Packaging Lead

Position Overview

Ultimate Staffing is actively seeking a motivated and skilled 2nd Shift Packaging Lead to join their client's team in Moncure, North Carolina. We are partnering with a well-established U.S. manufacturer that has been producing quality building products for over six decades and serves customers across multiple states through highly automated production facilities.

This is an exciting opportunity to help build and lead a second-shift packaging team within a highly automated manufacturing facility. The ideal candidate will be a working leader who enjoys leading from the front, coaching employees, troubleshooting equipment issues, and driving a culture of accountability, safety, and teamwork.

Lead Packaging Technician - 2nd Shift

Pay : $18.00 - $22.00 per hour Plus weekly production bonus

Schedule : Monday-Friday | 1:00 PM - 9:00 PM, rarely Saturday overtime. (breaks are paid)

Why Join?

• Opportunity to help build and shape a growing 2nd shift team, current team of 2 packagers, will increase to 4 total.

• Highly automated manufacturing environment with robotics and advanced technology

• Stable company with a strong history and many long-tenured employees

• Direct-hire opportunity with long-term career growth potential

• Potential for early Friday departures when weekly production goals are met

• Team-oriented culture focused on safety and continuous improvement

• Weekly production performance bonus averaging up to $100-$150!!!

• March kicks of the busy season, so you'll have the perfect runway to train, settle into the role, and grow your team!

Training Schedule

To set you up for success, you will complete training on 1st shift:

• Week 1: Monday-Friday, 5:00 AM - 1:00 PM with management team.

• Weeks 2-4: Continue training on 1st shift, with flexibility to start at 8:00 AM or 9:00 AM if needed

• After completing training, transition to the permanent 2nd shift schedule (1:00 PM - 9:00 PM)

Key Responsibilities

• Lead and support a team of packaging employees in a fast-paced manufacturing environment

• Serve as a working leader by performing production and packaging duties alongside team members

• Promote and enforce a strong safety-first culture

• Prioritize safety, quality, and production goals

• Assign work, monitor productivity, and hold team members accountable

• Support departmental 5S and continuous improvement initiatives

• Communicate effectively with plant leadership and fellow team members

• Assist with troubleshooting equipment and packaging operations

• Help develop a positive, ethical, team-focused workplace culture

Qualifications

• Previous leadership, supervisory, or team lead experience preferred

• Manufacturing experience strongly preferred

• Strong mechanical aptitude and troubleshooting ability highly desired

• Experience working around automated equipment, conveyors, robotics, or packaging systems is a plus

• Ability to communicate effectively and lead by example

• Honest, dependable, and safety-oriented mindset

• Strong work ethic with the ability to hold team members accountable

• Ability to stand, walk, bend, stoop, climb, and lift up to 50 lbs.

• Ability to work overtime and occasional weekends as needed

Work Environment

This position is based in an active manufacturing facility that operates advanced automated production equipment and robotics. The environment can be dusty and temperatures may be warm during summer months due to nearby kiln operations. Closed-toe work shoes are required. Candidates should be comfortable working in a physically active industrial setting.

The Ideal Candidate

We're looking for someone who is:

• A natural leader who earns respect through action

• Mechanically inclined and eager to learn

• Safety-focused and quality-driven

• Honest, ethical, and dependable

• Comfortable coaching and developing team members

• Excited about helping build a successful second-shift operation from the ground up

All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, national origin, age, ancestry, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, gender expression, marital status, disability, medical condition, genetic information, pregnancy, or military or veteran status. We consider all qualified applicants, including those with criminal histories, in a manner consistent with state and local laws, including the California Fair Chance Act, City of Los Angeles' Fair Chance Initiative for Hiring Ordinance, Los Angeles County Fair Chance Ordinance, and San Francisco Fair Chance Ordinance.