2nd-Shift Production Leader: Safety, Quality & Improvement

Post Holdings, Inc.; Troy (AL); On-site; USD 52,000 - 76,000; Full time

Job summary

Post Consumer Brands in Troy, Alabama is seeking a Production Operations Lead to guide front‑line teams on safety, quality, and daily production. You will train staff, manage work direction, and help resolve production challenges to maintain high efficiency and strong product quality.

The role emphasizes hands‑on leadership, problem solving, and implementing continuous improvement across production and packaging processes, with a focus on safety and regulatory compliance on a second shift.

Qualifications

• High school diploma or GED equivalent from an accredited institution.
• Ability to work weekends, holidays, and overtime as business needs require.
• Ability to perform regular production responsibilities while also supporting training, onboarding, work direction, and troubleshooting.
• Ability to follow and reinforce established safety, food safety, quality, sanitation, and regulatory requirements.

Responsibilities

• Guide front‑line employees to meet daily production and packaging goals for safety, quality, throughput, cost, and sanitation.
• Monitor daily throughput and quality metrics, identify performance gaps, and raise production or quality issues promptly so leaders can resolve them.
• Review work orders, staffing, and equipment needs; provide clear work direction and help operators complete accurate, timely work with minimal downtime.
• Train and onboard team members, reinforce standard work and safe behaviors, and provide hands‑on troubleshooting support during the shift.
• Support health, safety, food safety, quality, and sanitation programs by modeling expectations, reporting issues and incidents, maintaining quality parameters, and supporting the SQF System.
• Use lean manufacturing practices and technical knowledge to identify root causes, elevate complex equipment issues, and advance continuous improvement in safety, quality, productivity, and sanitation.

Skills

Leadership

Training

Problem solving

Safety

Quality

Communication

Education

HS diploma or GED

Job description

Post Consumer Brands in Troy, Alabama is seeking a Production Operations Lead to guide front‑line teams on safety, quality, and daily production. You will train staff, manage work direction, and help resolve production challenges to maintain high efficiency and strong product quality.

The role emphasizes hands‑on leadership, problem solving, and implementing continuous improvement across production and packaging processes, with a focus on safety and regulatory compliance on a second shift.