Production Lead

Overview

Night Shift (6:00pm-6:30am), and as needed for coverage of employees and supervisors. Subject to change according to business needs.

Department: Production

Location: Main Plant, Jerome, Idaho

Reports To: Production Supervisor

Employment Status: Full time

FLSA Status: Non-exempt

Shifts: Night Shift

Number of openings: 2

We are looking for a skilled and proactive Production Lead to join our milk processing plant team. This role is critical in managing day-to-day production operations, ensuring that production targets are met while maintaining quality standards and adhering to safety protocols. The Production Lead will report directly to the Production Supervisor and play a key role in optimizing workflow and leading the production team.

This individual will assist in the daily needs of the Production Department:

• Direct and oversee sanitation activities to guarantee that equipment cleanliness and periodic cleaning criteria are consistently met.
• Ensure adherence to both internal and regulatory requirements, maintaining our high standards.
• Utilize statistical process control tools to monitor, assess, and fine tune operating parameters effectively.
• Complete designated Corrective Actions in a timely and resource efficient manner.
• Provide motivational leadership and clear direction to your team.
• Implement approved corrections to System SOPs, SSOPs, and the Sanitation Program.
• Deliver accurate inventory and constructive feedback to the Logistics function.
• Monitor and uphold safety SOPs, ensuring a secure working environment in accordance with OSHA regulations.
• Foster positive employee relations through coaching and development initiatives.
• Cultivate team-oriented and efficient staff, enhancing collaboration and engagement.
• Create a dynamic environment that encourages employee involvement and innovative ideas for process improvements.
• Utilize shift pass down meetings and plant meetings to communicate progress, share objectives, and invite suggestions from team members.
• Ensure employees receive adequate training, materials, and resources to enhance their understanding of their roles and responsibilities.
• Undertake additional tasks and responsibilities as delegated.

Education:

• Required:
  
  High School Education or Equivalent
• Preferred:
  Bachelor’s degree in Dairy science, Engineering, Business Management, or related field

Experience:

• Minimum 3 years of experience in the dairy food industry within a production setting.
• Minimum 2 years of experience managing personnel in a highly diverse and dynamic work environment

Knowledge, Skills and Abilities:

• Proficiency in a variety of computer software applications, particularly Excel, Microsoft Word, Outlook, and PowerPoint.
• Good written and verbal communication skills.
• Effective prioritizing, organizing, and time management skills.
• Demonstrated ability to lead people and get results through others.
• Demonstrated ability to be flexible, execute plans, strategies and achieve desired results.
• Demonstrated ability to work collaboratively to achieve defined goals on time.
• Demonstrated ability to balance and achieve positive results in the areas of safety, quality, productivity, cost, and employee relations.
• Experience solving problems, analyzing information, highlighting relevant information and suggesting appropriate actions.
• Adapts to changes in the work environment, manages competing demands and is able to deal with frequent changes, delays or unexpected events.
• Identifies and resolves problems in a timely manner and gathers and analyzes information skillfully
• Ability to anticipate and solve problems, act decisively and persist in the face of obstacles.
• Improves working conditions (safety, quality, productivity, cost) and increases subordinates' skills and capabilities.

• Excessive ascending and/or descending of ladders and stairs using feet and legs and/or hands and arms on a regular basis. Body agility is emphasized.
• Walking:
  Moving about on foot to accomplish tasks, particularly for short distances on a regular basis.
• Repetitive motions:
  Substantial movements (motions) of the wrists, hands, and/or fingers.
• Standing:
  Particularly for sustained periods of time on concrete.
• Stooping:
  Bending body downward and forward by bending spine at the waist on a regular basis.
• Reaching:
  Extending hands and arms in any direction.
• Pushing:
  Using upper extremities to press against something with steady force in order to thrust forward, downward or outward.
• Pulling:
  Using upper extremities to exert force in order to draw, drag, haul or tug objects in a sustained motion.
• Kneeling:
  Bending legs at knee to come to a rest on knee or knees occasionally.
• Crouching:
  Bending the body downward and forward by bending leg and spine.
• Lifting:
  Able to lift up to 50lbs on a occasional basis and up to 100lbs rarely.
• Talking:
  Expressing or exchanging ideas by means of the spoken word. Includes activities in which they must…