Manufacturing Lead - NIGHT Shift

Job Responsibilities

• Efficiently plan and direct crew members to maximize daily production.
• Address personnel discrepancies and resolve conflict.
• Issue praise or disciplinary action to employees fairly and consistently when needed.
• Ensure employees follow safety practices and work in a safe manner.
• Monitor machinery and environment for unsafe practices or conditions.
• Ensure compliance with GMP/HACCP procedures, PPE requirements, company and departmental policies, and SQF requirements.
• Understand job requirements and perform at IP, PMO Tech, and Print Tech levels.
• Record production data accurately.
• Monitor and ensure quality standards are met; minimize scrap; maximize production flow.
• Hold crew meetings, encourage team building, and train a backup group leader.
• Maintain employee Kronos, performance, and training records.
• Troubleshoot mechanical issues and determine appropriate action plans.
• Ensure scrap is accurately accounted for and printers are repaired promptly.
• Monitor and minimize the use of support supplies (inks, blankets, rags).
• Communicate effectively with incoming group leaders and technicians.
• Work with quality control to maximize quality and minimize downtime.
• Meet departmental goals of EFF, MEEF, and scrap accountability.
• Lead safety activities, provide clear communication of safe work expectations, and investigate line/equipment stoppages due to safety risks.
• Complete responsibilities in accordance with organizational policies, procedures, and applicable laws.
• Actively lead risk assessment activities, driving corrective and preventive actions to reduce environmental, health, or safety risks.
• Lead required safety meetings (pre‑shift, department, change management, general communication, town hall).
• Complete incident investigations, root cause analyses, and implement corrective actions promptly.
• Ensure proper training and development of all assigned employees.
• Set goals for the organizational unit, achieve them, and ensure employees understand and work toward those goals.
• Motivate and coach employees through good communication and frequent performance feedback.
• Identify and coordinate additional training as needed.

• Safety Leadership – Embodies commitment to a safe workplace, acts as a role model, and communicates safety initiatives.
• Accountability – Holds self accountable, demonstrates initiative and ownership, prioritizing safety over productivity.
• Communication – Communicates safety, goals, and company expectations clearly and appropriately with all organizational levels.
• Engagement – Supports plant leadership vision, celebrates wins, and encourages employee participation in safety activities.
• Team Development – Understands employee development needs, promotes a culture of safety leadership, and champions talent development from pre‑hire through continuous learning.
• People Agility – Demonstrates self‑awareness, leads by example, promotes change, listens actively, and is approachable yet firm.
• Problem Solving/Conflict Resolution – Identifies and resolves problems timely, analyzes information skillfully, develops alternatives, and encourages constructive conflict.

• High School Diploma or equivalent.
• Three to five years of supervisory, quality, or dry‑offset printing experience.
• Ability to read and interpret safety rules, operating and maintenance instructions, and procedure manuals.
• Ability to write routine reports and correspondence.
• Ability to speak effectively before groups of customers or employees.
• Mathematical proficiency: addition, subtraction, multiplication, division, rates, ratios, percentages, and interpretation of bar graphs.
• Reasoning ability: define problems, collect data, establish facts, draw valid conclusions, and interpret technical instructions.
• Physical demands: regularly sit, walk, talk, hear, taste, smell, stand, use hands, lift up to 35 lbs, and perform tasks requiring stooping, kneeling, crouching, or crawling. Vision: close, distance, color, peripheral, depth perception, and ability to adjust focus.
• Work environment: exposure to moving mechanical parts, fumes, airborne particles, heat, wet/humid conditions, high or precarious places, chemicals, weather,…