Shift Lead
About the role
CHEP helps move more goods to more people, in more places than any other organization on earth via our 347 million pallets, crates and containers. We employ approximately 13,000 people and operate in 60 countries. Through our pioneering and sustainable share-and-reuse business model, the world’s biggest brands trust us to help them transport their goods more efficiently, safely and with less environmental impact. What does that mean for you? You’ll join an international organization big enough to take you anywhere, and small enough to get you there sooner. You’ll help change how goods get to market and contribute to global sustainability. You’ll be empowered to bring your authentic self to work and be surrounded by diverse and driven professionals. And you can maximize your work-life balance and flexibility through our Hybrid Work Model.
Responsibilities
- Lead by example within the assigned functional area, offering guidance and support to peers, troubleshooting issues, and ensuring smooth production operations.
- Actively support production activities, stepping in during shifts or breaks to maintain workflow and operational continuity.
- Collaborate with plant administration to ensure adherence to established policies and procedures, promoting consistency and operational compliance.
- Assist Plant leadership in enforcing policies and procedures to maintain inventory accuracy and ensure operational efficiency.
- Act as the subject matter expert for specialized areas, such as forklift operations, pallet sorting, or repair lines, providing expertise and ensuring best practices are followed.
- Fulfill assigned production duties, ensuring quality and efficiency in line with plant performance goals.
- Assist with monitoring and maintaining production KPIs, day-to-day operations, and shipping schedules.
- Coordinate with team members to adjust workflow as needed, addressing immediate operational challenges to ensure site meets production and performance targets.
- Ensure smooth pallet flow from the customer to the trailers.
- May operate forklift and sort as needed.
- Provide hands-on peer leadership to production staff, providing direction when needed, troubleshooting, delegating, and monitoring activities.
- Support site leadership to ensure compliance to established policies and procedures.
- Participate and sometimes lead shift start-up.
- Track/enter production data and safety information as needed.
- Respond to carriers via email.
- Enforce policies and procedures to drive quality accuracy.
- Support site leadership with conducting quality audits and inspection of pallets.
- Participate in Safety audits, walks, and general observation of floor activity.
- Other duties as assigned.
Skills
- Adaptability
- Computer Literacy
- Data Literacy
- Empathy
- Experimentation
- Mathematic Literacy
- Scheduling
- Taking Ownership
- Teamwork
- Understand Customers
- Written Communication