Crew Lead 2nd Shift

Fresh Express Salads; Hanover Township (IL); On-site; USD 55,000 - 70,000; Full time

Job summary

Fresh Express Salads in Hanover Township, IL is hiring a Crew Lead to oversee day-to-day operations across production lines, ensuring safety, quality, and efficiency standards are met.

You will schedule and supervise 40–50 production staff, coordinate line changeovers, monitor packaging accuracy and downtime, and support training including new-hire orientation. On-site role with a Monday–Saturday shift, 3:30 pm–1:30 am; bilingual skills are a plus.

Qualifications

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

Responsibilities

• Communicate and understand Production schedule.
• Coordinate changeovers with PMO's, Lift operators, dryer deck and case erector operators when required.
• Maintain a clean and organized working environment.
• Ensure that products are safe and meet customer specifications.
• Monitor packaging lines for correct quantities and avoid overruns.
• Complete hourly production documentation accurately.
• Follow and meet the daily production schedule, including changes.
• Assist in new hire orientation and onboarding.
• Validate carton barcode scanning.
• Respond to mechanical issues and escalate as needed.

Skills

Leadership

Staff management

Schedule coordination

Safety compliance

Teamwork

Bilingual

Job description

Shift Hours: Monday-Saturday 3:30 pm -1:30 am

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.