Production Lead - 2nd Shift

Production Shift Supervisor

Join our team at US Waffle Company and play a critical role in keeping production running safely, efficiently, and at the highest quality standards.

2nd Shift - 2:00PM until 10:30PM

8 hours shifts and some OT and weekends

Essential Duties and Responsibilities:

• Facilitate team meetings for respective line.
• Demonstrates basic set up and operational knowledge of all line related equipment
• Ensure that team members understand their duties or delegated tasks.
• Demonstrate Safety leadership - Enforce safe work practices by requiring proper PPE usage and correcting unsafe conditions.
• Update communication boards for daily "hot" handoffs.
• Manage department staffing plan to ensure optimal productivity and control unnecessary over time.
• Direct hourly production staff by training, coordinating, and verifying daily activities within assigned areas.
• Documents any team member issues, altercations, and accidents and reports them to the Shift Manager along with Human Resources immediately.
• Must maintain 85% floor presence and 15% admin presence.
• Perform related duties as assigned by supervisor.

Education and/or Work Experience Requirements:

• Must be willing to work weekends when needed.
• Computer skills – ability to learn specific software programs (Plex) to access paperwork, program equipment for running specific products, produce labels, etc.
• Moderate mechanical aptitude is needed.

Physical and Safety Requirements:

• Must be able to lift and carry up to 70 lbs.
• Complies with Good Manufacturing Practices (GMP's) and all other food safety requirements.
• Complies with Personal Protective Equipment (PPE's) requirements.
• Constant walking and standing.
• Frequent bending, stooping, squatting, pushing, lifting and climbing.
• Position will require working in very hot and cold conditions.
• Other conditions include flour dust, wet floors, occasional smoke and fumes if product burns.