Plant Production Lead-Springfield

MENT: Production

POSITION: Plant Production Lead

REPORT TO: Production Supervisor

CLASSIFICATION: Hourly

WORKING HOURS: Full Time, Shift - Night, Overtime as needed

Kentucky is an employment at-will state.

POSITION SUMMARY: This role is responsible for overseeing daily plant operations and leading the employees who support them. The position ensures strong performance across production, quality, safety, communication, and overall operational efficiency.

• Responsible for all duties and responsibilities of all direct reports,
  • Train, retain, develop, and monitor all employees that work in all departments.
  • Responsible to provide training/cross training of employees
  • Complete weekly schedules understanding efficient/effective use of man-hours to control overtime.
  • Ensure products are being produced to company and customer specifications. Review data to ensure that processes are capable of meeting customer expectations.
  • Hold people accountable to doing their jobs.
• Responsible for scheduling and maintaining an accurate and efficient inventory system.
• Maintain an accurate inventory of finished goods,
• Work with other departments in ordering, receiving, and monitoring the usage of materials, ingredients, chemicals, and supplies
• Call in and follow up on the prompt issuance and completion of work orders.
• Work with maintenance on a preventative maintenance program
• Help to minimize downtime
• Troubleshoot to improve overall efficiency.
• Be on call and come into the plant as needed, which may include any time outside of the normal shift and weekends.
• Other duties as assigned.

• Emphasize, train, and comply with all Good Manufacturing Practices (GMP’s).
• Enforce and train employees on all company and department policies and procedures, including attendance, safety, and discipline.
• Promptly report occurrences observed or addressed during this shift to the proper department head and/or plant manager.
• Continually monitor progress, performance, and capabilities of staff with consistent and realistic expectations.
• Observe the moral and understand its impact on other departments.

• Work professionally and effectively cross departmentally, recognize and respect all levels of management.
• Communicate and address all employee concerns promptly, consulting with human resources when needed,
• Communicate daily with the Supervisor and employees on plant issues.
• Communicate with employees on a regular basis to explain changes/modifications and generally on how we run our business, listening to their concerns, and communicating their ideas to management.
• Uphold a high level of confidentiality.
• Possess good listening and presentation skills.
• Accept criticism professionally, consult before reacting, and move on after resolution.
• Provide timely and accurate information as requested at all levels of the organization.
• Follow up on progress of any open issues.
• Maintain…