Production Lead- 3rd Shift

About the Opportunity

The Lead Person is responsible for providing support and direction to all production area issues. This role oversees several Line Leads and their respective production lines, ensuring safety, quality, and production goals meet company expectations. The position may require hours to flex between 1st, 2nd, and 3rd shift based on operational needs.

• Safety
  • Leadership, enforcement, and accountability of safety performance, policies and procedures at the floor level
  • Training—ensure all associates are properly trained for their assigned positions
  • Identifying areas of concern and coaching employees while also recognizing positive behaviors
  • Providing daily feedback on positive/negative findings
  • Accident investigation—drive investigation processes to determine root cause, corrective actions, and accountability
  • Participation as an Emergency Response Team member
• Quality
  • Leading enforcement and accountability of quality performance, policies and procedures
  • Ensuring all associates are properly trained to perform work that meets quality requirements
  • Assisting the quality team in developing new training materials/methods as needed
  • Overseeing all quality programs, providing coaching for line leads to ensure compliance with customer requirements, and engaging the quality department as needed
  • Giving feedback on the Quality Escalation program and assisting in root cause analysis
  • Documentation requirements per plant Quality Manual
  • Assisting in plant audits and inspections
  • Performing daily quality checks on production lines
• Production
  • Continuous assessment of line efficiencies and elimination of waste
  • Coordinating labor force to achieve plant goals
  • Knowledge of the production process and ability to read and understand information related to production orders
  • Knowledge of the production process and equipment operation
  • Coordinating with scheduling to ensure customer demands (rush orders, hot orders, etc.) are met
  • Ensuring all production lines use large monitors to display line efficiencies
  • Overseeing line set‑ups and utilizing floor resources
  • Coaching associate line leads on lean/waste opportunities
  • Opening the facility and starting up equipment when on 1st shift
• Communication
  • Beginning of shift: review previous shift’s performance in Safety, Quality, and Productivity (SQP) and assess all issues and plans (RCSA)
  • During shift: continuous communication with associate line leads (SQP), escalation of any issue as needed, assisting with conflict resolution, providing answers and making decisions related to production with warehouse facility, customer service, and other internal personnel
  • Driving accountability to the lowest level (SQP) among Menasha Line leads, associate line leads, and associate staff
  • End of shift: assess progress (SQP, line, accl, job set‑ups), start up/shut down communication, assist in implementation of plant SQPC process, and participate in communication practices and tools that improve and promote open plant communication
  • Perform other duties as assigned by management/supervisors

Menasha Corporation and its subsidiaries and affiliates are equal opportunity employers. All qualified applicants will be provided with equal employment opportunities without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, age, protected veteran status, disability status, or genetic information.