Lead 3rd Shift

Packaging Corporation of America; Street; On-site; GBP 40,000 - 60,000; Full time

Job summary

Join a forward-thinking company as a Lead 3rd Shift where you will be instrumental in overseeing production teams, ensuring safety compliance, and fostering a culture of excellence. This role emphasizes personal growth, teamwork, and leadership development. You will lead daily operations, train team members, and ensure that production goals are met while maintaining high standards of quality and safety. If you are a proactive leader with a passion for developing others and driving results, this is the perfect opportunity for you to grow your career in a dynamic environment.

Qualifications

• Ability to lead a team and ensure safety compliance.
• Experience in training and problem-solving.

Responsibilities

• Oversee production team and ensure safety and quality standards.
• Lead daily meetings and monitor team performance.

Skills

Leadership

Safety Compliance

Communication Skills

Problem Solving

Teamwork

Education

High School Diploma

Tools

Basic Computer Skills

Job description

Lead 3rd Shift

314-ARLINGTON-H, 1001 113TH Street, 1001 113TH Street, Arlington, Texas, United States of America
Req #21805

Thursday, April 24, 2025

As a Fortune 500 company, Packaging Corporation of America (PCA) is an ideas and solutions company. Our corrugated packaging business seeks to be the leader in helping our customers - large and small - package, transport and display products of all kinds. Our white paper business delivers Paper With Purpose by providing the highest level of customer service and operational excellence. We have approximately 15,000 team members in more than 100 locations in the United States that strive to meet the local needs of our customers. Our mission is to serve the needs of our customers, today and tomorrow, with products and services that exceed expectations for performance and environmental responsibility.

People * Customers * Trust

Converting Lead Person Policy

PURPOSE

We are committed to employing the best employees and providing the training and support necessary for you to learn and grow. We encourage you to pursue new challenges throughout your career with PCA Arlington. You need to take personal responsibility and initiative for your own personal growth and development. This includes taking advantage of cross training and other personal development opportunities that will prepare you for increasing levels of job responsibility within the facility.

Assignment of a lead person will be assigned on 1^st, 2^nd and 3^rd shift to assist the supervisors. All lead person assignments are determined at the discretion of the leadership team at Arlington.

Note: The purpose of the lead person position is for future growth of plant leadership positions. If a lead person turns down future leadership role's after receiving training and development in the position, it will be the leadership team's discretion on whether the employee will remain in that position.

Lead Person Description

• Leader in training and overseeing production team members to ensure consistent safety compliance, product quality and production timelines and goals are met.


• Lead daily start-up meetings, share safety alerts and daily production information.


• Understands JSA documents for all machines and be able to train new and existing team members.


• Monitors individual team members for additional training needs, trouble shooting and problem solving.


• Ability to meet and exceed set-up and production goals, consistently challenges machine run speeds while working with crews to identify machine limitations on each order


• Ability to lead a three (3) person team at the machine center which includes hands on coaching and development of the team.


• Ability to step into the supervisor role and oversee the department when needed.


• Must be able to train to be a backup to the shift supervisor, and flexible to cover different shifts during vacations


• Must be consistent on following and enforcing the company policy


• Understands they are a working lead and may be used in different areas as needed to fill in and operate or assist on a machine

Key Characteristics

• Positive attitude, sense of urgency for meeting required task's, great communication skills, shows respect to all team member's


• Team player mindset, focused on improving the team and helping others develop


• Excellent planning, organizational and multitasking skills.

Requirements

• Leader in safety, understands importance and has the ability to become a strong safety advocate to drive a zero free safety culture.


• Must have basic computer skills and the ability to fill out production spreadsheets, answer emails, respond and address quality complaints

• Must be dependable and reliable. All candidates need to understand the importance of being here if scheduled. Attendance issues will not be tolerated in this position.


• Must be flexible and willing to rotate shifts.

All qualified applicants must apply at Careers.packagingcorp.com to be considered.

PCA is an Equal Opportunity Employer - Veterans/Disabled and other protected categories.

Other details

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  Pay Type
  Hourly
  
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  Hiring Rate
  $27.83
  

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• 314-ARLINGTON-H, 1001 113TH Street, 1001 113TH Street, Arlington, Texas, United States of America

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