Production Group Leader - Weekend

About the role

Rich’s Niles plant is seeking a Group Lead to oversee production activities and ensure safe, efficient, and high-quality operations.

Responsibilities

• Leads production activities for the assigned shift, ensuring safe, efficient, and continuous operations.
• Provides real-time direction, prioritization, coaching, and problem-solving support to operators and material handlers.
• Maintains a calm, steady presence during high-pressure situations and sets the tone for the team.
• Safeguards production lines meeting daily output targets, case counts, schedule requirements, and quality standards.
• Adjusts labor, line assignments, and priorities in response to staffing shortages, mechanical issues, or schedule changes.
• Collaborates with scheduling, maintenance, sanitation, quality, and warehouse teams to keep product flowing.
• Ensures operators accurately scan, consume, return, and document materials in SAP.
• Verifies production, waste, material movements, downtime, quality checks, and shift reports are accurate and completed before shift end.
• Supports cycle counts, inventory accuracy, and root-cause analysis for material or production discrepancies.
• Enforces GMPs, allergen controls, sanitation requirements, PPE expectations, and all food safety and safety policies.
• Immediately identifies, contains, and escalates safety, quality, food safety, or operational concerns.
• Trains and develops operators to build skill depth, ownership, teamwork, and problem-solving capability.
• Models professionalism, accountability, reliability, and plant values at all times.
• Drives TPM activities on the floor, including autonomous maintenance, centerlining, 5S, and loss elimination.
• Led or participates in kaizen events, safety audits, training, incident investigations, and root-cause problem solving.
• Maintains a clean, organized, audit-ready production environment.
• Participates in daily huddles and shift-to-shift handoffs to ensure clear communication and continuity.
• Prepares pallet tags, labels, production records, and documentation needed for traceability and shipping.
• Maintains flexibility to support production needs, including long days, late nights, weekends, and schedule changes.

Requirements

• High school diploma or GED.
• Ability to work independently and maintain attention to detail in a fast-paced environment.
• Comfortable working around varying temperatures, noise levels, and active manufacturing operations.
• Ability to frequently stand, walk, bend, push, pull, and lift up to 55 lbs.
• Strong problem-solving skills with the ability to respond quickly to staffing, equipment, quality, or schedule issues.
• Demonstrates reliability, flexibility, ownership, teamwork, and a strong commitment to plant goals.

Qualifications

• Ability to work independently and maintain attention to detail in a fast-paced environment.
• Comfortable working around varying temperatures, noise levels, and active manufacturing operations.
• Ability to frequently stand, walk, bend, push, pull, and lift up to 55 lbs.
• Strong problem-solving skills with the ability to respond quickly to staffing, equipment, quality, or schedule issues.
• Demonstrates reliability, flexibility, ownership, teamwork, and a strong commitment to plant goals.

Skills

• Leadership skills.
• Problem-solving skills.
• Teamwork and collaboration.
• Training and development.
• Quality control.
• Food safety compliance.

Benefits

Rich Products Corporation offers a comprehensive benefits package including health insurance, retirement plans, paid time off, and more.

Pay

$25.00 - $32.00 per hour, depending on experience and qualifications.

Schedule

Shift work is required, with flexible hours to accommodate production needs.