Team Leader Production Intern

Title: Team Leader Production Intern
Location: Delhi, LA
About Lamb Weston
Lamb Weston is a leading supplier of frozen potato, sweet potato, appetizer and vegetable products to restaurants and retailers around the world. For more than 60 years, we've produced innovative, inventive products that make life better for our customers and their customers.
Job Description Summary
Participate in a paid internship program built around your career goals and hands-on projects that impact the organization. As part of the Lamb Weston University Recruiting Internship Program, Interns work towards completing a Capstone project and are assigned a mentor who will guide and evaluate performance.
Whether you are interested in Agricultural Science, Data Science, Finance, Supply Chain, IT, Manufacturing, Food Science, Marketing, or Engineering, our highly selective summer intern program has projects that will help you build the next stage in your career.
- Paid internship, May - August (actual dates may vary)
- Gain real-world working experience through dynamic projects assigned by your mentor and assigned department
- Network and learn from executives, department leaders, high performers, and fellow interns across the business
- Receive guidance and feedback from your assigned mentor throughout the program
- Professional development events providing tools that will help after the internship and after graduation
Job Description
This internship is an introduction to the full-time Team Leader Production (TLP) job opportunity at Lamb Weston. In this internship, you will:

• Assist in overseeing loss elimination through the production process based off top loss determined from loss allocation tools
• Support continuous improvement goals in safety, quality, cost, and customer service
• Learn from and collaborate with various teams to identify manufacturing/process inefficiencies before developing potential solutions
• Projects may include but are not limited to developing new operating standards that eliminate/reduce product and resource losses, creating new training material, updating inefficient practices, engaging in worker interviews, and participating in safety initiatives

Duties & Responsibilities include:

• Direct the processing activity in the plant which includes supervision of the hourly work force in planning, equipment operation and repair, materials usage, scheduling of operations, training, etc. Responsible for the quality, safety, and sanitation in the plant.
• Work closely with Quality Assurance, Sanitation, Warehouse and Maintenance personnel, as well as other Production Supervisors on shift.
• Train and supervise subordinates in safety and accident prevention practices.
• Must be familiar with factors affecting recovery, grade yields, labor costs, labor utilization and material waste.
• Administer plant and human resource policies to assure satisfactory employee relations.
• Responsible for proper training of all personnel and assuring that operators recognize discrepancies and adjust and/or repairs prior to any appreciable loss of productivity occurs.

What is a Team Leader Production (TLP)?
Team Leaders are the future leaders of our organization. This full-time employment opportunity is a supervisor role where you will help your production team reach target goals, manage day-to-day operations, and will be responsible for identifying areas of improvement in the manufacturing process. In the internship, the goal will be to introduce you to activities and specific projects Team Leaders may see day-to-day.
Basic & Preferred Qualifications

• Juniors, Seniors, or Master's degree students preferred but also accepting recent grads
• This is a full-time position with 8-hour shifts Monday-Friday but a successful candidate may need to occasionally flex to other shifts (example: 2nd shift, night shift) as part of your capstone project
• Valid U.S. driver's license and ability to meet the Lamb Weston Authorized Driver standards
• Must be able to regularly lift and/or move up to 25 pounds and occasionally lift and/or move up to 50 pounds
• Excellent communication, interpersonal, problem solving and organizational skills
• Ability and willingness to work independently
• Strong analytical skills
• Demonstrated supervisory or leadership experience
• A self-motivated individual that is able to multi-task and lead others

Preferable

• Previous experience working in a manufacturing environment is a plus
• Working knowledge of plant equipment and safety is a plus
• Previous experience in a food-processing is a plus

Industry-Competitive Benefits
Coupled with our compensation and bonus incentive programs, our benefits deliver rewards that are market competitive. Some of the most attractive elements of our benefit programs include:

• Health Insurance Benefits - Medical, Dental, Vision
• Flexible Spending Accounts for Health and Dependent Care, and Health Reimbursement Accounts
• Well-being programs including companywide events and a wellness incentive program
• Paid Time Off
• Financial Wellness - Industry leading 401(k) plan with generous company contributions, Financial Planning Services, Employee Stock purchase program, and Health Savings Accounts, Life and Accident insurance
• Family-Friendly Employee events
• Employee Assistance Program services - mental health and other concierge type services

Benefits may vary based on location, job role/level, job status, and/or the terms of any applicable collective bargaining agreements.
Job Requisition ID: Req-233738
Time Type: Full time
In compliance with applicable state and local laws, Lamb Weston has opted to include a reasonable estimate of the compensation for this role. This compensation is specific to this position and takes into account a number of variables. Actual compensation may be higher or lower in the range posted based on various factors, including, but not limited to, job duties, experience and expertise. A candidate's work location could also impact the actual compensation being outside of the range to reflect local cost of labor. A reasonable hourly estimate for this role based on the variables previously mentioned is: $22.00
Lamb Weston is an Equal Opportunity Employer and considers qualified applicants for employment without regard to race, color, creed, religion, national origin, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity and expression, age, disability, veteran status or any other protected factor under federal, state or local law