Shift Floor Leader: Operations & Safety Champion

CHEP; Pendergrass (GA); On-site; USD 42,000 - 54,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Hybrid Work Model

Job summary

CHEP is seeking a dedicated production professional in Georgia to support daily manufacturing operations, pallet flow, and forklift activity as needed. You will work with teams to maintain quality, safety, and on-time shipping, while aligning with site KPIs and policies.

Ideal candidates bring adaptability, teamwork, and strong communication. The role emphasizes hands-on leadership, data entry, and operational excellence in a non-remote, on-site environment.

Qualifications

• Adaptability to changing production needs and schedules.
• Strong computer literacy and data interpretation skills.
• Excellent written and verbal communication for team coordination.
• Empathy and teamwork to support a safe, productive workplace.
• Willingness to experiment with process improvements and learn.
• Numerical fluency for data tracking and KPIs.
• Ability to plan and manage shifts, tasks, and priorities.
• Ownership mindset to complete quality work and meet targets.
• Strong customer-focused mindset to understand internal client needs.
• Clear, professional communication with colleagues and leadership.

Responsibilities

• Lead by example within the assigned functional area, offering guidance and support to peers, troubleshooting issues, and ensuring smooth production operations.
• Actively support production activities, stepping in during shifts or breaks to maintain workflow and operational continuity.
• Collaborate with plant administration to ensure adherence to established policies and procedures, promoting consistency and operational compliance.
• Assist Plant leadership in enforcing policies and procedures to maintain inventory accuracy and ensure operational efficiency.
• Act as the subject matter expert for specialized areas, such as forklift operations, pallet sorting, or repair lines, providing expertise and ensuring best practices are followed.
• Fulfill assigned production duties, ensuring quality and efficiency in line with plant performance goals.
• Assists with monitoring and maintaining production KPIs, day-to-day operations, and shipping schedules.
• Coordinate with team members to adjust workflow as needed, addressing immediate operational challenges to ensure site meets production and performance targets.
• Ensures smooth pallet flow from the customer to the trailers.
• May operate forklift and sort as needed.
• Provide hands-on peer leadership to production staff, providing direction when needed, troubleshooting, delegating, and monitoring activities.
• Support site leadership to ensure compliance to established policies and procedures.
• Participate and sometimes lead shift start-up.
• Tracks/enters production data and safety information as needed.
• Responds to carriers via email.
• Enforces policies and procedures to drive quality accuracy.
• Support site leadership with conducting quality audits and inspection of pallets.
• Participate in Safety audits, walks, and general observation of floor activity.
• Other duties as assigned.

Skills

Adaptability

Computer Literacy

Data Literacy

Empathy

Experimentation

Mathematical Literacy

Scheduling

Taking Ownership

Teamwork

Understand Customers

Written Communication

Job description

CHEP is seeking a dedicated production professional in Georgia to support daily manufacturing operations, pallet flow, and forklift activity as needed. You will work with teams to maintain quality, safety, and on-time shipping, while aligning with site KPIs and policies.

Ideal candidates bring adaptability, teamwork, and strong communication. The role emphasizes hands-on leadership, data entry, and operational excellence in a non-remote, on-site environment.