royal, VA

8d•Onsite

About The Position

CHEP helps move more goods to people, in more places than any other organization on earth via its 347 million pallets, crates and containers. Employing approximately 13,000 people and operating in 60 countries, CHEP utilizes a pioneering and sustainable share-and-reuse business model. The company's mission is to help the world's biggest brands transport their goods more efficiently, safely, and with less environmental impact. This role offers an opportunity to join an international organization that provides career growth and the chance to contribute to global sustainability. The position is part of a Hybrid Work Model, emphasizing work-life balance and flexibility.

Requirements

Prior experience as supervisor or operations lead in a manufacturing environment preferred.
Communication Skills
Delegation
Shift Planning
Inventory Control
Safety First Mindset
Forklift experience preferred.
Some knowledge of Excel and Microsoft.
Lift and carry 78 lbs occasionally, less than 33% of their work shift.
Push and/or pull items with a maximum force of 34 lbs./feet.

Nice To Haves

Forklift experience preferred.

Responsibilities

Serve as the functional subject matter expert and peer leader for the assigned area, ensuring operational excellence in safety, service, quality, and cost.
Provide hands-on support to teams, driving performance to exceed expectations and contribute to customer satisfaction.
Lead by example within the assigned functional area, offering guidance and support to peers, troubleshooting issues, and ensuring smooth production operations.
Actively support production activities, stepping in during shifts or breaks to maintain workflow and operational continuity.
Collaborate with plant administration to ensure adherence to established policies and procedures, promoting consistency and operational compliance.
Assist Plant leadership in enforcing policies and procedures to maintain inventory accuracy and ensure operational efficiency.
Act as the subject matter expert for specialized areas, such as forklift operations, pallet sorting, or repair lines, providing expertise and ensuring best practices are followed.
Fulfill assigned production duties, ensuring quality and efficiency in line with plant performance goals.
Assists with supervising the work of all production employees – monitors production and shipping schedules based on availability of raw and finished goods.
Provide hands-on peer leadership to production staff to support training and development, evaluate, motivate, delegate and monitor their activities.
Support plant administration to ensure compliance to established policies and procedures.
Enforces policies and procedures to drive inventory accuracy.
Fills in for Operations Supervisor(s) as needed.
Oversee 2-3 people.
Responsible for forklift operations, overseeing production targets are met, completing trailer load sheets and end of shift paperwork accurately, following safety procedures, assisting with training team members, leading safety/shift start-up meetings, and managing the location when the OSM is not on site.