Team Leader Production

Job Summary

Leads team members to identify, manage, and execute the plant’s process improvement opportunities. Manages production staff to attain production and quality goals. Identifies problems or bottlenecks in production processes and resolves issues. Ensures production resources including materials, equipment and human resources are available as needed to maintain production schedules. Supports continuous improvement goals in safety, quality, cost and customer service. Responsible for managing and owning various functions of the business and creating an engaged and team oriented work force in order to improve business results.

ESSENTIAL DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES include the following. Other duties may be assigned.

Maintains, fosters, promotes, and enforces safe work practices at all times and participates in safety programs.  Directs employees for holding safety huddles, safety audits, and participation in safety programs. Provides supervision, training, and leadership to insure that employees are performing assigned work properly. Coordinates scheduling with the Human Resource department to provide adequate staffing for production requirements or pre-operational set up. Controls line rates, blend rates and plant raw product inventories as necessary to achieve departmental goals and expectations. Identify problems or bottlenecks in production processes and resolves the issues. Provide resources to position the team for success, including materials, equipment and human resources as needed to maintain production schedules. Facilitate collaboratively on continuous improvement goals in safety, quality, cost, and customer service. Oversee various functions of the business and maintain an engaged and team-oriented workforce to improve business results. Function as a good corporate citizen, a partner in improving our sustainable responsibilities, and a supporter of the local community. Monitors production levels and processing equipment and makes adjustments or causes adjustments to be made as necessary. Monitors production to insure that safety, quality and cost standards are maintained.  Develops short interval action plans to address variances. Evaluates subordinate performance, communicates with employees, provide information on improvement and documents. Makes constant walk-throughs of the assigned areas, communicates with assigned employees at utilizing Lamb Weston Operation Culture tools and principles including Daily Planning Meetings. Monitors condition and effectiveness of processing equipment; directs staff to conduct repairs on shift to meet plant goals as needed, collaborates with Production Superintendents / Maintenance Department about any needed equipment repair not able to complete on shift. Shuts line down as necessary, notifies mechanics or appropriate personnel of problem areas and records the associated downtime. Provides operators with change information, including conducting change huddles. Monitors packaging supplies and confirms that supplies are adequate and available for the scheduled products. Collaborates with Power Engineering staffroom to optimize operation of freeze tunnels Monitors, audits and enforces company work rules, including G.M.P.'s, and safety guidelines and personal protective equipment. Collects data during and at the end of shift to complete required paperwork, which may include shift reports and timecards. Must support and be engaged in all veLOCity and RTT activities occurring on shift, including but not limited to; Peer to Peer, Shift Direction Setting Meeting, Daily Direction Setting, Planned Stops, Base Conditioning Exercises, etc. Promote strong teamwork across all areas of the business by implementing effective employee relations, fostering engagement, acting as a servant leader and building strong relationships with Team Members.

SUPERVISORY RESPONSIBILITIES

Generally supervises 5 to 50 subordinate employees in the production department. Is responsible for the direction, coordination, and evaluation of assigned area in specific and the entire operation in general. Carries out leadership responsibilities in accordance with the organization's policies and applicable laws. Responsibilities include interviewing, and training employees; planning, assigning, and directing work; appraising performance; disciplining employees; addressing complaints and resolving problems

QUALIFICATIONS

To perform this job successfully, an individual must be able to perform each essential duty satisfactorily. The requirements listed below are representative of the knowledge, skill, and/or ability required. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.

LANGUAGE / COMMUNICATION SKILLS

Ability to read and interpret documents such as safety rules, operating and maintenance instructions, and procedure manuals.  Ability to write routine reports and correspondence.  Ability to speak effectively before groups of customers or employees of organization. Excellent PC skills to include Windows, Word and Excel. Ability to utilize personal computers and learn relevant software. 

MATHEMATICAL SKILLS

Ability to calculate figures and amounts such as discounts, interest, commissions, proportions, percentages, area, circumference, and volume.  Ability to apply concepts of basic algebra and geometry.

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. A self-motivated individual that is able to multi-task and lead others.

CERTIFICATES, LICENSES, REGISTRATIONS

Provincial Driver's License

First Aid Certified

PHYSICAL DEMANDS

The physical demands described here are representative of those that must be met by an employee to successfully perform the essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.

While performing the duties of this job, the employee is regularly required to stand and walk. The employee frequently is required to use hands to finger, handle, or feel objects, tools, or controls; reach with hands and arms; climb or balance; stoop, kneel, crouch, or crawl; talk or hear; and taste or smell. The employee is occasionally required to sit. The employee must frequently lift and/or move up to 25 pounds and occasionally lift and/or move more than 100 pounds. Specific vision abilities required by this job include close vision, distance vision, color vision, peripheral vision, depth perception, and the ability to adjust focus.

WORK ENVIRONMENT

The work environment characteristics described here are representative of those an employee encounters while performing the essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.

While performing the duties of this job, the employee regularly works near moving mechanical parts and is regularly exposed to wet and/or humid conditions. The employee is frequently exposed to extreme cold and extreme heat. The employee occasionally works in high, precarious places and in outside weather conditions and is occasionally exposed to fumes or airborne particles, toxic or caustic chemicals, risk of electrical shock, and vibration. The noise level in the work environment is usually loud.

Basic & Preferred Qualifications

EDUCATION and/or EXPERIENCE

Bachelor's degree or Diploma from College or university is strongly recommended; or one to two years related experience and/or training; or equivalent combination of education and experience.

Industry-Competitive Benefits

Coupled with our compensation and bonus incentive programs, our benefits deliver rewards that are market competitive. Some of the most attractive elements of our benefit programs include:

• Health Insurance Benefits - Medical, Dental, Vision

• Matching RRSP program

• Competitive compensation package including off-shift premiums and quarterly performance bonuses

• Opportunities for growth and advancement

• Comprehensive on-the-job training & development

• Employee Assistance Program services – mental health and other concierge-type services

Benefits may vary based on location, job role/level, job status, and/or the terms of any applicable collective bargaining agreements.