2nd Shift Production Lead — Lean & Safety Focus

Dover Corporation; Virginia; On-site; USD 73,000 - 93,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Medical, Dental, and Vision

401k Retirement Plan

Flexible Spending

Paid Holidays

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Job summary

Dover Food Retail is hiring a Supervisor Production for the 2nd shift in South Chesterfield, VA. You will lead team leaders and hourly staff, ensure safety, and drive daily standard work with a focus on continuous improvement.

The role requires strong leadership, 5S/Lean experience, and proficiency in MS Office. Expect collaboration with supply chain, quality, and other departments to meet targets and maintain quality.

Qualifications

• High school diploma or GED.
• Minimum 3 years' experience in a leadership position (team lead, team captain, supervisor, shift lead, etc.).
• Minimum 5 years' experience working in a manufacturing environment.

Responsibilities

• Provide leadership to team leaders and front-line hourly production team members; ensure a safe work environment, define expectations, provide resources, coach/teach/train associates, ensure accountability, and provide feedback.
• Develop, implement, and audit daily standard work.
• Drive a culture of continuous improvement; conduct root cause analysis and develop/implement corrective action plans.
• Maintain production schedule, meeting both quality and productivity requirements.
• Maintain good inventory control procedures for all raw material that may be required in assignment department(s).
• Partner with supply chain, quality, shipping, and other departments to ensure the team meets production targets safely, on time, and to established quality standards.
• Ensure timely response to operational issues impacting customer expectations and project cycle time performance.
• Be knowledgeable of company policies and engage appropriate resources (HR, Safety, etc.) when required to handle issues that arise.
• Support, communicate, implement, sustain, and consistently enforce all company policies/procedures.
• Build and sustain good morale and attitudes among all reporting associates.
• Initiate requisitions for open positions.
• Interview and determine best candidate for position.
• Document associate skills and knowledge to create a skills matrix of employee training needs and accomplishments.
• Ability to capture/analyze data regarding productivity -Understand through observations the causes for high and low productivity.
• Understand production requirements and direct resources appropriately to procure shipment items.
• Communicate decisions with data and documentation.
• Maintain accurate timekeeping in ADP for all assigned direct reports.
• Enforce safety rules, practices and procedures to assure safety of associates, buildings, grounds and machinery.

Skills

Leadership

Team leadership

Continuous improvement

Data analysis

Communication

Tools

MS Office

Job description

Dover Food Retail is hiring a Supervisor Production for the 2nd shift in South Chesterfield, VA. You will lead team leaders and hourly staff, ensure safety, and drive daily standard work with a focus on continuous improvement.

The role requires strong leadership, 5S/Lean experience, and proficiency in MS Office. Expect collaboration with supply chain, quality, and other departments to meet targets and maintain quality.