Production Lead - 1st Shift

  • Cerelia Bakery Canada LP
  • Liberty, South Carolina
  • Full Time
Join our team at US Waffle Company and play a critical role in keeping production running safely, efficiently, and at the highest quality standards.

1st Shift - 6:00AM until 2:30PM

8 hours shifts and some OT and weekends

Essential Duties and Responsibilities:
  • Facilitate team meetings for respective line.
  • Demonstrates basic set up and operational knowledge of all line related equipment
  • Ensure that team members understand their duties or delegated tasks.
  • Demonstrate Safety leadership - Enforce safe work practices by requiring proper PPE usage and correcting unsafe conditions.
  • Update communication boards for daily hot handoffs.
  • Manage department staffing plan to ensure optimal productivity and control unnecessary over time.
  • Direct hourly production staff by training, coordinating, and verifying daily activities within assigned areas.
  • Documents any team member issues, altercations, and accidents and reports them to the Shift Manager along with Human Resources immediately.
  • Must maintain 85% floor presence and 15% admin presence.
  • Perform related duties as assigned by supervisor.
Education and/or Work Experience Requirements:
  • Must be willing to work weekends when needed.
  • Computer skills ability to learn specific software programs (Plex) to access paperwork, program equipment for running specific products, produce labels, etc.
  • Moderate mechanical aptitude is needed.
Physical and Safety Requirements:
  • Must be able to lift and carry up to 70 lbs.
  • Complies with Good Manufacturing Practices (GMPs) and all other food safety requirements.
  • Complies with Personal Protective Equipment (PPEs) requirements.
  • Constant walking and standing.
  • Frequent bending, stooping, squatting, pushing, lifting and climbing.
  • Position will require working in very hot and cold conditions.
  • Other conditions include flour dust, wet floors, occasional smoke and fumes if product burns.

Job ID: 518667566
Originally Posted on: 4/24/2026

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