Production Shift Lead
GEZOLAN is the world's quality-leading manufacturer of rubber granule solutions for sports and leisure surfaces. At GEZOLAN, we don’t just manufacture high-quality products—we build lasting impact. As part of our team, you’ll join a company with a global footprint, a strong culture of collaboration, and a commitment to continuous improvement. We value initiative, integrity, and innovation—and we invest in the growth of our people through training, development opportunities, and a supportive environment.
Join us and be part of a company where your work makes a difference—on the production floor and beyond.
Your Tasks and Responsibilities
As a Production Shift Lead, you will play a key role in ensuring smooth, efficient, and safe manufacturing operations during your shift. You’ll coordinate staffing, oversee training, and support day-to-day production activities to keep everything running on time and at the highest quality. By working closely with the Quality and Process Engineering teams, you’ll help drive both performance and continuous improvement on the production floor.
- Supervise and support daily production operations, ensuring adherence to SOPs, safety, and quality standards.
- Operate and oversee production equipment to meet production needs and customer specifications.
- Manage shift staffing and employee training to avoid disruptions in production.
- Keep accurate records of production time, materials used, training, and performance.
- Maintain a clean, safe, and organized work environment.
- Lead and coach employees to work effectively across all production processes.
- Ensure OSHA and safety standards are consistently met.
Your Profile and Skills
You are a confident and proactive leader who takes ownership of your team and operations. With strong organizational, problem-solving, and communication skills, you effectively coordinate people, processes, and priorities to keep production running smoothly. You are decisive, safety-conscious, and skilled at mentoring and developing team members, ensuring adherence to quality standards and continuous improvement initiatives. Your ability to anticipate challenges and act strategically makes you a trusted point of contact for both your team and management.
- Excellent oral and written communication skills.
- Forklift driving experience preferred.
- Professional, reliable, and safety-conscious.
- Strong math aptitude and organizational skills.
What we offer
In Buford, GA, GEZOLAN offers you a varied job and exciting tasks with plenty of scope for your own ideas. At GEZOLAN, we interpret our guiding principle we // live // quality as „wanting to tackle and shape things „. Accordingly, you can expect a dynamic team without entrenched structures and sufficient development potential, which you should actively help to shape.
Beyond that we offer you:
- Paid Time Off
- 11 company paid holidays
- Medical, Dental and Vision
- Flexible Spending Account (FSA)
- 401(K) with up to 4% company match from date of employment
