Team Lead - 2nd Shift

Minerals Technologies Inc.; Dyersburg, Northern (TN, KY); Hybrid; USD 55,000 - 75,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Health/Dental/Vision plans

401k company match

Life Insurance

Short Term Disability

Long-Term Disability

Educational Assistance

Employee Assistance Plan

Job summary

Minerals Technologies Inc. in the United States seeks a Team Lead for the 2nd shift in Dyersburg, Tennessee. Lead the packaging team, unload raw materials, and ensure production targets are met while maintaining safety.

You will plan supplies, adjust equipment as needed, and drive Lean/OE initiatives to improve processes. The role requires forklift experience, leadership, and the ability to lift 50 lbs. This full-time position offers competitive pay and strong benefits.

Qualifications

• Education: High School Diploma/GED.
• Forklift experience required.
• Knowledge of lean principles.
• Experience leading a team.
• Ability to lift at least 50 lbs.
• Proficient with Outlook and Excel.

Responsibilities

• Unloads raw materials from railcars.
• Leads, trains, and mentors the packaging team, assuring production goals are met.
• Planning and staging all required supplies and raw materials on time as to not slow production according to the daily production schedule.
• Able to make minor adjustments and setups to equipment.
• Must maintain a safe industrial work environment, able to enforce and adhere to all applicable safety policies.
• Held accountable for the well-being of team members and the care of equipment.
• Implementation of all associated Operational Excellence goals with the packaging area.
• Ensure highest level of safety, product quality, productivity.
• Ensures housekeeping is maintained to the acceptable standards.
• Other duties as assigned.

Skills

Lean principles

Team leadership

Forklift experience

Ability to lift 50 lbs

Self-motivated

Climb ladders

Continuous education

Outlook

Excel

Education

High School Diploma/GED

Tools

Outlook

Excel

Job description

Overview

Minerals Technologies Inc.is a global, technology-driven specialty minerals company that develops, produces, and markets a wide range of minerals and mineral-based products and services.

Our products are an essential part of everyday life for millions of people around the world. They are used in consumer goods in paper and packaging, food and pharmaceuticals, household and personal care, pet care, automotives, and many more, as well as in industrial settings like steelmaking, metalcasting, construction, infrastructure, and wastewater remediation.

We are listed on the New York Stock Exchange under the ticker symbol MTX, headquartered in New York City, and have over 150 locations worldwide, with ~4,000 employees in 34 countries and 12 R&D centers.

We put people at the center of everything we do -- working safely, communicating openly, and managing our resources and businesses responsibly.

Company: Sivo, a Minerals Technologies company, is a global leader in private label and branded cat litter products. Our core technologies and deep application expertise, combined with global mineral reserves and integrated supply chain, allow us to deliver high-quality cat litter products worldwide at exceptional value.

Position:Team Lead - 2ns Shift

Location:USA | Dyersburg, Tennessee

What We Offer:

• Competitive pay, commensurate with experience
• Health/Dental/Vision plans
• 401k company match
• Life Insurance
• Short Term Disability & Long-Term Disability
• Educational Assistance
• Employee Assistance Plan

Responsibilities

Primary Duties & Responsibilities-

• Unloads raw materials from railcars
• Leads, trains, and mentors the packaging team, assuring production goals are met
• Planning and staging all required supplies and raw materials on time as to not slow production according to the daily production schedule
• Able to make minor adjustments and setups to equipment
• Must maintain a safe industrial work environment, able to enforce and adhere to all applicable safety policies
• Held accountable for the well-being of team members and the care of equipment
• Implementation of all associated Operational Excellence goals with the packaging area
• Ensure highest level of safety, product quality, productivity
• Ensures housekeeping is maintained to the acceptable standards
• Other duties as assigned

OE/Lean

• Operational level understanding of the OE principles and tools
• Open to change and helps to encourage and advance continuous improvement
• Generates ideas to improve processes and safety

Qualifications

The requirements listed in the sections that follow are representative of the knowledge, skills and/or abilities required to perform the duties of this job. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable qualified individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions (primary duties) of the job.

Education: High School Diploma/GED

Knowledge, Skills & Abilities:

• Forklift experience
• Knowledge of lean principles
• Previous experience leading a team
• Ability to perform normal work activities, sight, hearing and walking
• Ability to work with minimal guidanceAbility to climb ladders and stairs
• Ability to lift at least 50 lbs.
• Mechanically inclined
• Self-Motivated
• Some computer skills such as Outlook and Microsoft Excel
• Continuous education as deemed necessary by the company

Working Conditions: Varies dependent upon season, dusty environment

Work Hours:

Must have ability to work the shift/number of hours in which duties need to be accomplished, including overtime, holidays, and weekends, as necessary. Second (2nd) shift - 3 p.m. - 11:30 p.m.

EOE | mineralstech.com