Team Leader Production at Lamb Weston in Pasco, Washington

Job Description:

Title: Team Leader Production

Location: Pasco, WA



About Lamb Weston



We love making fries almost as much as you like eating them! Since the 1950's, Lamb Weston has inspired customers with food they love, trust, and share with families and friends. As a leading global manufacturer of quality frozen potato products with over 10,000+ team members around the world, it's our business to see the possibilities in potatoes and people.


We are looking for team members with an appetite for a challenge! People who are hungry to join a winning team and help us make a difference in the world. When you join Lamb Weston, you join a community with a strong support network and training programs designed to nurture, inspire, and help you grow.


We are driven by a relentless pursuit of results and by people who think creatively and embrace our values of: Integrity, Teamwork, Inclusion, Drive for Results, and Empowerment. Exactly what you'd expect from the most inventive potato company in the world!


Join Lamb Weston! We bring the world together with our fries.



Job Description Summary



The Team Leader Production supervises production, packaging, maintenance, and warehouse team members in a food processing environment: plans and assigns work; implements policies and procedures; monitors team member performance and takes corrective action; and recommends improvements in production methods, equipment, operating procedures, and working conditions.



Job Description




Includes the following:

• Ensures effective employee relations. Provides employee coaching and development. Makes employment decisions. Resolves employee issues through problem resolution.


• Manage production balancing quality, productivity, cost, safety, and morale to achieve positive results in all areas. Works to continuously improve in all areas using available tools including PIT.


• Manages departmental performance measures through Project Advantage and ConAgra Performance Systems, including visual controls and regular progress reports to manager.


• Provide coaching, training, and leadership to insure that employees are performing assigned work properly.


• Coordinate scheduling of personnel via the Human Resources Office to provide adequate staffing for production requirements.


• Control line flows and blend rates as necessary and directed.


• Monitor assigned production charts and processing equipment and authorize adjustments as needed.


• Assist with the supervision of sanitation operations as necessary.


• Enforce rules, regulations and procedures. Develop and deliver disciplinary actions when appropriate.


• Evaluate subordinate performance, communicate with employees and provide information for work performance improvement.


• Responsible for several shift reports and employee timecards.


• Perform incident investigations driving to root cause and initiate corrective actions.


• Facilitate shift safety meetings, shift safety committees, BBO, and Hazard ID processes.


• Other duties as assigned.

Other Knowledge, Skills and Abilities



The employee must also have the ability to:

• A demonstrated ability to lead people and get results through others.


• Ability to plan ahead and prepare actions plans to obtain desired results.


• Supervision including employee hiring and retention, performance review to goals and standards, and positive discipline.


• Employee training and development.


• Ability to balance and achieve positive results in the areas of safety, quality, productivity, cost, and employee relations.


• Systems and continuous improvement orientation.


• Quality orientation and attention to detail.


• Ability to analyze problems and manage to resolution.


• Inventory management.


• Strong leadership skills including excellent interpersonal and oral/written communication skills.


• Ability to manage multiple competing priorities and easily adapt to changing situations.


• Strong team player.


• Mechanical aptitude.

Work Environment



The work environment characteristics described below are representative of those an employee encounters while performing the functions of this job. The employee:

• Will regularly work near moving mechanical parts.


• Is frequently exposed to moderately cold surrounding.


• Is occasionally exposed to humid conditions as well as moderate heat and cold environments.


• May be occasionally exposed to fumes or airborne particles, batter dust, toxic or caustic chemicals and vibration.


• Will regularly work in an environment in which the noise level is usually loud.

Basic & Preferred Qualifications




Qualifications



The requirements listed below are representative of the knowledge, skills, and/or abilities required for this position. To successfully perform this job an individual must:

• Excellent PC skills, to include Windows, Word, and Excel.


• Excellent communication, interpersonal, problem solving and organizational skills.


• Ability to work a 12 hour shift from 11 to 11 with rotating days off.


• Previous experience in a food-processing environment is highly preferred.


• Ability to work weekends and/or shift work with a strong work ethic and employment history.


• Equivalent education and experience will substitute for all minimum qualifications.


• Required to attend Process Quality (PQ) training and complete PQ certification within 2 years of training.

Education

• Bachelors' degree in engineering, business administration, food science, microbiology, agriculture, or related field.


• High School Diploma or GED Equivalent


• One to two years production processing or supervisory experience.

Industry-Competitive Benefits



Coupled with our compensation and bonus incentive programs, our benefits deliver rewards that are market competitive. Some of the most attractive elements of our benefit programs include:

• 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.


Job Requisition ID: Req-255962

Time Type: Full time

Anticipated Close Date: 12/22/2024

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 based on the variables previously mentioned is: $67,480.00 - $101,200.00



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 Apply Now