USD $26.85/Hr.

American Foods Group; Wright City (MO); On-site; USD 60,000 - 85,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Competitive compensation

Excellent benefits package

Job summary

American Foods Group is seeking a Lead to oversee daily operations of a production team in Missouri. You will coordinate workflow, ensure quality and efficiency, and guide team members while maintaining strict safety and operational standards.

Responsibilities include monitoring safety culture, ensuring adherence to the production schedule, and communicating effectively with the team and management. The role may include additional related duties as needed to support plant goals.

Qualifications

• Be attentive to detail and follow safety standards.
• Ability to wear PPE and stay attentive in production areas.
• Attend work consistently and maintain reliability.
• Demonstrate a strong work ethic and teamwork.

Responsibilities

• Assist in overseeing safety culture and department production.
• Ensure team follows production schedule.
• Communicate effectively with team and manager.
• Perform additional duties as needed to meet organizational needs.

Skills

Attention to detail

Safety compliance

Reliability

Strong work ethic

Job description

Job Summary

The Lead is responsible for overseeing and coordinating the daily operations of a team or department. This role involves managing workflow, ensuring quality and efficiency, providing guidance and support to team members, and maintaining adherence to safety and operational standards.

Job Summary

The Lead is responsible for overseeing and coordinating the daily operations of a team or department. This role involves managing workflow, ensuring quality and efficiency, providing guidance and support to team members, and maintaining adherence to safety and operational standards.

Key Responsibilities

• Assist in overseeing the safety culture and production of department
• Position requires team members to follow production schedule
• Effective communication with team members and manager
• NOTE this description is not intended to be all inclusive. An employee may perform other related duties to meet the ongoing needs of the organization; these duties are considered marginal.

Minimum Qualifications (Required)

• Must be 18 years of age or older.
• Must be able to work in the United States without sponsorship.
• Must be able to work in a humid, cold, wet or slippery surface at varied heights in and around moving equipment and parts with the use of personal protective equipment (P.P.E)

Preferred Qualifications

• Previous experience/knowledge of manufacturing environment
• Previous knife experience in manufacturing environment

Knowledge, Skills, and Abilities

• Be attentive to detail
• Ability to work safely, wear P.P.E, and follow instructions
• Ability to attend work consistently
• Display strong work ethic

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. While performing the duties of this job, the employee is occasionally required to stand, walk, or sit; use hands to finger, handle or feel objects, tools or controls; reach with hands and arms; talk or hear. The employee must occasionally lift and/or move objects. Specific vision abilities required by the job include close vision, distance vision, and color vision.

Equal Opportunity Employer.

All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability, veteran status, or any other legally protected status. Applicants with a disability who require a reasonable accommodation for any part of the application or hiring process can contact Human Resources at the location(s) where you are applying. We participate in the E-Verify program in certain locations as required by law.

America's Heartland Packing is set to open its doors in early 2025. The 775,000 sq. ft. greenfield project will include a harvest floor, carcass chillers, fabrication area, rendering, further processing area, storage coolers, freezers, and loading docks.

What we offer

• Competitive total compensation package for you and your family.
• Excellent benefit plan. Benefits include Health, Dental, Vision, Life Insurance, Flex Spending Accounts, Voluntary Benefits, PTO, 401k, Long & Short Term Disability, Discount Meat Purchase Program, and more!