Job Description Leadership In the Team Leader Production (TLP) role, you are responsible for managing and ensuring the safety of your production team members, between 15-50 people per shift, and for attaining production and quality goals.Problem SolvingOversee areas of improvement throughout the production process.
Team Leaders ensure schedules and goals are met through guiding production resources, materials, processes, and equipment.Process Improvement Support continuous improvement goals in safety, quality, cost, and customer service.
They are responsible for managing and owning various functions of the business and for creating an engaged and team oriented work environment in order to improve business results.Additional responsibilities may include:Monitor production to ensure that quality, productivity, and cost standards are maintainedProvide team member training to ensure that teams are performing job responsibilities effectively and safelyAssist with the supervision of sanitation operations as necessary to promote and maintain a clean and food safe environmentEnforce plant rules, regulations and proceduresEvaluate team member performance and provide guidance for performance improvementParticipate in the support of plant and company safety programs by promoting and maintaining a high-level of awareness and adherence to defined employee safety requirements: lock-out/tag-out, personal protective equipment, confined space entry, etc.Basic & Preferred QualificationsEducation:Bachelors or Associates degree, minimum 4-years of relevant industry/work experience, or supervisory/management experience is requiredHigh School diploma/GED requiredRequired:Demonstrated supervisory or leadership experienceExcellent communication, interpersonal, problem solving and organizational skillsA self-motivated individual that is able to multi-task and lead othersMust be able to regularly lift and/or move up to 25 pounds and occasionally lift and/or move up to 50 poundsPreferred:Ability to work various shifts (i.e..
Weekdays, weekends, day, swing, grave) based on the scheduling needs of the production sitePrevious experience working in a manufacturing environment is a plusWorking knowledge of plant equipment and safety is a plusPrevious experience in a food-processing is a plusThe physical and work environment characteristics described here are representative of those an employee encounters while performing the essential functions of this job.
Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.Physical Demands You may be regularly required to stand, walk, and sitYou may be regularly required to use your hands to handle, feel, reachYou may be regularly required to taste and smellYou may be regulary required to climb, balance, stoop, kneel, crouch or crawlYou must be able to regularly lift and/or move up to 25 pounds and occasionally lift and/or move up to 50 poundsSpecific vision abilities required by this job include close vision, distance vision, color vision, peripheral vision, depth perception, and ability to adjust focusReasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions??Work Environment While performing the duties of this job, team leaders are regularly exposed to moving mechanical partsTeam members in the plant are frequently exposed to extreme cold; extreme heat and vibrationTeam members are occasionally exposed to wet and/or humid conditions; high, precarious places; fumes or airborne particles; toxic or caustic chemicals and risk of electrical shockThe noise level in the work environment is usually moderate