PRODUCTION LEAD - NIGHT SHIFT - LINE 2 at Dean Foods in Schulenburg, Texas

Job Description:

Job Title



PRODUCTION LEAD - NIGHT SHIFT - LINE 2Location



Schulenburg, TexasDescription




General Purpose:



Assists Shift Supervisor in managing a production shift.



Job Duties and Responsibilities:

• Ensures operators perform their daily assigned jobs by providing them with the tools needed to succeed (i.e. verbal direction, manufacturing instructions, batch sheets, job aids, schedules, etc.)


• Ensures operators are properly aligned with the day’s production needs and requirements.


• Promotes safety, efficiency and goal attainment.


• Assists Shift Supervisor to monitor line efficiency throughout shift and reports on successes or opportunities through daily shift reports.


• Meets customer expectations on quality and delivery of goods.


• Follows all DFA GMPs and work in a manner consistent with all corporate, regulatory quality, and sanitation requirements.


• Follows all safety regulations.


• Handles cleaning chemicals in a safe manner utilizing safety equipment such as gloves, eyewear, etc.


• Serves as backup for relief operators when required.


• Performs required plant inspections and oversees Master Sanitation.


• Promotes teamwork and assists in problem solving.


• Trains new Operators as required.


• Communicates with the QA department and the Shift Supervisors on a regular basis to ensure that products needed for customers are being produced and meet DFA standards.


• Covers shift during Shift Supervisor’s absence.


• Other duties and tasks may be included when necessary.


• Ability to function in a team based structure and positively contributes to those efforts

• High School Diploma, GED or Equivalent Experience

• 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.


• Ability to apply common sense understanding to carry out instructions furnished in written, oral, or diagram form.


• Must be proficient and knowledgeable in a minimum of twelve (12) jobs in the process, pack-off, retort area and with all Process Control Points.


• Understanding of AIB, FDA, GMP, HACCP, Thermal Processing and Sanitation/CIP


• Excellent oral & written communication


• Demonstrate leadership skills


• Adaptability to quick schedule changes


• Possess basic computer skills.


• Must be able to attain a Forklift Operator License within 30 days of hiring.


• Must be able to obtain Better Processing School Certificate