Job Ref: # 5760600
Date Posted: 8/18/2025
Salary (USD): $90,000 - $125,000
Description
The Production Shift Leader is accountable to lead the operation and personnel within a rotating shift environment. The Production Shift Leader is expected to understand what is necessary for the customer to grow and be successful. The Production Shift Leader also manages and oversees all shift operations in a manner that enhances the plant’s safety, engagement, cost, productivity, efficiency, quality, and
customer service.
Key responsibilities include:
Live the Safety stand, adhere to the safety responsibilities (20%)
- Coordinate all required safety training.
- Lead execution of monthly team safety requirements
- Educate team members on safe operations.
- Effectively communicate company's stand on safety throughout the Operations Department
- Perform reporting and investigation of all safety incidents, driving to root cause and permanent resolution
- Achieve customer satisfaction and quality commitments (25%)
- Understand and communicate customer expectations throughout the Operations Department, and ensure all products meet customer standards and requirements.
- Ensure timely and accurate production to schedules in order to meet or exceed delivery to promise.
- Ensure operational procedures are followed to product specifications, and quality metrics meet customers’ needs.
- Perform root cause analysis with the involvement of operators on all quality issues and resolve.
- Train operators on problem solving skills, and coach through resolution.
Execute Plant’s TPM Plan (15%)
- Understand the methods of Total Productive Maintenance (TPM) and drive performance within these fundamentals
- Lead AM teams through AM Steps 0-7
- Participate and lead FI Projects using FI Problem solving skills/techniques
- Identify opportunities for improvement and execute actions to deliver improved processes and results.
- Communicate expectations around TPM with all team members
- Lead and develop talent (20%)
- Monitor and enforce all plant and corporate policies and procedures.
- Provide candid feedback on expectations and performance to all members of team on regular basis.
- Actively lead and build effective work teams to increase plant performance and drive continuous improvement initiatives.
- Maintain documentation, track, counsel, and execute coaching and corrective action when performance issues occur.
- Review, track and modify individual training plans based on individual needs.
Achieve Plant cost targets (20%)
- Leverage standard work to minimize variation and waste.
- Develop and implement productivity projects / programs to enhance processes.
- Drive waste out of operation.
- Utilize proper resourcing to meet cost targets.
- Gather input from and engage all team members in productivity initiatives.
Preferred and Required Skills:
- Minimum 3 years leadership/supervisory experience required.
- Experience making high-impact decisions in fast-paced environment required.
- Bachelor’s Degree preferred but not required
- Experience in manufacturing, industrial, or related environment preferred.
- Six Sigma or Continuous Improvement exposures preferred.
Additional Position Details:
- Shift:Rotating Shift (If you’re looking for time off to spend with your family want time to hunt, travel, or enjoy other hobbies this schedule would be great for you with the three days off every other weekend and a total of 182 days off each year!)
- The schedule is 2 days on, 2 days off, 3 days on, 2 days off, 2 days on, 3 days off
- Employees rotate from day shift to night shift every two weeks (7am-7pm) and (7pm-7am)
- With this schedule, employees are able to get a 3-day weekend (Saturday, Sunday, Monday) every other weekend
- Supervisor Responsibilities: 25-30 hourly Production Associates
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