
Plates Lead
Greeley, COFull-time$20–25/hrSeen 5 days agoSeen in employer's feed 5 days ago
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Job overview
The Plate Freezer Lead supervises the operation of multiple plate freezer tables and oversees up to 6–7 employees. The role directs freezing and palletizing of raw product, supports training and daily production goals, and monitors product quality, safety, and equipment. It reports to the Production Manager and is a full-time, hourly position.
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Job Title: Plate Freezer Lead Reports To: Production Manager Department: Production Job Status: Full-Time Pay Rate: $20.00 to $25.00 Hourly/Nonexempt Earn up to an additional $1.50/hour through our 30-60-90 Day Step Program! Employees receive a $0.50/hour raise at each milestone (30, 60, and 90 days). · Note: To qualify for each step increase, perfect attendance and punctuality are required (no lates or missed shifts). Summary: Supervise and direct the effective operation of multiple plate freezer tables by performing the following duties. Will be overseeing up to 6-7 individuals at a time. Essential Duties and Responsibilities include the following. Other duties may be assigned. - Receives work assignments and schedules from Production Manager. - Direction of plate freezer employees for effective completion of freezing and palletizing raw product including training, daily assignments and production goals, required paperwork, safety, etc. - Adherence to detail regarding housekeeping, safety standards and GMP's. - Evaluation of product at all points during the freezing process to ensure it meets or exceeds quality standards. - Troubleshoot mechanical and operations issues and ensure efficiencies. - Timely and accurate completion of finished frozen products. - Report faulty equipment, damages, and other safety hazards to manager. - Attendance/Punctuality - Is consistently at work and on time. Employment Eligibility: Ability to provide proof of U.S. Citizen or Permanent Resident (Green Card) status. Ability to pass pre-employment screening (e.g., drug screen, behavior assessment, etc.). Language Ability: Ability to read and interpret documents such as safety rules, operating and maintenance instructions, and procedure manuals. Ability to work from process sheets and production schedules to achieve daily production goals. Ability to write routine reports and correspondence. Math Ability: Ability to add, subtract, multiply, and divide in all units of measure, using whole numbers, common fractions, and decimals. Physical Demands: The employee must occasionally lift and/or move up to 60 pounds without mechanical assistance. Specific vision abilities required by this job include Close vision, Peripheral vision and Depth perception. While performing the duties of this job, the employee is occasionally required to stand; sit; use hands to finger, handle, or feel; reach with hands and arms; stoop, kneel, crouch, or crawl; talk or hear and taste or smell. EEO/AA: AAPP is committed to providing equal employment opportunities in all employment practices. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, national origin, citizenship status, marital status, age, disability, protected veteran status, sexual orientation or any other characteristic protected.
How this job compares
Set against the 3,348 open Manufacturing jobs on Olive Jobs, counted October 27, 2026.
- Pay
- This posting$20–25/hr
- Colorado median$25–26/hr35 hourly ranges
- US median$22–25/hr993 hourly ranges
This range's midpoint, $22.50/hr, is 12% below the Colorado median midpoint ($26/hr) — in the middle half of Manufacturing hourly ranges in Colorado.
- Openings
- Olive Jobs lists 74 open Manufacturing jobs in Colorado and 3,348 across the US. Under 1% of them nationwide are listed as remote or flexible.
- Hiring the most in Colorado
- Agilent Technologies, Inc.8 open
- Crusoe7 open
- Atkore International6 open
- Experience
- Manufacturing postings that state a minimum ask for 4 years of experience at the median; the middle half ask for 2 to 7 years (1,831 postings).
- Education
- 868 of the 3,348 open Manufacturing jobs (26%) ask for a bachelor's degree or higher.
Counted across the open, public US postings on Olive Jobs on October 27, 2026. Pay medians are the middle values of the low ends and of the high ends of postings that list both ends of a range in the same cadence (a yearly salary or an hourly rate); a range's midpoint is halfway between its ends. Pay and experience figures resting on fewer than 20 postings are left out.
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