Production Line Lead

About the role

The Production Lead will assist the Production Manager, possess knowledge of all machinery, and help reduce downtime. The role leads the workforce to maintain and promote a safe environment per Pratt Industries Safety Requirements, schedule daily workforce to meet warehouse needs, maintain a clean work environment, and uphold a high quality standard (no damaged product to the customer, in‑house QA process, timely disposition of damaged goods).

Responsibilities

• Maintain and promote a safe environment in accordance with Pratt Industries Safety Requirements.
• Schedule workforce daily to meet the needs of the warehouse.
• Maintain and promote a clean work environment.
• Maintain and promote a high quality standard, ensuring no damaged product reaches the customer, overseeing an in‑house QA process, and ensuring timely disposition of damaged goods.

Supervisory Responsibilities

• Directly supervise all employees assigned to the department.
• Train employees and plan, assign, and direct work.
• Resolve conflicts, build teams, and coach employees to improve performance.
• Address complaints, resolve problems, and handle documentation.
• Set an example of superior behavior, attitude, and performance.

Education and Experience

• High school diploma or GED.
• Two years prior supervisory experience.

Preferred Qualifications

• Prior work in the packaging industry.

Skills

• Language Skills: Ability to read and interpret safety rules, operating and maintenance instructions, and procedure manuals; write routine reports and correspondence; speak effectively before groups of customers or employees.
• Mathematical Skills: Ability to read a tape measure quickly and accurately; calculate percentages, measurements, volume, and rate; apply high‑school‑level math concepts.
• Reasoning Ability: Apply common‑sense understanding to follow written, oral, or graphic instructions; solve problems involving several concrete variables in standardized situations.
• Technical Skills: Working knowledge of equipment design and capabilities; cost‑issue awareness for daily decisions; understanding of quality standards; familiarity with regulatory requirements (wage and hour, environmental, waste minimization, OSHA, company policies, personnel requirements).

Certificates, Licenses, Registrations

May be required to maintain a current Lift Truck Operator License.

Physical Demands

• Regularly required to stand, walk, talk, and hear.
• Frequent use of hands for handling, feeling, and reaching.
• Frequent stooping, kneeling, crouching, or crawling; occasional sitting.
• Regularly lift and/or move up to 50 pounds.
• Vision requirements: close, distance, color, peripheral, depth perception, and ability to adjust focus.

Work Environment

• Regular exposure to moving mechanical parts.
• Frequent exposure to wet and/or humid conditions.
• Occasional exposure to high, precarious places, fumes or airborne particles, and vibration.
• Usually loud noise level.

Leadership Attributes

• Superior time‑management skills, ability to manage multiple issues concurrently, and lead effective meetings.
• Teaching skills to function as a technical and administrative instructor for personnel.
• Excellent crisis management with high emotional control under adverse conditions.
• Strong employee‑relations skills: active listening, appraisal, positive and corrective feedback, conflict resolution, motivational coaching, and delegation.
• Consistent leadership style with professional assertiveness.

Performance Measurements

• Operating standards: Meet or exceed quality, cost, safety, customer satisfaction, and productivity targets set annually.
• Personal growth: Pursue professional development goals established each year with supervisor.
• Employee relations: Demonstrate effective motivational techniques, feedback, subordinate development, and creation of a positive work environment.
• Creativity: Actively contribute new and innovative ideas to advance the business.