Crew Lead 1st Shift

Fresh Express Salads; Streamwood (IL); On-site; USD 50,000 - 65,000; Full time

Job summary

Fresh Express Salads in Streamwood, IL, seeks a Crew Lead to oversee day-to-day operations on all production lines from 5am to 4pm, Monday through Saturday. You will ensure safety, quality, and efficiency standards while guiding a team of 40–50 employees.

Responsibilities include coordinating schedules and changeovers, maintaining clean work areas, documenting hourly data, and training new hires. Bilingual skills are a plus; steel-toed shoes required.

Qualifications

• Minimum 2 years of experience in a leadership role.
• Experience leading 40–50 production employees.
• Experience in food manufacturing is a plus.
• Steel-toed shoes required.
• Available to work Monday–Saturday.
• Bilingual English/Spanish or English/Polish is a plus.

Responsibilities

• Communicate and understand Production schedule.
• Ensure production lines are staffed properly.
• Ensure lines are setup with correct product, label and packaging information.
• Coordinate changeovers with PMO's, Lift operators, dryer deck and case erector operators.
• Maintain a clean and organized working environment.
• Ensure products are safe and meet customer specifications.
• Monitor packaging lines to ensure correct quantities without overruns.
• Communicate mechanical issues to appropriate personnel.
• Complete hourly documentation as required.
• Follow daily production schedule, including changes.
• Meet machine efficiency and downtime targets.
• Assist in new hire orientation and training.
• Validate carton barcode scanning.
• Ensure accuracy of PMO paperwork.
• Perform other duties as assigned.

Skills

Leadership

Team management

Scheduling

Quality assurance

Safety compliance

Bilingual EN/ES

Job description

Shift Hours: Monday-Saturday 5am-4:00pm

The Crew Lead or production lead is responsible for the day-to-day operations for all lines in their area while meeting and exceeding all safety, quality, and efficiency standards.

Duties and Responsibilities:

• Communicate and understand Production schedule.
• Communicate all scheduling concerns to Production Supervisor
• Ensure that all production lines are staffed properly.
• Ensure that all lines are setup properly with correct product, COOL labeling and correct packaging information as required.
• Coordinate changeovers with PMO's, Lift operators, dryer deck and case erector operators when required.
• Maintain a clean and organized working environment.
• Ensure that the products are safe and meet the customer specifications.
• Communicate quality issues of raw product to the appropriate personnel.
• Responsible for monitoring packaging lines in order to ensure correct quantities are produced without overruns.
• Communicate mechanical issues to the appropriate personnel.
• Responsible for the proper and accurate completion of hourly documentation.
• Follow and complete the daily production schedule, including changes that may occur during the course of the shift.
• Responsible for meeting machine efficiency and effectiveness which is measured in downtime percentage, bags per minute and process failures.
• Meet daily production standards.
• Assist in performing new hire orientation training and ensure that they are able to demonstrate competencies in all work areas.
• Responsible for the validation of all carton barcode scanning.
• Ensure the accuracy of all PMO paperwork.
• Perform other duties as assigned.

Physical Demand:

Employee is required to stand for prolonged periods of time (duration of the shift, 8 hours or more); perform repetitive motions throughout shift such as: push/pull/lift and move up to 40 pounds, bend continuously, & reach with hands and arms; occasionally crouch, kneel, stoop and/or crawl to pick up product. This position requires ability to climb stairs or step up onto a platform several times throughout the shift and keep up in a fast-passed environment.

Work Environment:

This is a fast-passed manufacturing warehouse setting. Employee is routinely exposed to wet/cold conditions of roughly 34 degrees Fahrenheit. The noise level in the work environment is usually moderate to occasionally loud, which requires hearing protection.

Qualifications:

• Minimum 2 years of experience in a leadership role
• Experience in leading a group of 40-50 production employees
• Experience working in food industry or manufacturing is a plus but not necessary.
• Work in a respectful manner and be a team player
• Steel toed shoes
• Available to work a Monday - Saturday schedule
• Bilingual English/Spanish or English/Polish is a plus

Other Information:

The statements herein are intended to describe the general nature and level of work being performed by employees, and are not to be construed, as an exhaustive list of responsibilities, duties and skills required of personnel so classified. Furthermore, they do not establish a contract for employment and are subject to change at the discretion of the employer.