What are the responsibilities and job description for the Team Lead - 2nd shift Batch position at AkzoNobel?
Date: Mar 25, 2026
Location: Waukegan, IL, US, 60085-5652
Company: AkzoNobel
About AkzoNobel
Since 1792, we’ve been supplying the innovative paints and coatings that help to color people’s lives and protect what matters most. Our world class portfolio of brands – including Dulux, International, Sikkens and Interpon – is trusted by customers around the globe. We’re active in more than 150 countries and use our expertise to sustain and enhance the fabric of everyday life. Because we believe every surface is an opportunity. It’s what you’d expect from a pioneering and long-established paints company that’s dedicated to providing sustainable solutions and preserving the best of what we have today – while creating an even better tomorrow. Let’s paint the future together.
For more information please visit www.akzonobel.com
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Job Purpose
Guide the daily manufacturing activities in a manner that maximizes total departmental performance. Manage the key aspects of safety, quality, process efficiency and cost control that occur on production shifts.
Location: Waukegan, IL - 2nd Shift Batch (hours: 02:00 pm to 10:30 pm)
Key Responsibilities
- Monitor and analyze all stages of manufacturing process to prevent or correct errors by engaging and coaching with personnel. 35%
- Assign daily tasks and shift activities to the manufacturing staff 20%
- Ensures that all good work practices and procedures are followed 15%
- Participate and contribute in Health & Safety, Security and Environmental activities (SAFE meetings, BBS observer, HS&E training, Near Miss & AIRI reporting, Housekeeping, 5S, Recycling, Waste Management, etc.) 15%
- Provides daily production updates and review of shift performance 10%
Job Responsibilities
List the minimum required qualifications for the job in the following order: education, experience, knowledge, skills, and abilities. Qualifications must be directly linked to the level of responsibilities. List the preferred qualifications in a separate paragraph. Note that the preferred qualifications bring performance to a competent level.
- High school diploma or equivalent
- Minimum 2 years experience in manufacturing
- Good written and verbal communication skills
- Customer service skills
- Strong mathematical skills
- Basic computer skills
Employee is expected perform these company success factors:
- Focusing on our Customer’s Future First - - Delight Your Customer
- Embracing Entrepreneurial Thinking - - Deliver Results
- Developing Talents - - Develop Yourself
- Courage and Curiosity to Question - - Dare To Improve
- Integrity & Responsibility in our Actions - - Demonstrate Integrity
Working conditions will consist of a paint factory environment that has the potential of exposure to hazardous chemicals, fumes or airborne particles, heat and noise (ranges 75db to 85db). The job entails intimate interaction with high speed, moving, heated and cooled equipment. Several pinch-points exist. There is a high volume of start and stop forklift traffic. It is an indoor job in a semi-air-conditioned building, largely protected from outside weather conditions.
Physical requirements are standing for periods of time, sitting, working on a computer, walking, writing, kneeling, crouching and climbing stairs. The employee must have good hearing and good vision, including peripheral vision and depth perception, to determine proper fit and operation of parts and equipment and product cleanliness to eliminate sources of product contamination in the clean up process. The employee must also be able to perform the following tasks:
- Ability to work at ease from elevated platforms and access stairways.
- Occasionally lifting or moving objects up to 50 Lbs or up to 100 Lbs with assistance.
- The employee will regularly have to work around moving forklifts, coating factory equipment such as mixing equipment, pumps, filling equipment, etc.
- Appropriate Personal Protective Equipment (PPE), such as Lab coat, gloves, safety glasses, safety shoes, will be provided to the employee and will be mandatory to wear in accordance with the department PPE hazard assessment. The employee will be responsible for ensuring the PPE is in operating condition.
- Ability to recognize indicated temperature and pressure to maintain safe operations and protect personnel, equipment and products from harm.
- Ability to work safely and at ease while wearing appropriate personal protective equipment including: respiratory protection, gloves, safety shoes, hearing protection, aprons, face shields and etc...
Compensation & Benefits
Compensation for this role $33.00/hour with a $1.00 shift differential for hours worked on 2nd shift.
401K retirement savings with 6% company match
Medical insurance with HSA
Dental, Vision, Life, AD&D benefits
Generous vacation, sick and holiday pay
Short & Long term disability
Paid Parental leave after 1 year
Career growth opportunities
Active Diversity & Inclusion Networks
Employee referral bonus
Employee appreciation days
Competencies
At AkzoNobel we are highly committed to ensuring an inclusive and respectful workplace where all employees can be their best self. We strive to embrace diversity in a context of tolerance. Our talent acquisition process plays an integral part in this journey, as setting the foundations for a diverse environment. For this reason we train and educate on the implications of our Unconscious Bias in order for our TA and hiring managers to be mindful of them and take corrective actions when applicable. In our organization, all qualified applicants receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, age or disability.
Requisition ID: 52741
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Salary : $33