Production Operator Lead- Nights

About the role

At Niagara, we're seeking Team Members passionate about contributing to our mission of providing high-quality, affordable bottled water. Join us in an entrepreneurial and dynamic environment where you can make a meaningful impact. We offer competitive compensation and benefits packages.

Responsibilities

• Collaborate with the Production Supervisor to assist with daily operations of the production floor, ensuring adherence to safety, quality, and production goals.
• Communicate with previous shifts to prepare for the current shift, addressing any challenges or opportunities on the production lines.
• Conduct walkthroughs throughout the shift to verify safety, housekeeping, and quality compliance.
• Assist the supervisor with batching minerals (if applicable) and preparing production lines for scheduled changeovers.
• Order and inspect raw materials before changeovers to ensure correct inventories for production runs.
• Perform first pass quality checks after changeovers to prevent non-conforming product.
• Return raw materials after production runs.
• Verify discrete jobs in Oracle (including quality and bill of material list), Warehouse Management System, and/or Line Management System.
• Support the Production Supervisor with hourly and/or end of shift production reports.
• Utilize Efficiency Improvement Tools to understand and comment on line downtime and communicate appropriately per the escalation plan.
• Adhere to the highest standards of company and plant safety programs, guidelines, rules, and regulations.
• Abide by Niagara’s Good Manufacturing Practices (GMP) and Food Safety Standards at all times.
• Work 12-hour shifts, day or night, on a rotating 2-2-3 schedule or as dictated by production demand.

Qualifications

• Minimum 4 years of experience in a field or similar manufacturing environment.
• Minimum 4 years of experience in the position.
• Minimum 4 years of experience managing people or projects.
• Preferred 6 years of experience in a field or similar manufacturing environment.
• Preferred 6 years of experience in the position.
• Preferred 6 years of experience managing people or projects.

Competencies

• Lead Like an Owner: Makes safety the top priority, keeps alert for safety issues, and escalates immediately. Prioritizes tasks based on department goals, respects others, confronts interpersonal issues directly, responds promptly to customer issues, and honors commitments.
• InnovACT: Makes recommendations to continuously improve policies, methods, procedures, and/or products. Demonstrates adaptability by reacting appropriately to unexpected changes, increases performance through greater efficiency, seeks technical knowledge, understands interdepartmental impact, and seeks solutions rather than placing blame.
• Find a Way: Consistently looks for ways to improve oneself through growth and development opportunities, communicates clearly and promptly up, down, and across, and communicates effectively to manage expectations.

Education

• Minimum required: High School Diploma or GED.
• PREFERRED: Associate's Degree.

Benefits

Our Total Rewards package supports both you and your family:

• Paid Time Off for holidays, sick time, and vacation time.
• Paid parental and caregiver leaves.
• Medical, including virtual care options.
• Dental.
• Vision.
• 401(k) with company match.
• Health Savings Account with company match.
• Flexible Spending Accounts.
• Expanded mental wellbeing benefits including free counseling sessions for all team members and household family members.
• Family Building Benefits including enhanced fertility benefits for IVF and fertility preservation plus adoption, surrogacy, and Doula reimbursements.
• Income protection including Life and AD&D, short and long-term disability, critical illness, and an accident plan.
• Special discount programs including pet plans, pre-paid legal services, identity theft, car rental, airport parking, etc.
• Tuition reimbursement, college savings plan, and scholarship opportunities.
• And more!

*Los Angeles County applicants only
**Qualified applicants with arrest or conviction records will be considered for employment in accordance with the Los Angeles County Fair Chance Ordinance for Employers, the California Fair Chance Act, and any other applicable local and state laws.