Packaging Team Leader - 1st Shift

Grande Cheese Company; Wisconsin; Hybrid; USD 30,000 - 42,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Free onsite clinics

Free onsite fitness center

Free healthy snacks

Health reimbursement program

Job summary

Grande is seeking a Team Leader to oversee team members and maintain high standards in production. This role requires hands-on operation and troubleshooting of equipment, along with training and mentoring staff.

As a leader in the cheese industry, Grande values quality and community culture. Benefits include free onsite clinics, fitness center, health reimbursement, and healthy snacks, ensuring a supportive and engaging work environment.

Qualifications

• Minimum of four years of related work experience and/or training required.
• Technical knowledge to operate and troubleshoot equipment.

Responsibilities

• Lead team members to ensure high performance standards are met.
• Communicate production optimization opportunities.
• Maintain documentation as required by law.

Skills

Team leadership

Equipment operation

Training

Communication

Education

High School or GED

Associate's degree

Job description

Schedule: 2/2/3 rotating

Hours: 4:00am-4:00pm

Pay Range

$26.54 an hour starting rate, based on experience

$3 Night shift premium (6pm – 6am) and $2.25 Weekend shift premium (Saturday and Sunday shifts)

Job Summary

As a Team Leader, you will lead team members to ensure high standards of performance, quality, production, and safety are met in a designated area of production. Duties include but are not limited to operating and troubleshooting equipment, training, and mentoring team members, communicating production optimization opportunities, and maintaining documentation as required by law and regulatory agencies. If you aspire to lead a team in producing the highest quality of products, this is the job for you!

Why Grande?

With more than 80 years of crafting “The Finest Italian Cheeses Money Can Buy”, Grande is a leader in the industry! Whether partnering with independent pizzerias from coast-to-coast to ensure they’re delivering the very best pizza to their customers or assisting our food manufacturing partners in delivering specialty whey ingredient solutions, our commitment to quality can’t be matched. While Grande’s reputation of excellence in the market is important, we believe our commitment to our workplace and community culture is of equal merit – our Associates come first at Grande. To complement our industry-leading benefits, Grande puts an emphasis on your career growth opportunities, while always promoting a positive work/life balance and supporting the communities in which we live and work.

• Free onsite clinics
• Free onsite fitness center
• Free healthy snacks throughout facility
• Health and wellness reimbursement program

What you need to be considered for the role:

Required: High School or GED; Associate's degree preferred.

Minimum of four (4) years of related work experience and/or training required.

Physical Demands and Work Conditions:

20-50lbs lifting, Climbing, Humid, Extreme Cold and Extreme Hot Temperatures.

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