Production Lead-Downey, CA

COMPANY BACKGROUND
Astro Pak is the nation's leading precision cleaning and passivation contractor specializing in on-site cleaning of high purity gas and fluid systems, as well as precision cleaning of components and hardware at the company’s Cleanroom facilities. Astro Pak provides services to over 15 sectors including:
Biotechnology, Pharmaceutical, Aerospace, Semiconductor, and other selected Industrial markets. The company, founded in 1959, has performed on-site precision chemical cleaning in every State of the Union as well as several projects in Asia, continental Europe, England, Ireland and Mexico.

POSITION OPPORTUNITY
The Production Lead (Swing Shift) position is responsible for all activities and supervision of the Swing Shift technicians and all production/processing of customer parts. This position will additionally be responsible for maintaining clean and proper housekeeping standards consistent with the facility standard operating procedures and the CEO requirements. The Swing Shift Lead must be able to maintain, monitor basic technician documentation required to accurately track the customer hardware according to the required cleaning specification.

• Ensure and adhere to quality management system (QMS) processes/procedures at all times.
• Provide technical, quality and production leadership for the Swing Shift team.
• Hold and facilitate pre/postproduction shift meetings with Swing Shift team
• Provide daily updates to planning and management teams on status of jobs
• Must be able to set goals, track progress, and monitor technician output
• Must be flexible with long hours and weekend support when required
• Must be able to identify difficult/complex jobs and provide guidance/instruction
• Review the Process Travelers for understanding of the process requirements.
• Provide training instruction, verbal, and written feedback (positive and needs improvement), and assist technicians as needed
• Mentor and motivate team in safety, quality and productivity improvements
• Review weekly labor hours and overtime hours with Production Supervisor
• Consistently and accurately verify inventory of incoming orders before processing begins
• Recognizes issues and opportunities of improvement with jobs and direct questions to qualified personnel
• Check processing systems/equipment for correct flow rate, temperature, frequency, chemical consistency, etc.
• Organize, clean and maintain work area in accordance with Astro Pak’s Standard Operating Procedures and CEO (Clean, Efficient, and Organized) initiatives
• Ensure safety requirement for personnel and customer hardware are met in accordance with Astro Pak’s Standard Operating Procedures and Safety Manual
• Ability to effectively communicate in both oral and written form
• Provide suggestions and feedback to Production Supervisor and upper management for operational, equipment, and procedures improvements.
• Work with and around chemicals
• Ability to lift up to 50 pounds
• Participate in and complete assigned training requirements
• Other duties as assigned
• Analyze and implement projects in compliance with U.S. Export Control Laws

Other Duties / Responsibilities

• Reports all unsafe activities to immediate supervisor and Safety team
• Participates proactively with management to achieve departmental and company goals
• Actively exemplifies our core values and leads by example
• Ability to apply common sense understanding to carry out detailed instructions
• Problem solving capabilities

Shift

Schedule:

1:00 PM-9:30 PM

Qualifications

Education/Training/

Certifications:

High school diploma or general education degree (GED). Manufacturing and/or cleanroom experience preferred. Cleanroom Technical skillset and experience is required.

Related

Experience:

3 to 5 years' work experience in a precision cleaning company. More experience is desired.

Overtime:
Willing and able to work overtime, including holidays, weekends, and on short notice call in as required. 10-20% overtime to be expected.

Knowledge/Skills/Abilities:

• Moderate computer skills with Microsoft Word and Excel.
• Must be able to read and write instructions and correspondence.
• Ability to effectively present information in one-on-one and in small group situations to customers, clients…