Lead Inspector/Stacker

Company Description

At Fiberon, we put Safety First, People Development, and Quality Excellence at the center of everything we do.

Job Description

Responsibilities include, but not limited to the following:Champion Safety First: Consistently follow and promote Fiberon’s safety standards, ensuring a hazard-free workplace and reinforcing safe behaviors across the team.

• Uphold Standards: Model and reinforce company policies, procedures, and values to create a culture of accountability and respect.
• Lead by Example: Maintain a positive, professional attitude and demonstrate behaviors that foster teamwork, trust, and collaboration.
• Protect Product Quality: Verify that all finished goods meet or exceed quality specifications before packaging and shipment to customers.
• Apply Precision Tools: Accurately use measurement and inspection tools (tape measures, squares, gauges, calipers, etc.) to ensure consistent product quality.
• Develop People: Train, mentor, and build the skills of Inspectors and Stackers, supporting their growth and confidence on the job.
• Support Team Well-Being: Provide lunch and break relief to ensure balanced workloads and employee well-being.
• Coach for Success: Monitor, guide, and provide constructive feedback to Inspectors and Stackers, partnering with Supervision when needed to drive performance.
• Conduct Quality Reviews: Perform final inspections to confirm product conformance, addressing non-conforming materials quickly and effectively.
• Protect the Customer: Ensure defective or substandard materials never reach the customer, safeguarding brand reputation and trust.
• Minimize Waste: Identify, sort, and address defective bundles to reduce scrap and improve efficiency.
• Communicate Issues: Escalate defects promptly to Operators and TTLs to ensure timely corrections and continuous improvement.
• Ensure Product Accuracy: Confirm Work Orders and End Tags align with the product being produced, preventing errors and delays.
• Maintain Line Readiness: Keep the production line organized by removing unused totes and materials, supporting workflow efficiency.
• Provide Hands-On Support: Assist with packaging and related production tasks when needed to meet shift goals.
• Safeguard Data Integrity: Monitor and maintain accurate records of finished goods and scrap throughout the shift, making corrections as necessary.
• Maintain 5S Standards: Keep work areas clean, orderly, and free of trash, debris, or safety hazards to support a safe and efficient environment.
• Perform Rework with Care: Reprocess materials as needed, ensuring rework meets all safety and quality requirements.
• Adapt and Contribute: Support additional responsibilities and assignments as directed by the shift supervisor, with a focus on safety, people, and quality.

Additional Responsibilities:

• Willing to work overtime, holidays, and weekends as scheduled.
• Adhere and reinforces all Personal Protective Equipment standards as defined.

Qualifications

Education/Experience:

• Less than high school education; or up to two years month related experience or training; or equivalent combination of education and experience.
• Experience in assembly or manufacturing is desirable; however, on the job training is typical for this position.
• Previous quality inspection experience in a continuous production environment, a plus.

Required Knowledge, Skills, and Abilities:

• Ability to read, interpret and complete production schedules and inspection forms.
• Ability to work 12-hour shifts.

Physical Requirements:

While performing the duties of this Job, the employee is regularly required to stand (extended periods of time); use hands to handle, or feel, and reach/lift with hands and arms.

The employee is occasionally required to walk; sit; stoop, kneel, bend over, crouch, or crawl, and talk or hear. The employee must occasionally lift and/or move up to 60 pounds.

While performing the duties of this Job, the employee is occasionally exposed to cold, hot wet and/or humid factory conditions; moving mechanical parts and vibration. The noise level in the work environment is usually moderate to high (Hearing Protection required.).

Additional Information

Company Description:

Fortune Brands Innovations, Inc. is an industry-leading innovation company focused on creating smarter, safer and more beautiful homes and improving lives. Our driving purpose is that we elevate every life by transforming spaces into havens. We believe our work and our brands can have incredibly positive impacts for not just our business and shareholders, but for people and the planet, too. When y