Shift Lead - Receiving

About Lubrizol  
The Lubrizol Corporation, a Berkshire Hathaway company, is a specialty chemical company whose science delivers sustainable solutions to advance mobility, improve wellbeing and enhance modern life. Founded in 1928, Lubrizol owns and operates more than 100 manufacturing facilities, sales, and technical offices around the world and has about 8,000 employees. For more information, visit www.Lubrizol.com.

We value diversity in professional backgrounds and life experiences. By enabling a consistent, unbiased, and transparent recruitment process, Lubrizol seeks to create a positive experience for candidates so we can get to know them at their best. We recognize unique work and life situations and offer flexibility, ensuring our employees feel engaged and fulfilled in every aspect of life.   

Join Our Thriving Team at Lubrizol as Receiving Shift Lead

Unleash Your Potential. At Lubrizol we're transforming the [industry/market] and looking for exceptional talent to join us on this journey. If you are ready to join an international company with talent around the world, and want to make a real impact, we want you on our team.

What Will Be Your Environment:

The Painesville plant is one of Lubrizol’s larger facilities in the area, just outside of Cleveland, OH. 

You'll have the opportunity to develop skills that will allow you to grow your career well into the future.  This is hands-on development program that is great opportunity for someone start, pivot, or continue their career in industrial operations with a stable and growing organization. 

What You'll Do:

The Shift Lead is accountable for the shift’s performance in EH&S, production throughput, housekeeping, daily task completion, hazard identification / reporting / remediation / escalation. The Shift Lead is responsible for leading operators and contractors on the shift to ensure team members work efficiently and effectively to meet business, site, and unit objectives. Serves as the shift activity coordinator / gatekeeper during off hours. 

What We're Looking For:

• Ensures shift compliance with all relevant safety policies and procedures.  

• Ensures shift operators are aware of, and meet, shift expected performance targets and deliverables. 

• Assigns duties to specific employees based on knowledge, competencies, and qualifications.  

• Performs and assists with shift tasks as appropriate to meet shift expectations.  

• Acts as the main point of communication to leadership and a liaison between Operators, Production Engineer, and Operations Leader.  

• Trains and develops operators according to individual training plans. 

• Monitors attendance, tardiness, and time-off and escalates as appropriate.  

• Helps resolve on-shift conflicts and teaches conflict resolution skills.  

• Ensures adherence to company policies, EH&S, process safety, and employment standards and escalates as needed. 

• Initiates incident investigations and implements corrective actions as appropriate.  

• Performs and supports simple problem-solving and more formal Root Cause analyses. 

• Ensures effective shift relief. 

• Conducts performance reviews and shares feedback with leadership and team members. 

Skills That Make a Difference:

• High school diploma or equivalent from an accredited school 

• Strong ERP (Enterprise Resource Planning) knowledge. SAP/S4 warehouse management skills including understanding all applicable S4 warehousing activities. 

• Strong analytical skills 

• Ability to coach and train personnel 

• Excellent written and interpersonal communication skills  

• Ability to adapt to a changing environment. 

• Demonstrate leadership abilities and flexibility. 

• Proven ability to troubleshoot and problem solve. 

• Completion of a leadership development training/program  

Considered a Plus: 

• Prior supervisory experience. 

• HAZWOPER Trained 

• 2- or 4-Year College Degree 

• Inventory Management  

• Lean manufacturing / continuous improvement expertise (tools & culture) 

Perks and Rewards That Inspire: 

• Competitive salary with performance-based bonus plans
• 401k Match plus Age Weighted Defined Contribution
• Competitive medical, dental and vision offerings
• Health Savings Account
• Paid Holidays, Vacation, Parental Leave

Ready for your next career step? Apply today and let's shape the future together! 

It’s an exciting time to be part of Lubrizol. Lubrizol is not staying put. We are continually learning and evolving. Our passion delivers our success — not only for Lubrizol but for those who count on us every day: our employees, customers and communities. 

We work with a relentless commitment to operate safely and responsibly, keeping safety, sustainability, ethics, and compliance at the forefront of everything we do. The well-being of our employees, customers and communities is paramount to our culture and in the way we approach our work.

As a diverse, global team, we work together to solve some of the world’s most pressing challenges. We impact everyday lives through science only Lubrizol can deliver, and we never stop pushing to do it better.

One of the founding principles of The Lubrizol Corporation more than 90 years ago was treating every employee with dignity and respect. That same commitment is only stronger today. 

More than that, we are committed to providing an environment where every employee can be the best they can be, no matter their race, color, religion, sex, national origin, sexual orientation, gender identity, disability, protected veteran status or any other characteristic.