SHIFT LEADER II - 1st Shift

Mohawk Industries, Inc.; Dalton (GA); On-site; USD 42,000 - 52,000; Full time

Job summary

Mohawk Industries, Inc. Dalton, GA plant is seeking a production team member with a strong safety and quality focus. The role provides guidance to junior colleagues, monitors performance, and helps plan training to achieve production goals.

The incumbent will verify correct materials, operate equipment, report metrics, and support the Plant Emergency Response Team through evenings and weekends. Flexibility and teamwork are essential.

Qualifications

• High School Diploma or GED equivalency required.
• One year of related experience and/or training.
• Must be an effective team member with the ability to lead others toward common goals.
• Good oral and written communication skills to effectively interact with all employees within the immediate unit and in related support roles.
• Ability to read and interpret documents such as safety rules, operating or maintenance instructions, and procedure manuals.

Responsibilities

• Provides work guidance to junior team members and helps plan training to meet production goals while emphasizing safety.
• Verifies correct raw material usage and operates equipment, reporting quality, output, and inventory measures.
• Reinforces safe operation of forklifts and ensures reports by forklift drivers are proper.
• Monitors machines for potential operational problems and seeks management assistance when needed.
• Acts as evening and weekend facilitator for Plant Emergency Response Team and may perform security duties.

Skills

Team leadership

Communication skills

Reading & interpreting documents

Math skills

Education

High School Diploma or GED

1 year related experience

Job description

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Location: Dalton, Georgia, United States, 30720

Are you looking for more?

At Mohawk Industries, we’re committed to more – more customer solutions, more process improvements, more sustainable manufacturing and more opportunities for our team.

As a Fortune 500, global flooring leader with some of the best-known brands in the industry, Mohawk is a great place to start or develop your career with an emphasis on more of what’s important to you. Whether you want to lead more, innovate more, learn more or create more, you can find your more with Mohawk.

Responsibilities:

Provides work guidance to junior team members. Monitors the performance efficiency of personnel within the assigned area and works with management to formulate plans for team training and development needs. Provides assistance and leads junior team members in achieving production goals while placing and strong emphasis on safety procedures and organizational policies.

Verifies that the correct raw material is used to produce each product. Operates the equipment and reports quality, output, and inventory measures to the Supervisor. Reinforces safe operation of forklifts and verifies forklift drivers complete proper reports.

Monitors the machines for potential operational problems, gaining assistance from management as needed to resolve related problems.

Serves as evening and weekend facilitator for Plant Emergency Response Team. May perform general security duties during evening and weekends.

Attend any job related training deemed necessary by supervision

Follow all established standard operating procedures

Perform general housekeeping duties as necessary

Perform other tasks assigned by management

Qualifications:

High School Diploma or GED equivalency required.

One year of related experience and/or training.

Must be an effective team member with the ability to lead others toward common goals.

Good oral and written communication skills to effectively interact with all employees within the immediate unit and in related support roles. Ability to read and interpret documents such as safety rules, operating or maintenance instructions, and procedure manuals.

Ability to add, subtract, multiply, and divide in all units of measure using whole numbers, decimals, and fractions.

Mohawk Industries is a leading global flooring manufacturer that creates products to enhance residential and commercial spaces around the world. Mohawk’s vertically integrated manufacturing and distribution processes provide competitive advantages in the production of carpet, rugs, ceramic tile, laminate, wood, stone and vinyl flooring. Our industry-leading innovation has yielded products and technologies that differentiate our brands in the marketplace and satisfy all remodeling and new construction requirements. Our brands are among the most recognized in the industry and include American Olean, Daltile, Durkan, IVC, Karastan, Marazzi, Mohawk, Mohawk Home, Pergo, and Quick-Step. During the past decade, Mohawk has transformed its business from an American carpet manufacturer into the world’s largest flooring company with operations in Australia, Brazil, Canada, Europe, India, Malaysia, Mexico, New Zealand, Russia and the United States.

Mohawk Industries, Inc. is an Equal Opportunity Employer including disability/veteran committed to an inclusive workplace and a proud Drugs Don’t Work participant.