Shift Lead - Weekend Day
Utz Brands, Inc.Shift Lead – Plant 5 Hanover, PA
About the Role
Join Utz Quality Foods as a Shift Lead at our new Plant 5 facility in Hanover, PA. This role supports Repack, VAS, and Sorting operations on the C Shift, working Friday through Sunday from 6:00 AM to 6:00 PM.
As a Shift Lead, you'll guide team members to meet production, safety, and food quality goals while fostering communication and teamwork across shifts. You'll help drive continuous improvement and ensure every process meets Utz's high standards of excellence.
Responsibilities
- Lead daily operations in Repack, VAS, and Sorting areas, ensuring production goals, quality, and food safety standards are met.
- Perform quality checks and work closely with the Plant 3 QA team to maintain product integrity and compliance.
- Assist Supervisor with scheduling, training, and evaluating team members to maintain productivity and performance standards.
- Maintain clear communication with supervisors regarding downtime, production issues, and product overflow.
- Monitor workstations and team activities for efficiency, product accuracy, quality, and compliance with GMPs and food safety protocols.
- Utilize ERP systems (D365) and other tools to manage inventory, track materials, enter data, and support reporting needs.
- Oversee shift operations including unloading and staging raw materials, loading outbound trailers, and coordinating dock activities.
- Support warehouse processes including returns, sorting, and distribution of materials.
- Lead and organize projects as assigned, including continuous improvement initiatives and special assignments.
- Maintain a clean, safe, and organized work environment, enforcing safety rules and reporting unsafe conditions immediately.
- Separate and escalate questionable product for supervisor review.
- Support food safety and quality tasks in compliance with company policies and SQF standards.
- Oversee unloading and staging of raw material trailers, loading outbound trailers, and completing required documentation.
- Provide leadership and guidance in the absence of the supervisor, supporting warehouse operations and auditing processes.
- Other duties as assigned.
Requirements
- 2–4 years of experience in production, Repack, VAS, or Sorting operations.
- Recent forklift experience and ability to obtain certification on day one.
- Familiarity with ERP systems (D365 preferred).
- Working knowledge of food safety standards, GMPs, and quality control.
- Strong leadership and communication skills.
- Ability to train, coach, and mentor production and warehouse personnel.
- Problem-solving skills with attention to detail.
- Ability to work under pressure in a fast-paced production environment.
- Valid driver's license required.
- Ability to lift, carry, push, or pull up to 50 pounds regularly.
- Fluent in Spanish desired but not required.
Recruitment Process
- Easy Application (5 mins): Introduce yourself and answer a few key questions to get started.
- Engaging Chat Interview (20-25 mins): Share your experiences in an online chat, highlighting how your values align with ours.
- Live Interview: Selected candidates will meet with the hiring manager to explore their alignment with the team and overall Utz company culture.
About Utz Quality Foods
Continuously Pursuing Excellence! Here at Utz, we have a passion for exciting and delighting consumers with delicious snack foods made from high quality ingredients. After over a century with a strong family heritage, our diverse portfolio of brands includes Utz, Zapp's, Boulder Canyon, and On the Border. Our associates are the reason for the success of this company, so it is important we provide a supportive, caring and inclusive environment that offers opportunities for career growth and advancement. We also help take care of our associates by providing benefits, resources, and programs that ensure they live their healthiest lives. Our full-time benefit package includes medical, dental, and vision plans, an employer match 401k, profit sharing plan, employee stock purchase plan and much more. Join our world class team and help us become the fastest growing pure-play U.S. snacking company of scale!
Equal Opportunity
Equal Opportunity Employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, or protected veteran status and will not be discriminated against on the basis of disability.
About Utz Brands, Inc.
Utz Brands, Inc. is an American snack food company that manufactures, markets, and distributes savory snacks, including potato chips, kettle chips, pretzels, cheese snacks, tortilla chips, pork skins, popcorn, and pub/party mixes. Its products are sold under a family of brands including Utz, Zapp's, Boulder Canyon, On The Border, and Golden Flake, and are distributed nationally through grocery, mass, club, convenience, and other channels.
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