Team Lead III Packaging Reliability

Supervises a team of maintenance technicians across multiple shifts within the Operations Reliability department. Assess the skill level of direct reports and provide training, coaching and developmental opportunities to further their skillsets. Review direct reports’ daily work through the Computer Maintenance Management System (CMMS). Drive continuous improvement through Kaizen events, root cause analysis, and corrective action planning by effectively leveraging trend analysis, the 5
- Why process, and other lean tools. Collaborate with cell engineers to plan and execute equipment improvement projects, refitting equipment, and new equipment installation. Proactively communicate equipment issues with Operations concerning downtime, planned work, and departmental initiatives. Set clear expectations, provide timely feedback, accountability, and recognition to drive improved performance. Lead team to focus on safe working practices, improving equipment reliability, and standardization of the workplace.

Take ownership and accountability of equipment performance and reliability to help achieve strategies and goals of becoming the world class, low cost/high quality producer of choice.

Supervise and develop a maintenance team within the Reliability Department.

• Designs individualized development plans for team members.
• Tracks daily, weekly, and monthly progress of oneself and team to identify risks to completion of planned/required work
• Develops team through setting clear expectations based on Key Performance Indicator (KPI) and provides coaching, guidance, accountability, and recognition of good performance.
• Consistently and proactively works within one's role and across multiple roles to support the business and dept. goals.
• Performs periodic quality of work audits of technicians and provides timely coaching and feedback to address gaps in expectations.
• Performs periodic evaluation and revision of procedures, processes, and work instructions.
• Seeks team's feedback and concerns with an open mind, keeping manager informed on solution implementation.
• Provides team with tools and resources to become an agent for change and coaches. others on how to enhance an idea
• Coach peers on demonstrating honesty and integrity in the business.

Partners with internal Reliability teams involving:

• Collaboration with the CMMS team to balance technician workload and optimize repairs, planned, and preventative maintenance.
• Drives equipment owners to review and update PM procedures on a yearly basis and after major breakdowns.
• Provide Root Causes for frequent failures and major equipment breakdown events.
• Collaborate with counterparts to develop and execute projects that focus on increased efficiencies, increased production, cost reduction, waste reduction, quality improvement, and safety improvements.

Partners with external Operations teams involving:

• Creates timelines for major equipment outages and projects, minimizing the impact to plant production and driving the project to completion.
• Proactively communicates to customer base, providing updates on equipment downtime, root cause, and corrective action plans.
• Develops team KPI’s based on feedback from the customer base, driving action plans to close gaps.
• Develops mistake-proofing devices, controls, and processes for production equipment.
• Partners with the CI group to develop and implement standardized work.
• Participates in Kaizen events and improvement projects, utilizing structured problem-solving tools such as RCA, A3 reporting, 5-Why, PDCA, DMAIC, etc. and develops best practices from RCA results.
• Partners with Engineering to evaluate equipment capabilities for new product development.

Follows a Maintenance Program that focuses on the…