Production Lead

***Purpose:*** The Production Lead is responsible for establishing a safe work environment and ensuring delivery of quality products as outline in the production schedule. ***Essential Job Duties:*** - Setup and startup of production lines each day - Initiates plans to motivate workers to achieve goals - Willing to jump in and help the team members that they supervise - Effectively communicate with production employees the specific tasks and goals for the day - Train and monitor production line workers and track their efficiencies - Coordinate with receiving department to ensure that raw product is available at the front of line when needed - Responsible for the daily production documentation - All other tasked assigned by management. ***Essential Physical Demands:*** Frequently stands, lifts, walks, reaches, stoops, bends over, handles product, smells, listens, speaks and sees to perform the essential job duties. Reasoning Ability: 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. ***Education and/or experience:*** High School Diploma, (GED) or 2 years’ lead experience and/or training; or equivalent combination of education and experience. Knowledge of production environment and troubleshoot problems effectively. Bilingual – Spanish preferred ***Working Conditions:*** Report to work at assigned time. Ending time will vary based upon production requirements for the day. Flexibility in work hours and days is crucial. The temperatures range from 30 to 110 degrees in rooms. There is exposure to equipment and machinery that are considered to be hazardous. Potential electrical, mechanical, chemical, and heat hazards are also present. The level of noise is high and constant. Floors are damp and slick. ***Personal Protective Equipment****:* Hard hats, ear plugs or muffs, frocks, non-porous steel toed boots, hair nets, must be worn at all times within the plant. Frocks are to remain in productions areas unless they are to be replaced when soiled. Latex gloves must be worn when handling product or contacting sanitary surfaces.