Team Leader Production

Lamb Weston APAC; Twin Falls (ID); On-site; USD 71,000 - 107,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Health Insurance

Flexible Spending Accounts

Well-being programs

Paid Time Off

401(k) plan

Employee Stock Purchase

Health Savings Accounts

Life and Accident Insurance

Family-Friendly Employee events

Employee Assistance Program

Job summary

Lamb Weston in Twin Falls, ID seeks an Operations Team Lead to identify and manage plant process improvements, oversee production staff, and ensure schedules meet safety and quality goals.

The role focuses on removing bottlenecks, providing essential resources, and driving continuous improvement across safety, cost, and service metrics while fostering an engaged, team-oriented culture.

Qualifications

• Education: Bachelor's degree (B.A.) from a four-year college or university or three years related experience.
• Language: Ability to read and interpret safety rules and procedures; communicate effectively.
• Math: Proficient in basic math, graphs, and data interpretation.
• Computer: Knowledge of manufacturing software; MS Office.
• Physical: Regularly lift up to 25 pounds and occasionally up to 50 pounds.

Responsibilities

• Identify bottlenecks in production and resolve issues.
• Provide resources to position the team for success, including materials, equipment and human resources as needed to maintain production schedules.
• Collaborate on continuous improvement goals in safety, quality, cost, and customer service.
• Oversee various functions of the business and maintain an engaged and team-oriented workforce to improve business results.
• Promote corporate citizenship and sustainable practices and support the local community.
• Participate in training that develops new Operations Team Leads into leaders for future opportunities.
• Help lead and foster a World Class Safety/Wellness culture to recruit and retain talent.
• Help team members develop personally and maximize self-work to identify and execute process improvements.
• Empower production staff to attain production and quality goals.

Skills

Team leadership

Production planning

Continuous improvement

Problem solving

MS Office

Education

Bachelor's degree

Tools

Manufacturing software

MS Office Suite

Job description

About Lamb Weston: You’ve probably enjoyed our fries without even knowing it! As a leading manufacturer in our industry, we inspire and bring people together with foods they love and trust. Our customer base includes international food service providers, restaurants, and households in over 100 countries around the world.

Twin Falls, ID, USA (Plant)

Additional locations: None

Category: Manufacturing

Job Description Summary

This individual leads team members to identify, manage, and execute the plant’s process improvement opportunities. Manages production staff to attain production and quality goals. Identifies problems or bottlenecks in production processes and resolves issues. Ensures production resources including materials, equipment and human resources are available as needed to maintain production schedules. Supports continuous improvement goals in safety, quality, cost and customer service. Responsible for managing and owning various functions of the business and creating an engaged and team oriented workforce in order to improve business results.

Job Description

• Identify problems or bottlenecks in production processes and resolves the issues.
• Provide resources to position the team for success, including materials, equipment and human resources as needed to maintain production schedules.
• Facilitate collaboratively on continuous improvement goals in safety, quality, cost, and customer service.
• Oversee various functions of the business and maintain an engaged and team-oriented workforce to improve business results.
• Function as a good corporate citizen, a partner in improving our sustainable responsibilities, and a supporter of the local community.
• Participate in a training process that develops new Operations Team Leads into leaders capable of taking on future advancement opportunities within our growing company.
• Help lead, teach and foster our World Class Safety/Wellness Culture, which helps us recruit and retain a talented workforce.
• Help team members develop personally and maximize self-work to identify, manage, and execute the plants process improvement opportunities.
• Empower the talent of production staff to attain production and quality goals.

Supervisory Responsibilities

Supervises 20-30 employees in the areas of Production. Is responsible for the overall direction, coordination, and evaluation for this unit. Carries out supervisory responsibilities in accordance with the organization's policies, procedures and applicable laws. Responsibilities include training employees; planning, assigning, and directing work; appraising performance; rewarding and disciplining employees; addressing complaints and resolving problems.

Basic & Preferred 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 Bachelor's degree (B. A.) from four-year college or university; or three years related experience.

Language Skills 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.

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.

Computer Skills To perform this job successfully, an individual should have knowledge of manufacturing software; MS Office including Excel, Word, PowerPoint, and Outlook.

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. While performing the duties of this Job, the employee is regularly required to stand; walk; use hands to finger, handle, or feel; reach with hands and arms and talk or hear. The employee is occasionally required to sit; climb or balance and stoop, kneel, crouch, or crawl. The employee must regularly lift and/or move up to 25 pounds and occasionally lift and/or move up to 50 pounds. Specific vision abilities required by this job include close vision, distance vision, color vision, peripheral vision, depth perception and 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. While performing the duties of this Job, the employee is regularly exposed to moving mechanical parts. The employee is frequently exposed to extreme cold; extreme heat and vibration. The employee is occasionally exposed to wet and/or humid conditions; high, precarious places; fumes or airborne particles; toxic or caustic chemicals and risk of electrical shock. The noise level in the work environment is usually moderate.

MUST BE ABLE TO WORK WEEKENDS and/or SHIFT WORK INCLUDING SWING AND GRAVEYARD SHIFTS

Industry-Competitive Benefits

• Health Insurance Benefits - Medical, Dental, Vision
• Flexible Spending Accounts for Health and Dependent Care, and Health Reimbursement Accounts
• Well‑being programs including companywide events and a wellness incentive program
• Paid Time Off
• Financial Wellness – Industry leading 401(k) plan with generous company contributions, Financial Planning Services, Employee Stock purchase program, and Health Savings Accounts, Life and Accident insurance
• Family-Friendly Employee events
• Employee Assistance Program services – mental health and other concierge type services

Benefits may vary based on location, job role/level, job status, and/or the terms of any applicable collective bargaining agreements.

Anticipated Close Date

The anticipated close date is a good faith estimate for when this job will be closed. Some jobs may be unposted or filled earlier or later than the Anticipated Close Date depending on interview processes and business needs. Anticipated Close Date: 11/22/2026

Pay Transparency

In compliance with applicable state and local laws, Lamb Weston has opted to include a reasonable estimate of the compensation for this role. This compensation is specific to this position and takes into account a number of variables. Actual compensation may be higher or lower in the range posted based on various factors, including, but not limited to, job duties, experience and expertise. A candidate's work location could also impact the actual compensation being outside of the range to reflect local cost of labor. A reasonable annual estimate of the range for this role is listed below.

Pay Rate or Range: $71,410.00 - $107,110.00

Equal Opportunity Employer

Lamb Weston is an Equal Opportunity Employer and considers qualified applicants for employment without regard to race, color, creed, religion, national origin, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity and expression, age, disability, veteran status or any other protected factor under federal, state or local law.