Line Coordinator

Line Coordinator – Aurora, CO

At Philip Morris International (PMI), we’re choosing to do something incredible: we’re transforming our business to deliver a smoke‑free future. With huge change comes huge opportunity, and you’ll enjoy the freedom to dream up and deliver better, brighter solutions and move your career forward in many directions. Our success depends on people like you, committed to our purpose and hungry for progress.

As a Line Coordinator, you will play a critical role in operating, adjusting, repairing, and maintaining our manufacturing equipment, leading a shift team. The focus of the position is to execute at the highest level of safety, quality, efficiency, and continuous improvement in our production processes.

• Efficiently operate, adjust, repair, and maintain making and packing equipment with safety always in mind.
• Drive machine and DMS ownership across the line (AM & PM).
• Develop action plans for the shift based on handover from previous shift and KPIs, through the Daily Direction Setting meeting at the beginning of the shift.
• Control production processes from a computer terminal and from manual interventions with the machine.
• Manually lift/load raw and packing materials into the production line.
• Perform and document all required quality documentation.
• Perform Safety and Quality Risk predictions before every task.
• Develop procedures for preventive maintenance on equipment to minimize downtime and optimize performance.
• Resolve production issues—contamination, misalignment, defects, inefficiencies—through cross‑functional collaboration, operator training, and new standards.
• Drive and coach continuous improvement through loss elimination, autonomous maintenance standards, and equipment ownership to build autonomous/self‑sufficient operating teams.
• Meet or exceed production targets and quality standards.
• Work as a self‑motivated individual with minimal supervision while functioning as a leader of the team.
• Ensure staffing for operation by managing time‑off requests.
• Escalate production issues to the Production supervisor and/or line manager as needed.
• Deliver productivity targets by eliminating losses in waste, maintenance, utility, uptime, and effort costs.
• Develop, read, interpret, follow, and train job procedures, work instructions, and production standards; communicate that information accurately to teammates and other shifts.
• Train teammates in machine operation, standard development, and SOPs.

• Minimum High School Diploma with a technical background.
• 3‑5 years of manufacturing experience in continuous improvement, loss elimination, or autonomous maintenance roles.
• Experience leading others.
• Basic fluency in English, written and spoken.
• Ability to work 12‑hour rotating shifts, including weekends and nights.
• Ability to occasionally work overtime.
• Ability to wear Personal Protective Equipment and production uniform (e.g., safety glasses, bump cap or hard hat, safety shoes, hearing protection, respirators, hair nets, gloves).
• Physical ability to lift/push/pull 50 lbs, stand for 12 hours, perform repetitive tasks.
• Ability to sit, climb, balance, stoop, kneel, crouch, crawl, twist, and talk; see and hear visual/audio indicators.
• Strong interpersonal and analytical skills.
• Ability to work in a fast‑paced environment and adapt to changing priorities.
• Experience in IWS/TPM/Lean Manufacturing principles is preferred.
• Legally authorized to work in the U.S. (Required).

Starts at $31 per hour.

• Competitive hourly salary.
• Medical, dental, and vision plans.
• Flexible spending accounts for health and dependent care.
• Health savings accounts for those with a high‑deductible health plan.
• Auto‑enrollment in our 401(k)/Deferred Profit Sharing Plan with a 5% employer match and annual contribution.
• Paid vacation, sick leave, company holidays, parental leave, short‑term and long‑term disability, basic life and accidental death & de‑memb­ration insurance at no cost.
• Optional supplemental life and AD&D coverage for self, spouse, and dependent children.

PMI is an Equal Opportunity Employer.