Operator Lead

Overview Why Choose Us?

Novolex is a leading manufacturer of food, beverage, and specialty packaging that supports multiple industries including food service, restaurant delivery and carryout, food processing, grocery and retail, and industrial sectors. Novolex manufacturing and sourcing expertise spans a diverse range of substrates including resin, paper, molded fiber, aluminum and more. We provide customers a broad array of stock and customized solutions with 120 product categories, 250 brands and over 39,000 SKUs.

The Novolex sustainability vision is built upon three pillars: our products, our operations and our people. Each is critically important to our growth and future as a business. These pillars form the foundation of our company-wide commitment to sustainability, helping us achieve our ambitious goals through our wide-ranging initiatives.

Available shifts:
2nd Shift

Compensation:

• Pay range is $20.50 an hour - paid weekly -
  Additional $2 per hour as shift differential for night shift

Job Summary:

The Lead assists the Production Supervisor and Assistant Supervisor in all manufacturing processes and procedures. Works in collaboration with employees, and management team to enforce safety and quality policies and procedures as dictated by company’s handbook. Responsible for assisting with training new employees. The Lead will perform same labor functions as the workers being supervised to allow employees to take breaks and when business conditions warrant it.

Duties and Responsibilities:

• Complies with Heritage Bag’s policies and procedures and safety requirements
• Aids the plant’s shift Production Supervisors and Assistant Supervisors in all manufacturing processes and procedures
• Assists Production Supervisor and Assistant Supervisor in observing daily shift operations and reports any new developments or concerns
• Coordinates plant activities with Production Supervisor and Assistant Production Supervisor to ensure total plant manufacturing objectives are accomplished in a timely and cost-effective manner
• Assists in maintaining production paperwork and computer work (AX) for designated area/shift
• Will train new personnel on existing production protocol, safety, and plant equipment
• Enforces company safety policies and procedures
• Regularly communicates with maintenance staff about repair and maintenance needs of plant equipment
• The leads will be included in the overtime resource pool to cover opposite lead coverage as needed.
• It is the responsibility of the Lead to ensure that all products being produced throughout their assigned areas are within specification.
• All work orders are to be checked for errors and the Lead is responsible for ensuring needed corrections are made.
• Leads are responsible for ensuring the accuracy and thoroughness of the QC Sheets.
• Leads are required to check each changeover after a set up for quality assurance and adherence to specifications.
• It is the responsibility of the Lead to maximize production in their assigned area with machine output rates, runtimes, and proper utilization of employees.
• It is the responsibility of the Lead to train employees on techniques and procedures involving equipment to help maximize production.
• The Lead shall ensure that all proper materials and methods are used in the production process.
• Leads are responsible for scrap produced in their assigned area. This involves:
  • The weighing and recording of the data.
  • Determining at what level action is to be taken when producing scrap.
  • What needs to be done or was done to correct the problem.
  • Minimizing scrap with planning, proper care, and maintenance of the equipment.
  • Planning changeovers out ahead of time.
• Housekeeping in their assigned area shall be maintained daily.
• Leads are responsible for clear communication in their assigned areas.

Other Responsibilities and Duties

• Will occasionally perform labor functions as needed.
• Perform all other duties as assigned.

Knowledge,

Skills and Experience:

• High School diploma or equivalent.
• Experience in reading work orders and being capable of giving instruction and performing complete and complex setup of extrusion lines including startup of…