Highlights
This role assigns workstations, coordinates breaks, trains and coaches employees, monitors production processes, and serves as a key liaison between production employees and management. Job Duties: Assign and rotate employees across production workstations to maintain efficient workflow.
Numbers & Facts
| Location | Manteno, IL |
| Industry | Staffing/Employment Agencies |
| Salary | $24–$28 Per Hour |
| Company Size | 500 to 999 employees |
| Year Founded | 1969 |
| Website | http://www.sterling-engineering.com |
Description
Job Title: Floor Lead | Bakery
Location: Manteno, IL
Hire Type: Direct Hire
Pay Rate: $24.00 – $28.00/hour
Work Schedule: 1st & 2nd Shifts Available
Hire Type: Direct Hire
Pay Rate: $24.00 – $28.00/hour
Work Schedule: 1st & 2nd Shifts Available
Benefits: PTO, paid holidays, BCBS medical plans, dental/vision plans, 401(k), & ESOP
Job Summary:
We are seeking a Bakery Floor Lead to support daily production operations, lead team members, and ensure safety, quality, and productivity standards are consistently met. This role assigns workstations, coordinates breaks, trains and coaches employees, monitors production processes, and serves as a key liaison between production employees and management.
Must-Have Skills:
- 2–3 years of production experience in food manufacturing or a similar environment.
- Strong understanding of mechanical equipment and troubleshooting.
- Ability to lead, train, and effectively communicate with production teams.
- Strong understanding of GMPs, food safety, and workplace safety requirements.
- Good mathematical skills and ability to accurately read and follow instructions.
- Bilingual skills are a plus.
Job Duties:
- Assign and rotate employees across production workstations to maintain efficient workflow.
- Monitor production areas, equipment, and lines to identify bottlenecks and address operator-level issues.
- Ensure employees follow OSHA, GMP, food safety, quality, and company safety requirements.
- Conduct safety checks, identify hazards, and assist with Job Hazard Analysis (JHA) documentation.
- Partner with QA to ensure products meet food safety and quality standards.
- Maintain accurate production records, including output, downtime, material usage, and centerline documentation.
- Coordinate employee breaks and adjust assignments based on production needs.
- Train new employees and provide ongoing coaching to improve performance.
- Verify production lines have the correct materials and are following accurate recipes.
- Coordinate with warehouse personnel to ensure inventory accuracy.
- Track production data and communicate KPIs to the team.
- Communicate machinery issues, material shortages, safety concerns, and employee issues to supervisors and management.
- Support continuous improvement initiatives focused on productivity, safety, and quality.
Qualifications:
- High school diploma or equivalent; technical certification in mechanical equipment is a plus.
- 2–3 years of production experience in food manufacturing or a similar environment.
- Experience troubleshooting mechanical equipment and performing routine maintenance.
- Previous leadership, training, or team lead experience preferred.
- Completion of GMP and company food safety training.
- Ability to work in a fast-paced manufacturing environment.
- Ability to lift up to 50 lbs. and stand/walk for extended periods.
- Comfortable working around loud machinery, equipment alarms, and variable temperatures.
- Must be able to properly use required PPE, including safety footwear, hearing protection, and safety glasses.
Qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, age, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability, protected veteran status, or genetic information.
About Company
Sterling Engineering has been a trusted partner for engineering, project management, and staffing solutions for over five decades. We provide exceptional engineering/technical recruitment and engineering project services to clients nationwide:
- Engineering & Technical Recruitment - With our focus on engineering, technical, and IT, Sterling has the in-depth knowledge, industry expertise, and robust employee pipeline it takes to rapidly find talent for even the most difficult to fill positions. Sterling’s extensive recruitment methodology allows us to engage the most talented employees in the marketplace. We offer exciting work and career-building opportunities for our candidates, along with expert support at every step of the process.
- Engineering Project Services – Our experienced, multi-disciplined team of project managers, engineers, and designers, led by licensed Professional Engineers (PE), provide project management, engineering, design, and Commissioning, Qualification, and Validation (CQV) to manufacturing, OEM, and R&D customers. We work on complex, highly technical projects across a number of industry sectors, and our ability to scale and seamlessly integrate at multiple levels of your organization is what differentiates us.
Sterling offers a unique combination of engineering solutions and Best of Staffing level service to help our clients and talent achieve their goals.