Production Lead - 1st Shift
Liberty, SC
Full Time
Mid Level
Join our team at US Waffle Company and play a critical role in keeping production running safely, efficiently, and at the highest quality standards.
1st Shift - 6:00AM until 2:30PM
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.
- 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.
- 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.
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