
Harvest Lead
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Job overview
The Harvest Lead maintains production, quality, and yields while supporting a safe working environment. The role requires understanding and control of the slaughter process, accurate record keeping, and general line maintenance and staffing. The Lead distributes tasks, supports new team members, addresses unscheduled coverage and line stops, and promotes Creekstone standards and a positive team culture.
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Full job description
This job was posted by https://www.kansasworks.com : For more information, please see: https://www.kansasworks.com/jobs/13709358 JOB SUMMARY\ The Lead is responsible for maintaining high production, quality, and yields while ensuring the safest working environment possible. This position requires an essential understanding and control of the slaughter process, accurate record keeping and general line maintenance and staffing. They will be responsible for being an example to other Team Members using a continuous improvement mentality and will work to perpetuate a Creekstone Proud culture through attitude and actions. ESSENTIAL FUNCTIONS:\ Ensure that company standards and policies are properly taught and maintained to support company goals\ Strategically make decisions about the distribution of job tasks for maximum efficiency\ Provide service to and enhance the learning experience of new team members\ Develop and promote positive working relationships with all team members\ Must understand and have a Creekstone Proud mindset\ Must maintain correct, and accurate documentation\ Responsible for providing coverage for workers needing to leave at unscheduled times or absenteeism\ Notify Supervisor of all unscheduled line stops due to problems\ Responsible for maintaining a clean, and safe work environment.\ All other duties as assigned KNOWLEDGE, SKILLS, AND ABILITIES:\ Meat Industry experience required\ Knowledge of how Harvest operations are connected to the whole beef production process\ Excellent organizational and time management skills\ Ability to present ideas, concepts, issues, concerns, and questions in a well thought out, positive, and professional manner\ Ability to foster an atmosphere of teamwork and respect\ Functional with Microsoft Office Suite, including Word, Excel, and PowerPoint\ Able to work productively and independently\ Clear communication skills verbally and in written form.\ Ability to coach and develop others into becoming a better employee\ Leadership skills such as but not limited to conflict resolution, encouraging others and inspiring good work\ Ability to take direction humbly and collaborate in order to define and pursue team goals\ A positive outlook and attitude in taking initiative and problem solving, unprompted PHYSICAL REQUIREMENTS:\ Climbing, stooping, and crouching occasionally; Standing for 8 or more hours per day; Walking frequently; Pushing, pulling, and grasping to move materials; Must be able to lift and carry for short distances; 0 100+lbs; Able to work in various environment such as humid, heat, wet, cold; Wear necessary Personal Protective Equipment (PPE) occasionally hard hat, safety-toe boots, safety goggles, hair/beard net, etc Creekstone Farms Premium Beef LLC is an Equal Employment Opportunity (EEO) Employer.
How this job compares
Set against the 1,957 open Production jobs on Olive Jobs, counted November 2, 2026.
- Pay
- This postingNot listed
- US median$86–130K/yr193 salary ranges
- US median$20–22/hr895 hourly ranges
- Openings
- Olive Jobs lists 28 open Production jobs in Kansas and 1,957 across the US. Under 1% of them nationwide are listed as remote or flexible.
- Hiring the most in Kansas
- Amcor3 open
- Cargill2 open
- Creekstone Farms* (this employer)2 open
- Experience
- Production postings that state a minimum ask for 3 years of experience at the median; the middle half ask for 1 to 4 years (592 postings).
- Education
- 117 of the 1,957 open Production jobs (6%) ask for a bachelor's degree or higher.
Counted across the open, public US postings on Olive Jobs on November 2, 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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