Manufacturing Lead - NIGHT Shift

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 are working in a safe manner.
• Monitor machinery and environment for unsafe practices or unsafe conditions.
• Ensure all employees are in compliance with GMP/HACCP procedures.
• Ensure all employees are in compliance with PPE requirements.
• Follow all company and departmental policies and procedures.
• Ensure all SQF requirements are adhered to (e.g., boxes on floor, tape usage, etc.).
• Understand job requirements and be able to perform at IP, PMO Tech and Print Tech level.
• Record production data accurately.
• Monitor and ensure quality standards are met.
• Minimize scrap levels.
• Maximize production flow.
• Hold crew meetings and encourage team building.
• Train one crew member to be back-up group leader.
• Maintain employee Kronos, performance and training records.
• Troubleshoot mechanical issues and determine an appropriate action plan.
• Ensure scrap is being accounted for accurately.
• Ensure printers are repaired properly and promptly.
• Minimize the use of support supplies such as inks, blankets, and rags.
• Communicate effectively with incoming group leader.
• Ensure communication of print technicians to incoming technicians.
• Work with quality control to maximize quality and minimize downtime.
• Effectively meet departmental goals of EFF, MEEF, and scrap.
• Accountable for the safety of all employees for whom they are responsible, engaging in safety activities and providing clear, consistent communication of safe work expectations.
• Support and investigate situations in which line/equipment stoppage occurs due to perceived, imminent safety risk.
• Complete responsibilities in accordance with the organization’s policies, procedures, and applicable laws.
• Actively lead risk assessment activities, driving prioritized corrective and preventive actions to eliminate or reduce environmental, health, or safety risks.
• Lead all required safety meetings (e.g., pre-shift, department, change management, general communication, town hall).
• Complete incident investigations, root cause analysis, and implement corrective actions promptly and thoroughly.
• Ensure proper training and development of all assigned employees for whom they are responsible.
• Set goals for their organizational unit, achieve goals, and ensure all employees understand and work toward achieving goals.
• Motivate and coach employees through good communication and frequent performance feedback; identify and coordinate additional training as needed.

• Safety Leadership – Embodies commitment for a safe workplace; acts as a role model on safety leadership, activities, and communication.
• Accountability – Holds self-accountable evidenced by say/do ratio, initiative, and ownership actions (such as ensuring safety is more important than productivity).
• Communication – Ability to communicate safety, goals, and company expectations with appropriate levels of the organization; create clear, timely, audience‑appropriate messages (both written and verbal).
• Engagement – Communicate and support the vision of plant leadership; celebrate wins, and ensure employees actively participate in safety‑related activities.
• Team Development – Understand the development needs of employees in your organization; drive a culture of employees as safety leaders; champion talent development from pre‑hire to continuous learning.
• People Agility – Understand personal strengths and weaknesses; lead by example; promote change through listening skills and frequent input from employees; be genuine and approachable; firm but fair and consistent.
• Problem Solving/Conflict Resolution – Identify and resolve problems in a timely manner; gather and analyze information skillfully; develop alternative solutions; mitigate relationship conflicts and encourage constructive conflict.

To perform this job successfully, an individual must be able to perform each essential duty satisfactorily. The requirements listed below are representative of the knowledge, skill,…