Extrusion Manager

At American Packaging Corporation (APC), you’ll find the packaging career you’ve been looking for. With competitive salaries, excellent benefits, 401(k) plans and tuition reimbursement programs, we nurture our employees while advancing and promoting diversity and inclusion. As the leading flexible packaging converter in North America for over a century, APC’s longstanding success is fueled from the inside out. We’re constantly seeking to improve our internal operations and were named a “Best of the Best” in the Best workplaces in the America’s awards for 12 years in a row.

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LOCATION:

Rochester, NY

Manage the employees and equipment in the Extrusion Department to maintain continuous improvement in Safety, Quality, Waste, and Productivity in the department. Also provide backup support, as needed to the Plant Manager in the case of vacations, absences, or when additional plant wide resources are needed. Directly supervises manufacturing Supervisors. Directly supervises process engineer(s). Carries out supervisory responsibilities in accordance with the organization’s policies and applicable laws.

include the following. Other duties may be assigned.

• Leads the safety effort in the department through job and equipment analysis and improvement, analysis of any incidents which may occur within the department, and active participation with the COE’s safety committee.
• Ensures the quality of production in the department through adherence to specifications, process controls, and established good manufacturing practices for extrusion. Plans and implements improvements in equipment and methods to continually improve product quality.
• Ensures that the housekeeping within the department meets safety and quality GMP requirements.
• Is responsible for meeting divisional waste goals. Analyzes sources of waste and implements improvements to eliminate them.
• Meets established budgeted production standards for setup, downtime, and run speeds. Plans and implements improvements in equipment and methods to continually improve productivity in these areas.
• Develop personal and departmental goals for improvement in each of the areas above. Goals reflect and support the divisions goals for the same time.
• Must possess a healthy work ethic.
• Good communication skills, both verbal and written.
• Must take responsibility for work assigned.
• Follow all Plant Safety Rules, GMPs, and other procedural training requirements.

• Must analyze new issues such as safety incidents, quality defects (Customer complaints and internal), and productivity losses and determine the proper root cause (People, Materials, Machine, Methods) and proper course of action to effect permanent corrective action.
• Provide communication to the department in various formats ( one-on-one, small groups, and department meetings) to foster teamwork and ensure that all department members understand their status, the departments performance, and future department objectives.
• Analyzes the upcoming production schedule and provide feedback to production scheduling on proper sequencing of orders through the extruders to maximize setup and run efficiency.
• Evaluate employees within the department and the associated crew alignments. Provide training where required to foster improvement of individuals as well as the department. Provides reward and recognition for employees that perform at a high level. Takes disciplinary action with employees as needed to ensure compliance with Division policies.
• Identify maintenance needs within the department and…