1st shift Line LeadNew Carson City, Nevada, United States

1st shift, Monday-Friday, 5:30am-2:00pm with overtime when needed (full-time). Pay: $25.33/hr.

About the role

Coordinates the activities of assigned team members on matters related to production, including the quality and safety of food products being packaged, team-member safety, ongoing housekeeping, adherence to the production schedule, optimizing line efficiencies under guidance from Line or Area Supervisor, and timely communications with production leaders to support overall production effectiveness.

Responsibilities

• Maintains the entire work area in a neat, safe, and orderly fashion using Lean Manufacturing techniques.
• Complies with all Company and Plant policies and procedures, including conformance to the facility’s GMP program (Good Manufacturing Practices).
• Ensures all OSHA guidelines are followed and reports any unsafe conditions to leadership immediately.
• Validates the use of the Plant’s lockout/tagout procedures, job rotation program, etc. as needed.
• Promotes a positive and safe work environment.
• Adheres to schedule by following outlined schedule week to week; reacts to schedule changes depending on flavor/pack type changeovers.
• Monitors case attainment to react appropriately when falling behind or ahead of schedule.
• Ensures packaging standards are met, including film, carton, case, code date, packaging integrity, and quality checks on each packaging order.
• Performs equipment set-up to centerline settings (e.g., wrappers, carton closers, carton formers, jet printers).
• Handles start-up, changeover, and shutdown duties for packing equipment at the beginning, middle, and end of each shift.
• Communicates, trains, coaches, and motivates team members.
• Fills in as necessary due to callouts, vacation, PTO, and other absences.
• Passes down training information, processes, procedures, company values, and other notifications to new hires and ensures existing personnel are up to date.
• Loads, removes, and/or off-bears materials and products into machines and equipment using hand tools and moving devices.
• Communicates with supervisors, peers, and team members by telephone, written form, email, and/or in person.
• Establishes and maintains interpersonal relationships by developing constructive and cooperative working relationships with others.
• Identifies information by categorizing, estimating, recognizing differences or similarities, and detecting changes in circumstances or events.
• Assists in developing SOPs.
• Creates daily reports regarding staffing, production numbers, scrapped material, and encountered issues throughout the shift.
• Develops, maintains, and communicates visual key performance indicators (KPIs) to provide ongoing feedback on productivity, quality, safety, sanitation, and housekeeping.
• Conducts daily post-op meetings for employees covering prior days’ performance and current days’ requirements.
• Performs other responsibilities as communicated by the supervisor.