Section Lead Shift

Overview

You will directly manage a section of 6 employees or more, and will provide leadership responsibilities in accordance with the organization's policies and applicable laws. Your responsibilities will include training employees; planning, assigning, and directing work; appraising performance; rewarding and disciplining employees; addressing complaints and resolving problems.

Berry Global, headquartered in Evansville, Indiana, is committed to its mission of ‘Always Advancing to Protect What’s Important.’ With $13 billion in revenue for fiscal year 2019 on a combined pro forma basis from operations, Berry is a leading global supplier of a broad range of innovative nonwoven, flexible, and rigid products used every day within consumer and industrial end markets.

Berry operates over 290 manufacturing facilities worldwide, on six continents, and employs over 48,000 individuals.

At Berry, we pursue excellence in all that we do and are always advancing to improve the way we work along with the products and services we provide. Our culture fosters trust and partnerships through appreciation, acknowledgement, and inclusion. At Berry, we are continuously improving to support our mission and exemplify our values of partnerships, excellence, growth, and safety. To learn more about Berry, visit

• Follow and support all Company safety, GMP and HACCP policies
• Maintain a safe work environment by following safety policies and conducting daily section inspections
• Perform required quality checks and understand quality standards
• Adjust equipment to maintain good yields
• Adjust equipment to maximize production
• Make minor repairs on equipment and aid in troubleshooting with maintenance technicians.
• Make timely changeovers to reduce scrap
• Make adjustments on separator, input speed and alignment
• Make minor repairs to the separator, change wires and dancer bar.
• Adjust timing, air pressure and dwell time on 403-Folders
• Set up and rebuild printers
• Maintain good housekeeping
• Change screens and clean dies on extruders
• Make adjustments to length, width and weight of bag product.
• Know pallet stacking formations for all orders
• Shut down a line following procedure
• Assist in packing as needed.
• Assume other duties deemed necessary

• Ability to use hand tools and measuring instruments
• Knowledge in operating an extruder and air rings
• Ability to string up lines
• Ability to read and understand work orders
• Knowledge in navigating different computer programs
• Ability to operate a fork lift
• Ability to train new employees
• Ability to communicate with employees who may not speak English
• Language skills:
  Ability to read and comprehend simple instructions, simple checklists, short correspondence, and memos. Ability to effectively communicate and present information in one‑on‑one and in small group situations.
• Mathematical skills:
  Ability to add, subtract, multiply, and divide in all units of measure, using whole numbers, common fractions, and decimals. Ability to compute rate, ration and percent.
• Reasoning skills:
  Ability to solve practical problems and deal with a variety of concrete variables in situations where only limited standardization exists. Ability to interpret a variety of instructions furnished in written, oral diagram, or schedule form.