Team Performance Lead - Fabrication

Overview

Sealed Air designs and delivers packaging solutions that protect essential goods transported worldwide, preserve food, enable e-commerce and digital connectivity, and help create a global supply chain that is touchless, safer, less wasteful, and more resilient. We strive to foster a caring, high-performance growth culture that will deliver consistent, sustainable profitable growth and accelerate our performance – a culture where accountability is clear and aligned, and where we reward business outcomes and impact.

That culture guides everything we do, including how we partner with our customers and suppliers, how we attract and retain top talent, and how we create and deliver value for our stakeholders.

In 2024, Sealed Air generated $5.4 billion in revenue and had approximately 16,400 employees distributing products and services to 117 countries/territories around the world. To learn more, visit

Sealed Air is currently seeking a full-time, hands-on Team Performance Lead to oversee a fabrication team in our equipment manufacturing plant located in Ayer, MA. This position requires oversight of all aspects of the metal fabrication department, including personnel, machinery troubleshooting, preventive maintenance scheduling, etc. The Team Performance Leader (TPL) is accountable for leading daily operations with the Management team as needed to meet performance goals.

The ideal candidate will have hands-on experience in all phases of a metal manufacturing environment and will have full responsibility when the Fabrication Manager is occupied. The position will coordinate tasks by communicating priorities as well as ensuring tasks are completed with an emphasis on safety, quality, and productivity. This role will also be responsible for setting and meeting continuous improvement objectives, monitoring the performance of the team, and taking appropriate actions when an individual or team is not meeting goals in attendance, safety, productivity, and quality.

Pay rate: $27.00 - $34.00

Shift: Morning

• Oversees and manages all aspects of metal fabrication under the direction of the Fabrication Manager
• Sources / negotiates rates with new vendors
• Trains/builds morale/dispatches work to fabrication employees
• Oversees third-party service vendors, schedules machine maintenance, approves invoices, and manages department purchases using SAP Concur
• Controls spend and assists managing budgets for aspects of the department
• Reports and communicates with Fabrication Manager, Safety Manager, and Director of Operations regarding issues, root cause analysis, action plans, and follow up
• Assigns & follows-up on work orders
• Responsible for ordering parts / equipment and managing inventory
• Compiles a list of equipment and recommended replacements
• Sets up and manages preventive maintenance schedule
• Troubleshoots equipment
• Communicates to all levels of site management
• Provides leadership and management to the department resources including the people, equipment, material, and processes to resolve issues
• Ensures adherence to all safety protocols including LOTO, Electrical Safety, Fork Lift Safety, and all other company mandated safety programs
• Maintains a clean and safe work environment
• Open/Close facility as needed
• Ability to work individually and within a team with minimal direction and guidance from manager
• Solid organization, management, and planning skills
• Strong work ethic and attention to detail
• Maintains a professional attitude
• Performs other duties as required and/or assigned

• Minimum 7 years of metal fabrication experience in a manufacturing environment desired
• High School Diploma or GED, required;
  Technical or associate’s degree, preferred
• Experience working in a manufacturing facility, required; metal fabrication manufacturing, preferred
• Basic mechanical knowledge, understanding, and skills, required
• Experience in troubleshooting and root cause analysis
• Ability to lift up to 50 lbs.
• Familiar with computers, Microsoft Word, Excel, and Outlook
• Experience with SAP Concur, preferred
• Demonstrated commitment to safety
• Experience in ADP payroll, preferred
• Ability to speak, read, and write English
• Posit…