Extrusion - TEAM LEADER

Job Description

Posted Monday, January 5, 2026 at 6:00 AM

Provide leadership and technical support in day‑to‑day aspects of the consumer extrusion and conversion processes, including personnel, troubleshooting, training, changeovers, raw materials, equipment, methods, processes, and costs – to successfully meet or exceed established standards for food safety, food quality, and productivity consistent with plant direction. Ensure the manufacture of products that meet or exceed customer expectations by working closely with production managers, associate team leaders, engineers, quality managers, and operators.

Initiate new ideas to improve product cost, quality, and overall productivity through process knowledge and teamwork.

• Provide leadership and technical support in day‑to‑day aspects of the consumer extrusion and conversion processes, including personnel, troubleshooting, training, changeovers, raw materials, equipment, methods, processes, and costs – to successfully meet or exceed established standards for food safety, food quality, and productivity consistent with plant direction.
• Ensure the manufacture of products that meet or exceed customer expectations by working closely with production managers, associate team leaders, engineers, quality managers, and operators. Initiate new ideas to improve product cost, quality, and overall productivity through process knowledge and teamwork.
• Ensure consistent, dependable attendance and demonstrate a willingness to accommodate non‑standard work hours as necessary.
• Capable of effectively managing job‑related stress and fostering productive workplace interactions

• Complete conversion and extrusion QA audits
• Maintain inventory on assigned checklist
• Screen and scrap product in hold area
• Sign off on skids
• Fill out hold tickets
• Restock conversion boxes
• Update and verify SCJ colorant bucket labels
• Organize the extrusion WIP
• Clean EDB and properly dispose of ink into drums
• Maintain general housekeeping of conversion, extrusion, and warehouse areas
• Weigh, document, and cut scrap
• Perform other related duties as assigned, directed or in accordance with designated responsibilities
• Meet or exceed production objectives and align staff and teams with objectives
• Oversee execution of all production functions as related to safety, troubleshooting, changeovers, production, maintenance, quality assurance, and scheduling.
• Verify and report all daily production/quality data to designated standards
• Hold operators accountable for running to standards and assure all run/spec sheets are complete and accurate
• Responsible for the development of all operator activities in extrusion and conversion related to the understanding of production equipment, process flow, quality requirements and procedures, and overall employee safety.
• Prepare daily reports to monitor, report, and initiate action on results of efficiencies, quality, and costs.
• Determine and ensure appropriate staffing, capacity, and raw materials to meet current and forecasted production requirements.
• Oversee fair, consistent, and timely administration of all Minigrip LLC policies, work rules, disciplinary actions, performance reviews and skill development.
• Ensure that the workplace is safe, professional, clean, and conforms to good manufacturing practices and “5s” housekeeping.
• Assure plant policies, including safety/code red/quality/GMP/C-TPAT are maintained at all times.
• Identify and implement safety, quality, and cost savings initiatives as they pertain to production.
• Generate ideas and initiate actions with regard to equipment, training, staffing, raw materials, systems, and general operations improvements.
• Monitor report and initiate action on any unsafe condition or act (STOP).
• Work closely with maintenance, quality, production, and other production areas to ensure highest quality products.
• Create strong relationships and work closely with all Minigrip LLC operations in sharing knowledge, resources, technology, cost savings ideas, and product / process improvements.
• Lead periodic 10‑minute shift meetings (Safety/Quality/GMP) with required documentation.
• Attend all scheduled Team Leader…