Group Leader - Kankakee, IL

With over $2B in revenue, 80 manufacturing facilities across 6 continents and over 9,000 employees worldwide, Signode is a leading manufacturer of a broad spectrum of transit packaging consumables, tools, software, and equipment that optimize end-of-line packaging operations and protect products in transit. Signode brings this extensive product portfolio together under hundreds of trusted brands to offer complete transit packaging solutions to its customers.

We produce strap, stretch and protective packaging. We also manufacture packaging tools and equipment used to apply the bulk packaging materials. These commercial packaging products are used to pack, bundle, unitize, protect, and secure goods during warehousing and transit. Our company is a pioneer in the industrial packaging sector with a long history of customer-focused innovations in materials, processes and automation technology that have revolutionized the sector.

Headquartered in Tampa, Florida, we are proud to be the Transit Packaging Division of Crown Holdings, Inc. We are excited to go to market as Signode and to share the portfolio of products, services and capabilities that make us the world’s premier end-of-line packaging company.

Benefits:

Signode offers a comprehensive benefits package to full-time employees, which includes health, dental, vision, 401k, paid time off, life insurance, wellness perks, and more. Benefits begin the month following the hire date.

Salary:

$25.60 - $29.00/hourly

Summary:

The Group Lead is responsible for overseeing their team’s production and efficiency. They are responsible for providing guidance to their team on all areas of the production process. They must be aware of all safety hazards, policies, guidelines, and procedures associated with the various production lines. The Group Leader will work overtime on a regular basis. The Group Lead reports to the Production Supervisor.

Essential Functions:

• Understanding all machine set ups and operations.
• Ability to operate all equipment including driving a forklift.
• Reading and understanding Material Safety Data Sheets (MSDS).
• Train production team members on production process and running machines.
• Ability to provide information effectively to team members in order to produce quality product.
• Understands this is a working leadership position that requires working in any area needed to give team members breaks and fill in for absences.
• Report any production safety, quality, quantity issues to Supervisor immediately.
• Completes all necessary paperwork for production output, shipping, quality, scrap and potential team issues on a daily basis.
• Other duties as assigned.

Education:

High school diploma or equivalent.

Experience:

• Production or manufacturing experience in a leadership role is preferred.
• Forklift operation

Functional Success Drivers: These competencies are what we require for an individual to be successful in this role.

• Safety & Security
• Results Oriented
• Integrity
• Approachability
• Communication
• Time Management
• Team Player
• Listening

Reasonable Accommodation Statement

To perform this job successfully, the individual must be able to perform each essential duty satisfactorily. Reasonable Accommodations may be made to enable qualified individuals with disabilities.

The Company has reviewed this job description to ensure that essential functions and basic duties have been included. It is intended to provide guidelines for job expectations and the employee's ability to perform the position described. It is not intended to be construed as an exhaustive list of all functions, responsibilities, skills and abilities. Additional functions and requirements may be assigned by supervisors as deemed appropriate. This document does not represent a contract of employment, and the Company reserves the right to change this job description and/or assign tasks for the employee to perform, as the Company may deem appropriate.

Signode Industrial Group, LLC is an Equal Opportunity / Affirmative Action employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, national origin, disability or protected veteran status.