Manufacturing Lead

Job Description

Job Title: Manufacturing Lead

Reports To: Manufacturing Supervisor

Job Summary

The Manufacturing Lead is responsible for assisting the Manufacturing Supervisor with the day-to-day operations of the department. The Manufacturing Lead ensures safety and quality standards are met, troubleshoots machine issues, performs basic machine maintenance, and ensures schedules and production timelines are maintained.

Supervisory Responsibilities

Assist Manufacturing Supervisor in developing personnel through use of hiring, training, performance management, coaching, disciplinary actions, terminations, and similar personnel management activities

Coach and support team members in achieving department goals

Assume Supervisor duties when needed

Essential Duties

Support the Safety-First culture of Yellowstone Plastics and Volm Companies by ensuring safety policies are followed and operators maintain a clean and safe work environment

Report, investigate, and document all safety, quality, and process issues

Assign employees to machines or work assignments based on schedule priority, filling in where necessary

Proactively communicate with Supervisor regarding schedule changes and priorities

Continuously walk plant floor, checking quality, safety, waste, efficiency, and cleanliness

Assist operators with changeovers to help reduce setup time

Ensure machines are running safety and efficiently by helping with basic and preventative maintenance, troubleshooting, and perform duties of Machine Operators as necessary

Help onboard new employees by communicating with new employee, trainer, and manager to ensure the manager understands the new employee’s progress and utilizes proper machine operation

Understand production needs and coordinates machine operation to max capacity

Utilize Microsoft Outlook to check email twice per shift to keep up to date on communication and issues, updates staff members as necessary

Move and stage materials utilizing forklifts and handcarts to maintain the production flow

Assist machine operators and mechanics with hands-on machine troubleshooting to ensure production needs are met and machines stay running efficiently.

Required Skills and Abilities

Ability to communicate in both the written and spoken language of English to a level that will allow the safe and effective performance of the job

Commitment to following and promoting safe work habits (compliance with all Safety/AIB policies and procedures)

Ability to successfully manage multiple projects and deadlines

Capacity to effectively lead a team and comply with employment laws and regulations

Ability to effectively work with ERP system, spreadsheets, word processing documents, and other applicable computer systems and software

Strong critical thinking, troubleshooting, and analytical skills

Capacity to calculate, analyze, and track figures and make competent decisions based on those figures

Strong verbal, written, and group-presentation communication skills

Communication, teamwork, and customer service skills are critical as employees are expected to work directly and indirectly with all levels of employees, customers, and outside vendors

Consistently demonstrates a high level of responsibility and accountability

Education and Experience

Minimum of two years of experience working in manufacturing environment that includes knowledge of processes, equipment, parts, systems, and machinery used in the production of flexible packaging preferred

Physical Requirements

Constant walking, talking, sitting, standing, repetitive motions, movements requiring fine motors skills and visual acuity

Occasional climbing, kneeling, crouching, pulling, pushing, grasping, reaching, stooping, lifting (up to 60 pounds)

Work is typically performed in conditions typical of a manufacturing environment though certain tasks/projects may occur outside or in an office environment

Safety glasses, steel/composite toed shoes, and hearing protection when working on production floor

Work is typically performed in conditions typical of a manufacturing environment though certain tasks/projects may occur outside

Employee is generally protected from weather conditions but not necessarily from high and low temperatures

Sufficient noise regularly requires employee to shout in order to be heard above ambient noise level

Employee will be regularly exposed to a variety of physical conditions such as proximity to moving mechanical parts, electrical current, stored potential energy, and working at heights of 4 or more feet

Employee may be exposed to conditions that affect the respiratory system or skin such as fumes, odors, dust mists, gases, limited ventilation, oils, chemicals, cutting fluids, etc.

Driver Requirements

N/A

This job description is not designed to cover or contain a comprehensive listing of activities, duties, or responsibilities that are required of the employee. Duties, responsibilities, and activities may change, or new ones may be assigned at any time with or without notice.

D shift 6:30pm-6:30am on the 2-2-3 rotation schedule