Refrigeration Team Lead - 1st Shift

Job Overview

Responsible for coordinating daily production activities within the refrigeration room, ensuring efficient workflow and adherence to temperature-sensitive handling requirements. Serves as a subject matter resource with advanced knowledge of refrigeration processes, food safety standards, and equipment operation, acting as a key point of contact to communicate priorities and resolve issues.

Essential Duties And Responsibilities

• Cook up daily production activities and monitor workflows; track production progress and report status updates to management
• Provide team members with work guidance and support for assigned tasks and procedures
• Perform hands-on manufacturing tasks to support daily production operations and goals
• Communicate with cross-functional departments, such as purchasing and engineering
• Operate a forklift to move products in/out of assigned work area as needed
• Maintain a clean and organized workspace/shop
• Perform other tasks to support manufacturing and operations as needed

Minimum Education And Experience

• Education: High school diploma or equivalent
• Additional training in machining, metalworking, or related fields is a plus
• Experience: 3 - 5 years related experience and/or training

Other Skills And Abilities

• Intermediate computer skills; ability to use Microsoft Office and Outlook
• Knowledge of inventory management and order entry systems, such as SyteLine and Factory Track
• Advanced knowledge of shop machinery and proper manufacturing techniques
• Advanced knowledge of proper quality control procedures
• Ability to operate a forklift
• Mechanically inclined; ability to work with basic hand and power tools
• Able to read a tape measure accurately to 1/16th of an inch
• Able to add and subtract fractions
• Communicates well with others; asks for and offers help when needed
• Detail oriented; meets quality standards and demonstrates accuracy and thoroughness
• Organized; completes work in a timely manner; able to prioritize and meet deadlines
• Problem-solver; gathers and analyzes information skillfully and generates suggestions for improving work
• Capable of working independently and as a member of a team; contributes to building a positive team spirit
• Observes and follows safety procedures

Work Environment And Physical Demand

• Manufacturing Environment – may cause exposure to heat, noise, vibration, odors, dust or moving mechanical parts
• Medium to Heavy Work – requires the ability to exert up to 100 lbs. with team or mechanical assistance, requires the ability to individually exert up to 75 lbs. of force occasionally, and/or exert up to 35 lbs. of force frequently, and/or exert up to 15 lbs. of force constantly to lift, move, push, or pull objects and materials
• Frequently required to use hands to finger, handle, or feel materials and equipment
• Frequently required to stand and reach with hands and arms
• Regularly required to walk
• Sometimes required to see close and at distance
• Sometimes required to talk and hear