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About the Role
Precision Lumping Services is hiring an experienced, hands-on Lumper Shift Lead / Warehouse Production Lead. This is not a desk supervisor position. The Shift Lead must organize crews, drive production, monitor every container, address downtime, maintain staffing and accountability, communicate with building management, and work alongside the crew when needed. The Lead is responsible for knowing what is happening throughout the entire shift and taking ownership of the team’s safety, attendance, quality, production, and communication.
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What You'll Do
- Arrive early and be fully prepared before the shift begins
- Conduct pre-shift meetings and required team stretching
- Confirm attendance, call-offs, staffing, assignments, and workload
- Lead crews unloading floor-loaded trailers and containers
- Assign workers according to workload, experience, and production needs
- Keep production moving throughout the entire shift
- Monitor each container from start through completion
- Confirm manifests, TI/HI requirements, pallet patterns, stacking, and wrapping
- Identify and address downtime immediately
- Maintain sufficient staffing and communicate staffing shortages
- Train, coach, and develop new and existing team members
- Identify strong performers and employees requiring improvement
- Hold team members accountable for attendance, performance, safety, and conduct
- Ensure employees do not arrive late, leave early, or turn down assigned work
- Maintain safety, cleanliness, and housekeeping standards
- Communicate regularly with building management and Precision leadership
- Maintain an active, visible presence on the warehouse floor
- Enter accurate, live production information into Precision Pulse
- Record staffing, container activity, downtime, damages, coaching, and operational issues
- Provide required beginning, mid-shift, and late-shift updates
- Escalate safety, staffing, production, or customer concerns immediately
- Step in and unload freight alongside the crew when needed
- Follow all company and facility policies
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What We Expect
- Proven warehouse, dock, production, or crew-leadership experience
- Experience leading employees in a fast-paced environment
- Ability to organize a shift and drive measurable production
- Ability to communicate directly and professionally
- Comfortable coaching employees and holding them accountable
- Dependable attendance, punctuality, and availability for the full shift
- Ability to follow instructions and carry out leadership direction
- Ability to use a phone, computer, and Precision Pulse for required reporting
- Ability to work under pressure and solve problems quickly
- Ability to maintain safety and quality while meeting production expectations
- Willingness to work alongside the crew when operationally necessary
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Physical Requirements
- Ability to stand and walk throughout the majority of the shift
- Ability to lift, carry, push, pull, stack, and move freight
- Ability to lift up to 50 pounds regularly and heavier items with assistance
- Ability to bend, reach, twist, squat, climb, and perform repetitive movements
- Ability to work inside trailers and containers where temperatures may vary
- Ability to work extended hours when operationally required
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Experience / Qualifications
- Previous Lumper Lead or container-unloading leadership experience
- Experience with production-based or piece-rate operations
- Experience supervising multiple crews or containers simultaneously
- Knowledge of manifests, TI/HI, pallet patterns, freight quality, and wrapping
- Experience with production tracking and operational reporting
- Bilingual English/Spanish communication skills
- Previous distribution center or third-party logistics experience
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Why Precision
At Precision, every shift matters. You'll join an operation built around safety, performance, accountability, and teamwork—with room for dependable people to learn, lead, and take on more.