Production Team Lead

Founded over 35 years ago, First Quality is a family-owned company that has grown from a small business in McElhattan, Pennsylvania into a group of companies, employing over 5,000 team members, while maintaining our family values and entrepreneurial spirit. With corporate offices in New York and Pennsylvania and 8 manufacturing campuses across the U.S. and Canada, the companies within the First Quality group produce high-quality personal care and household products for large retailers and healthcare organizations. Our personal care and household product portfolio includes baby diapers, wipes, feminine pads, paper towels, bath tissue, adult incontinence products, laundry detergents, fabric finishers, and dishwash solutions. In addition, we manufacture certain raw materials and components used in the manufacturing of these products, including flexible print and packaging solutions.

Guided by our values of humility, unity, and integrity, we leverage advanced technology and innovation to drive growth and create new opportunities. At First Quality, you’ll find a collaborative environment focused on continuous learning, professional development, and our mission to Make Things Better®.

We are seeking a Production Team Lead for our First Quality Baby Products facility located in Macon, GA.  This position will be responsible for coordinating the work efforts of the team members to achieve and exceed team performance goals. In performing these duties, the Team Lead will work as part of their regular operating team while also performing this coordinating function.

Primary responsibilities include:

• Be responsible for efficient coordination of operating teams to achieve daily shift goals
• Participate in the development of team involvement plans to achieve higher levels of operation performance
• Take corrective actions, including recommending disciplinary actions, in order to resolve individual team member performance issues
• Establish and maintain mutually supportive relationships with other Team Leads, Production Supervisors, and resource support personnel
• Maintain communication with Production Supervisors regarding any information that affects the success of the line
• Provide leadership to team members in coordination with the appropriate support functions to identify and resolve safety and quality issues, to reduce waste, and to increase equipment efficiencies
• Train and/or direct the efforts of trainers in order to ensure team members have the resources they need to effectively perform
• Participate in daily meetings as required and communicate results to team members
• Ensure accuracy of shift production reports
• Model high standards of conduct and leadership

In our work environment, you will need to be able and willing to:

• Walk and stand for a 12 hour period
• Occasionally lift/carry up to 50lb
• Keep your work area swept and cleaned
• Work a rotating shift that includes a combination of days and nights, holidays, and weekends

The ideal candidate should possess the following:

• Be 18 years of age
• Have a High School Diploma or equivalent
• Be a Production Tech II or III
• Complete the Team Lead Training Guide

What We Offer You

We believe that by continuously improving the quality of our benefits, we can help to raise the quality of life for our team members and their families. At First Quality you will receive:

• Competitive base salary and bonus opportunities
• Paid time off (three-week minimum)
• Medical, dental and vision starting day one
• 401(k) with employer match
• Paid parental leave
• Child and family care assistance (dependent care FSA with employer match up to $2500)
• Bundle of joy benefit (year's worth of free diapers to all team members with a new baby)
• Tuition assistance
• Wellness program with savings of up to $4,000 per year on insurance premiums
• ...and more!