Specialties Team Leader

About the Role

As a Production Team Leader, you will lead daily shift operations, support and develop hourly employees, and help drive a safe, quality-focused, zero-loss culture. This role is responsible for meeting production goals, supporting continuous improvement, and ensuring products meet Glanbia's safety, quality, and food safety standards.

Essential Functions

• Lead shift production activities to meet safety, quality, output, budget, and continuous improvement goals.
• Coach, develop, and provide performance feedback to hourly employees while supporting team accountability and engagement.
• Uphold Glanbia safety, GMP, SOP, FDA, USDA, Idaho state, HACCP, and SQF standards.
• Schedule and coordinate employees, shifts, production activities, audits, inventory checks, sampling, and daily standard work.
• Partner with maintenance, logistics, warehouse, and shipping teams to support production flow, troubleshooting, preventive maintenance, and emergency maintenance decisions.
• Report on plant performance during daily reviews and staff meetings while demonstrating professionalism in communication and behavior.
• Serve on committees as needed and perform other duties as assigned.
• Comply with applicable occupational safety, health, and food safety requirements.

Minimum Qualifications

• High school diploma or GED required; three or more years of related experience and/or training, or an equivalent combination of education and experience.
• Ability to read and interpret safety rules, operating instructions, maintenance instructions, procedure manuals, diagrams, and schedules.
• Strong communication, problem-solving, prioritization, delegation, and basic math skills.
• Intermediate computer skills, including email, databases, word processing, spreadsheets, and graphics.
• Must complete Glanbia's Team Lead certification program.

Preferred Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree

Physical Demands

Reasonable accommodation may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.

• Regularly involves standing, walking, talking, and listening; may also involve sitting, reaching, crouching, stooping, kneeling, climbing, balancing, and using hands and fingers.
• Must be able to lift and carry up to 50 pounds and perform moderate physical activity in a production/technical environment.
• Specific vision requirements include close, distance, color, peripheral, depth perception, and the ability to adjust focus.

Working Conditions

• May be exposed to loud noise, humidity, heat, fumes, chemicals, moving mechanical parts, elevated work areas, and electrical shock risks.

Location & Shifts

This opportunity is based at our Gooding, Idaho site. Shift options available: 1 day shift opening and 2 night shift openings.

Benefits

• The opportunity to develop your career on a global stage
• Continuous learning through an on-demand learning platform
• Staff discounts
• Generous family leave policy
• Health & dental plan
• Competitive salary
• 401K