3rd Shift Packaging Line Foreperson

BG Foods; Ankeny (IA); On-site; USD 41,000 - 47,000; Full time

Job summary

BG Foods is seeking a 3rd shift Packaging Lead to coordinate work center operations and drive safe, efficient production. You will guide packaging personnel, oversee setup and changeovers, and ensure quality and sanitation standards are met.

Responsibilities include training, documenting issues, and maintaining line performance while supporting maintenance and continuous improvement efforts in a busy manufacturing plant.

Qualifications

• Must have the ability to motivate, develop, and direct people as they work.
• Mechanical aptitude, which includes an understanding of machine operations and interactions and the use of various tools and equipment, used to complete job responsibilities.
• Ability to assign, coordinate, and monitor the work tasks of others.
• Knowledge of inputs, outputs, raw materials, waste, quality control, costs, and techniques for maximizing the manufacture of products.
• Must have good listening skills and possess the ability to verbally communicate to effectively convey information and ideas.

Responsibilities

• Assign, monitor, coordinate, and direct the work of personnel assigned to their work center with guidance from operations management.
• Responsible for assigned work center performance; monitors the set-up, operation, and adjustment of work center machines and equipment.
• Monitor and maintain product quality on assigned lines and make suggestions to the supervisor on ways to resolve production problems or to maximize and improve production methods.
• Investigate, troubleshoot, and correct any issues resulting in production downtime.
• Provide direction and leadership at the filler to ensure efficient and effective changeovers.
• Communicate information between shifts, within the packaging department, and other assigned areas.

Skills

Team leadership

Mechanical aptitude

Communication

Problem-solving

Time management

Education

High school diploma or GED

Tools

Calculator

Scale

Robots

Screwdrivers

Job description

BG Foods is seeking a 3rd shift Packaging Lead to coordinate work center operations and drive safe, efficient production. You will guide packaging personnel, oversee setup and changeovers, and ensure quality and sanitation standards are met.

Responsibilities include training, documenting issues, and maintaining line performance while supporting maintenance and continuous improvement efforts in a busy manufacturing plant.