Description

Production Team Leader/Relief Operator

We are looking for talented leaders of people and processes to join our team in Jeffersonville, Indiana to coach and mentor a team of molding associates in the areas of production, scheduling, safety, maintenance, quality and reporting.

In this role you will be a driving force on the production floor to inspire and train standard operating procedures and implement continuous improvements to realize efficiencies to meet sales demands with high quality products and on time delivery.Additionally, the Team Lead/Relief Operator will relieve operators during breaks and lunches, maintain a safe workspace environment, and conduct daily shift pass-downs with income team lead(s).

Other responsibilities include:

Production:

• Evaluate each station of the production process to maintain optimum efficiency.

• Assist with Training new operators and follow-up retraining as necessary.

• Attend daily shift meetings and conducting proper handoff procedures at beginning and end of each shift.

• Verify work stations are purged of all components, materials, etc. at the end of any production run or sample run.

Scheduling:

• Assist the production control and scheduler to ensure daily production schedules meet sales demands through appropriate levels of staffing.

Safety:

• Ensure 5-S standards are met and maintain a safe work environment in all areas

• Enforce PPE compliance with all staff, associates, and visitors at all times on the production floor (i.e. Safety Glasses).

• Escalate all safety concerns to appropriate individual(s) and shutdown in an emergency situation

Maintenance:

• Ensure machine uptime and reliability through other team members by coordinating tooling changes and equipment availability

• Perform problem-solving activities to develop corrective actions for customer issues &/or initiate continuous improvement

• Execute the mold change schedule to reduce equipment downtime and improve setup time with materials and molds staged at the machines.

Quality:

• Verify the operator(s) are trained/certified and understand how to run the Workstation.

• Troubleshoot any quality concerns (even if minor) with immediate supervisor and/or Quality Technician and escalate any roadblocks to achieve closure.

• Validate first piece acceptance prior to start-up or any re-start.

Reporting:

• Confirm daily process audits are complete

• Accurately document and dispose of all scrap according to procedure.

• Report any downtime and escalate issues to appropriate personnel.

• Ensure all operators’ production paperwork/tracking is available and completed in a timely manner (operators paperwork must be completed hourly).

Requirements

Skills/Requirements:

• Safety First mindset.

• Team Player with a strong desire to make a difference.

• Must have good dependability and a positive/can do attitude.

• Strong knowledge of manufacturing a must; experience dealing in plastic polymers a plus.

• Ability to communicate effectively with team members at all levels.

• Strong analytical and problem-solving skills.

• High proficiency in computer technology and systems operations (IQMS/EXCEL, Outlook email) or willing to train.

Salary info:

$18 - $23 / hr