Team Leader Production

Lamb Weston; Taber; On-site; CAD 70,000 - 90,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Health Insurance Benefits - Medical, D

RRSP matching

Competitive compensation with bonuses

Growth opportunities

Comprehensive on-the-job training

Employee Assistance Program

Job summary

Lamb Weston in Taber, AB is seeking a Team Leader Production to guide a 20-30 person production team and drive continuous improvement. You will manage resources and schedules, mentor staff, and champion safety, quality, and cost goals across the plant.

You will lead processes, develop leaders, and collaborate across functions to deliver strong production results and a positive, engaged workforce in a fast-paced environment.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree or 3 years related experience.
• Ability to read and interpret 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.

Responsibilities

• Lead team members to identify, manage, and execute plant process improvement opportunities.
• Manage production staff to attain production and quality goals.
• Identify bottlenecks in production processes and resolve issues.
• Ensure resources (materials, equipment, people) are available to maintain schedules.
• Support safety, quality, cost and customer service goals.
• Oversee functions of the business and foster a team-oriented workforce.
• Train staff and develop leaders for future advancement.
• Promote World Class Safety/Wellness culture and employee development.

Skills

Team leadership

Production supervision

Training employees

Problem solving

Communication

Education

Bachelor's degree (B.A.) from four-year college or university

Tools

MS Office (Excel, Word, PowerPoint, Outlook)

Manufacturing software

Job description

About Lamb Weston

You’ve probably enjoyed our fries without even knowing it! As a leading manufacturer in our industry, we inspire and bring people together with foods they love and trust. Our customer base includes international food service providers, restaurants, and households in over 100 countries around the world.

Title: Team Leader Production

Location: Taber, AB

Job Requisition ID: Req-271849

Time Type: Full time

About Lamb Weston

You’ve probably enjoyed our fries without even knowing it! As a leading manufacturer in our industry, we inspire and bring people together with foods they love and trust. Our customer base includes international food service providers, restaurants, and households in over 100 countries around the world. A highly innovative global corporation with a start-up mindset, we empower every individual to make a genuine difference. You’ll gain access to hands‑on training to fuel your growth and success, explore opportunities for new solutions, and you’ll join a winning team of 10,000+ people all dedicated to raising the bar – together. If you have a strong drive for results, a desire to help us bring the world together through our fries, and are ready for a fresh challenge, we want to hear from you.

Job Description Summary

Job Description Summary

This individual leads team members to identify, manage, and execute the plants 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.

Job Description

• 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.
• Participate in a training process that develops new Operations Team Leads into leaders capable of taking on future advancement opportunities within our growing company.
• Help lead, teach and foster our World Class Safety/Wellness Culture, which helps us recruit and retain a talented workforce.
• Help team members develop personally and maximize self-work to identify, manage, and execute the plants process improvement opportunities.
• Empower the talent of production staff to attain production and quality goals.

Supervisory Responsibilities

Supervises 20-30 employees in the areas of Production. Is responsible for the overall direction, coordination, and evaluation for this unit. Carries out supervisory responsibilities in accordance with the organization's policies, procedures and applicable laws. Responsibilities include training employees; planning, assigning, and directing work; appraising performance; rewarding and disciplining employees; addressing complaints and resolving problems.

Basic & Preferred 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.

Education and/or Experience

Bachelor's degree (B. A.) from four-year college or university; or three years related experience.

Language 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.

Mathematical Skills

Ability to add, subtract, multiply, and divide in all units of measure, using whole numbers, common fractions, and decimals. Ability to compute rate, ratio, and percent and to draw and interpret bar graphs.

Reasoning Ability

Ability to apply common sense understanding to carry out instructions furnished in written, oral, or diagram form. Ability to deal with problems involving several concrete variables in standardized situations.

Computer Skills

To perform this job successfully, an individual should have knowledge of manufacturing software; MS Office including Excel, Word, PowerPoint, and Outlook.

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; walk; use hands to finger, handle, or feel; reach with hands and arms and talk or hear. The employee is occasionally required to sit; climb or balance and stoop, kneel, crouch, or crawl. The employee must regularly lift and /or move up to 25 pounds and occasionally lift and/or move up to 50 pounds. Specific vision abilities required by this job include close vision, distance vision, color vision, peripheral vision, depth perception and 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 is regularly exposed to moving mechanical parts. The employee is frequently exposed to extreme cold; extreme heat and vibration. The employee is occasionally exposed to wet and/or humid conditions; high, precarious places; fumes or airborne particles; toxic or caustic chemicals and risk of electrical shock. The noise level in the work environment is usually moderate.

MUST BE ABLE TO WORK WEEKENDS and/or SHIFT WORK INCLUDING SWING AND GRAVEYARD SHIFTS

Industry-Competitive Benefits

• 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.

Anticipated Close Date

The anticipated close date is a good faith estimate for when this job will be closed. Some jobs may be unposted or filled earlier or later than the Anticipated Close Date depending on interview processes and business needs.

Anticipated Close Date: 11/27/2026

Equal Opportunity Employer

Lamb Weston is an Equal Opportunity Employer and considers qualified applicants for employment without regard to race, color, creed, religion, national origin, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity and expression, age, disability, veteran status or any other protected factor under federal, state or local law