Production Team Lead

Harsco Environmental; Calvert (AL); On-site; USD 65,000 - 90,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Health insurance

Life insurance

Disability plans

401k with company matching

Job summary

Harsco Environmental is seeking a Supervisory position at our steel mill facilities. You will oversee hourly production workers, coordinate plant operations, and drive safety and efficiency across shifts.

Responsibilities include scheduling, training, data documentation, and communication with site leadership. Applicants should have 3–5 years of supervisory experience and strong Excel and data skills. Competitive benefits offered and a route to growth within the company.

Qualifications

• Supervises & coordinates hourly production workers within a steel mill setting.
• Must be able to read, interpret safety rules and operating instructions.
• Proficient with Microsoft Excel for data capture and simple equations.
• Experience with heavy equipment operation oversight is preferred.

Responsibilities

• Coordinate plant operations to ensure function within policies and procedures.
• Implement and coordinate safety objectives for a safe work environment.
• Communicate job tasks and equipment to workforce; ensure safe and efficient performance.
• Oversee training and operation of equipment such as bulldozers, cranes, and graders.
• Schedule employees and equipment to meet customer and production needs.
• Lead daily safety talks at shift start.
• Maintain shift records and documentation for payroll and maintenance.
• Recommend improvements to production methods, equipment performance, and product quality.
• Communicate issues with Site Manager and support teams.
• Be a team player, available to stay until the job is completed.

Skills

Supervisory experience

Excel proficiency

Team communication

Safety compliance

Analytical thinking

Reading & writing technical docs

Problem solving

Computer skills

Tools

Microsoft Excel

Microsoft Outlook

Microsoft Word

PowerPoint

Job description

HarscoEnvironmental is the premier provider of material processing and environmental services to the global steel and metals industries. Our onsite mill services and resource recovery services offer sustainable solutions that maximize environmental benefit and return valuable raw material into production. We also have developed a range of by-products for specialized applications across industry, construction and agriculture, which utilize Harsco’s expertise in mineral materials.

Job Description

SUMMARY

Supervises and coordinates activities of workers engaged in hourly production jobs at Steel Mill locations serviced by Harsco Environmental to ensure all obligations for the customer are met in a timely and satisfactory manner.

ESSENTIAL DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIESinclude the following. Other duties may be assigned.

• Coordinate plant operations to ensure proper function within company policies and procedures.
• Implement and coordinate safety objectives resulting in a clean, safe work environment.
• Communicates to workforce the job to be done, identifying materials and equipment to be used. Ensures the employee has a full understanding of expectations and of how to perform the job safely and efficiently.
• Oversees the employee training and operation of equipment such as bulldozers, cranes, graders, etc.
• Responsible for proper scheduling of employees and equipment to meet all needs of the customer and productions demands.
• Conducts daily safety talks with employees at the commencement of the shift.
• Ensures all shift records and documentation are completed accurately and in a timely manner to facilitate data collection required for payroll, maintenance, etc.
• Recommends measures to improve production methods, equipment performance, and quality of product.
• Communicates with Site Manager, Operations Director or various functional support teams regard any and all problems within their particular areas
• Must be a team player with the ability to come in when required, and stay until the job is completed.

Qualifications

To perform this job successfully, an individual must be able to perform each essential duty satisfactorily. The requirements listed below are representative of the knowledge, skill, and/or ability required. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.

EDUCATION and/or EXPERIENCE

• Supervises & coordinates activities of hourly production workers within the steel mill industry operating heavy equipment.
• Ensure obligations for the customer are met in a timely, safe, professional manner.
• Coordinate plant operations, implement safety objectives for a safe work environment.
• Communicate to work force jobs or task to be done.
• Ensure documentation is accurately complete, conduct daily safety talks, communicate with site manager.
• Computer skills a must.

LANGUAGE

Ability to read and interpret documents such as safety rules, operating and maintenance instructions, and procedure manuals. Ability to write routine reports and correspondence. Ability to speak effectively before groups of customers or employees of organization.

PREFERRED SKILLS:

• Three to five years of supervisory experience

COMPUTER SKILLS (Required):

Microsoft Excel – Must beproficient, capable of capturing and organizing dates as well as creating simple equations with the ability of formatting tables.

Microsoft Outlook, Word andPowerPoint- Must also becompetentand capableof communicating information in a presentable format to a customer or senior manager.

MATHEMATICAL SKILLS:

Ability to add, subtract, multiply, and divide in all units of measure, using whole numbers, common fractions, and decimals. Ability to compute rate, ratio, and percent and to draw and interpret bar graphs.

REASONING ABILITY:

Ability to apply common sense understanding to carry out instructions furnished in written, oral, or diagram form. Ability to deal with problems involving several concrete variables in standardized situations.

PHYSICAL DEMANDS:

The physical demands described here are representative of those that must be met by an employee to successfully perform the essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.

• Ability to sit, stand, walk, reach, use arms and hands, kneel, climb or balance 60-100% of on-the-job time.
• Ability to talk or hear 100% of on-the-job time.
• Ability to lift up to twenty five pounds 30% of on-the-job time.
• Vision requirements: close vision, distance vision, color vision, peripheral vision, depth perception, and the ability to adjust focus.

WORK ENVIRONMENT:The work environment characteristics described here are representative of those an employee encounters while performing the essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.

Work atmosphere may include the following conditions: working near moving mechanical parts, in fumes or airborne toxins, in outdoor weather conditions, in the risk of radiation, and vibration.

Moderate to Loud noise.

Additional Information

We offer competitive benefits, includinghealth insurance, life insurance and disability plans, as well as a 401k with company matching.

Harsco is an Equal Opportunity Employer. All information will be kept confidential according to EEO guidelines.