Packaging Lead
Ultimate Staffing
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Job summary
Ultimate Staffing is seeking a motivated 2nd Shift Packaging Lead for their client in Moncure, North Carolina. This role leads a small packaging team in a highly automated manufacturing setting, coaching colleagues, troubleshooting equipment, and driving safety and accountability.
You will transition from training on 1st shift to permanent 2nd shift (1:00 PM–9:00 PM). Compensation includes $18.00–$22.00 per hour with a weekly production bonus, plus opportunities for overtime and career growth
Qualifications
- Previous leadership, supervisory, or team lead experience.
- Manufacturing experience strongly preferred.
- Mechanical aptitude with troubleshooting ability.
- Experience with automated equipment, conveyors, robotics.
- Ability to lead by example and hold team accountable.
Responsibilities
- Lead and support a packaging team in a fast-paced manufacturing environment.
- Work as a working leader alongside team members.
- Promote and enforce a strong safety-first culture.
- Prioritize safety, quality, and production goals.
- Assign work, monitor productivity, and accountability.
- Support departmental 5S and continuous improvement initiatives.
Skills
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Job description
Ultimate Staffing is actively seeking a motivated and skilled 2nd Shift Packaging Lead to join their client's team in Moncure, North Carolina. We are partnering with a well-established U.S. manufacturer that has been producing quality building products for over six decades and serves customers across multiple states through highly automated production facilities.
This is an exciting opportunity to help build and lead a second-shift packaging team within a highly automated manufacturing facility. The ideal candidate will be a working leader who enjoys leading from the front, coaching employees, troubleshooting equipment issues, and driving a culture of accountability, safety, and teamwork.
$18.00 - $22.00 per hour Plus weekly production bonus
Monday-Friday | 1:00 PM - 9:00 PM, rarely Saturday overtime. (breaks are paid)
Opportunity to help build and shape a growing 2nd shift team, current team of 2 packagers, will increase to 4 total.
Highly automated manufacturing environment with robotics and advanced technology
Stable company with a strong history and many long-tenured employees
Direct-hire opportunity with long-term career growth potential
Potential for early Friday departures when weekly production goals are met
Team-oriented culture focused on safety and continuous improvement
Weekly production performance bonus averaging up to $100-$150!!!
March kicks of the busy season, so you'll have the perfect runway to train, settle into the role, and grow your team!
To set you up for success, you will complete training on 1st shift:
Week 1: Monday-Friday, 5:00 AM - 1:00 PM with management team.
Weeks 2-4: Continue training on 1st shift, with flexibility to start at 8:00 AM or 9:00 AM if needed
After completing training, transition to the permanent 2nd shift schedule (1:00 PM - 9:00 PM)
- Lead and support a team of packaging employees in a fast-paced manufacturing environment
- Serve as a working leader by performing production and packaging duties alongside team members
- Promote and enforce a strong safety-first culture
- Prioritize safety, quality, and production goals
- Assign work, monitor productivity, and hold team members accountable
- Support departmental 5S and continuous improvement initiatives
- Communicate effectively with plant leadership and fellow team members
- Assist with troubleshooting equipment and packaging operations
- Help develop a positive, ethical, team-focused workplace culture
- Previous leadership, supervisory, or team lead experience preferred
- Manufacturing experience strongly preferred
- Strong mechanical aptitude and troubleshooting ability highly desired
- Experience working around automated equipment, conveyors, robotics, or packaging systems is a plus
- Ability to communicate effectively and lead by example
- Honest, dependable, and safety-oriented mindset
- Strong work ethic with the ability to hold team members accountable
- Ability to stand, walk, bend, stoop, climb, and lift up to 50 lbs.
- Ability to work overtime and occasional weekends as needed
This position is based in an active manufacturing facility that operates advanced automated production equipment and robotics. The environment can be dusty and temperatures may be warm during summer months due to nearby kiln operations. Closed-toe work shoes are required. Candidates should be comfortable working in a physically active industrial setting.
We're looking for someone who is:
- A natural leader who earns respect through action
- Mechanically inclined and eager to learn
- Safety-focused and quality-driven
- Honest, ethical, and dependable
- Comfortable coaching and developing team members
- Excited about helping build a successful second-shift operation from the ground up
Skills & Experience:
- Leadership experience in manufacturing, production, packaging, or warehouse operations
- Hands-on leader who can coach employees, solve problems, and drive results
- Experience with automated equipment and troubleshooting
- Strong focus on safety, quality, and team accountability
- Ability to train, motivate, and develop team members in a fast-paced environment
- Opportunity to help build and lead a packaging team in a highly automated facility
- Join ahead of the busy season and play a key role in team growth and success
All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, national origin, age, ancestry, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, gender expression, marital status, disability, medical condition, genetic information, pregnancy, or military or veteran status. We consider all qualified applicants, including those with criminal histories, in a manner consistent with state and local laws, including the California Fair Chance Act, City of Los Angeles' Fair Chance Initiative for Hiring Ordinance, Los Angeles County Fair Chance Ordinance, and San Francisco Fair Chance Ordinance.
Ultimate Staffing is actively seeking a motivated and skilled 2nd Shift Packaging Lead to join their client's team in Moncure, North Carolina. We are partnering with a well-established U.S. manufacturer that has been producing quality building products for over six decades and serves customers across multiple states through highly automated production facilities.
This is an exciting opportunity to help build and lead a second-shift packaging team within a highly automated manufacturing facility. The ideal candidate will be a working leader who enjoys leading from the front, coaching employees, troubleshooting equipment issues, and driving a culture of accountability, safety, and teamwork.
$18.00 - $22.00 per hour Plus weekly production bonus
Monday-Friday | 1:00 PM - 9:00 PM, rarely Saturday overtime. (breaks are paid)
Opportunity to help build and shape a growing 2nd shift team, current team of 2 packagers, will increase to 4 total.
Highly automated manufacturing environment with robotics and advanced technology
Stable company with a strong history and many long-tenured employees
Direct-hire opportunity with long-term career growth potential
Potential for early Friday departures when weekly production goals are met
Team-oriented culture focused on safety and continuous improvement
Weekly production performance bonus averaging up to $100-$150!!!
March kicks of the busy season, so you'll have the perfect runway to train, settle into the role, and grow your team!
To set you up for success, you will complete training on 1st shift:
Week 1: Monday-Friday, 5:00 AM - 1:00 PM with management team.
Weeks 2-4: Continue training on 1st shift, with flexibility to start at 8:00 AM or 9:00 AM if needed
After completing training, transition to the permanent 2nd shift schedule (1:00 PM - 9:00 PM)
- Lead and support a team of packaging employees in a fast-paced manufacturing environment
- Serve as a working leader by performing production and packaging duties alongside team members
- Promote and enforce a strong safety-first culture
- Prioritize safety, quality, and production goals
- Assign work, monitor productivity, and hold team members accountable
- Support departmental 5S and continuous improvement initiatives
- Communicate effectively with plant leadership and fellow team members
- Assist with troubleshooting equipment and packaging operations
- Help develop a positive, ethical, team-focused workplace culture
- Previous leadership, supervisory, or team lead experience preferred
- Manufacturing experience strongly preferred
- Strong mechanical aptitude and troubleshooting ability highly desired
- Experience working around automated equipment, conveyors, robotics, or packaging systems is a plus
- Ability to communicate effectively and lead by example
- Honest, dependable, and safety-oriented mindset
- Strong work ethic with the ability to hold team members accountable
- Ability to stand, walk, bend, stoop, climb, and lift up to 50 lbs.
- Ability to work overtime and occasional weekends as needed
This position is based in an active manufacturing facility that operates advanced automated production equipment and robotics. The environment can be dusty and temperatures may be warm during summer months due to nearby kiln operations. Closed-toe work shoes are required. Candidates should be comfortable working in a physically active industrial setting.
We're looking for someone who is:
- A natural leader who earns respect through action
- Mechanically inclined and eager to learn
- Safety-focused and quality-driven
- Honest, ethical, and dependable
- Comfortable coaching and developing team members
- Excited about helping build a successful second-shift operation from the ground up
Skills & Experience:
- Leadership experience in manufacturing, production, packaging, or warehouse operations
- Hands-on leader who can coach employees, solve problems, and drive results
- Experience with automated equipment and troubleshooting
- Strong focus on safety, quality, and team accountability
- Ability to train, motivate, and develop team members in a fast-paced environment
- Opportunity to help build and lead a packaging team in a highly automated facility
- Join ahead of the busy season and play a key role in team growth and success
All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, national origin, age, ancestry, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, gender expression, marital status, disability, medical condition, genetic information, pregnancy, or military or veteran status. We consider all qualified applicants, including those with criminal histories, in a manner consistent with state and local laws, including the California Fair Chance Act, City of Los Angeles' Fair Chance Initiative for Hiring Ordinance, Los Angeles County Fair Chance Ordinance, and San Francisco Fair Chance Ordinance.
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