Shift leader, Manufacturing ​/ Production

Job Purpose

Leads shift while operating production machinery safely and efficiently; maintain appropriate documentation and communicate ideas and problems to appropriate staff; perform scheduled preventative maintenance and mold changeovers; responsible for producing best quality product.

• Responsible for providing a safe environment to all production employees, visitors and temporary labor.
• Ensure all employees and visitors receive and wear protective or safety equipment such as earplugs, hairnets, safety glasses or gloves.
• Continually monitor production floor and equipment for unsafe or hazardous conditions; report immediately and make appropriate corrections to repair, replace or quarantine unsafe condition.
• Ensure proper medical attention is provided immediately with any accident and perform accident investigation.
• Responsible for producing and/or packing the best quality product at all times which meet or exceed company expectations and customer quality expectations.
• Coordinate and conduct quality training as required.
• Label and/or tag all production, and maintain raw and packaging material traceability by recording lot codes as required.
• Ensure all production employees are properly trained to identify nonconforming product and materials.
• Ensure all non-conforming products and materials are placed on hold, isolated, and properly tracked.
• Perform quality and downstream testing and measurements, and record results in the specified system or form as directed.
• Communicate out of specification conditions, food safety and food defense issues to the appropriate personnel.
• Chart Statistical Process Control (SPC) data and evaluate for out of specification and out of control conditions.
• Responsible for achieving maximum production efficiency on all scheduled machines.
• Monitor machine processes and ensure any changes are justified and properly recorded.
• Monitor production efficiencies and make necessary adjustments to meet and exceed 'World Class' Overall Equipment Effectiveness (OEE) standards.
• Perform shift inventories to ensure accurate production numbers.
• Record daily production, lot information, downtime summaries, etc, in Access Production Database.
• Proactive in addressing inefficiencies; communicate all equipment inefficiencies with maintenance personnel.
• Promote and participate in Total Productive Manufacturing (TPM) events and projects.
• Answer telephones and greet visitors in a professional and courteous manner consistent with Ring Container Technologies standards.
• Ensure the safe and efficient operation of all equipment to meet or exceed company established Overall Equipment Effectiveness (OEE) expectations and customer quality expectations.
• Follow Lock out / Tag out policy.
• Proactive in addressing unsafe conditions on production equipment.
• Process production equipment and maintain documentation to support process changes.
• Proactive in addressing inefficiencies of production equipment.
• Perform maintenance tasks as outlined by Maintenance Manager.
• Use power tool equipment in the shop in a safe manner to avoid injury or harm to self or other employees.
• Perform scheduled Preventative Maintenance tasks as outlined by Maintenance Manager.
• Proactive in addressing machine inefficiencies during preventative maintenance.
• Ensure equipment is clean and in 'showroom condition' after preventative maintenance is performed on production equipment.
• Continually evaluate equipment for improvement areas.
• Tag components or parts that need repair, replacement or improvement as outlined in the Total Productive Manufacturing (TPM) guidelines.
• Perform scheduled production equipment mold changeovers as outlined by Maintenance Manager.
• Perform changeovers with limited downtime as described in Single Minute Exchange of Dies (SMED) procedures.
• Ensure production equipment is in safe and efficient operation after each changeover.
• Perform maintenance tasks as outlined by Maintenance Manager.
• Troubleshoot hydraulic, pneumatic, electrical, mechanical and process problems with equipment as needed or directed by management or Production Supervisor.
• Maintain sufficient records to support the Computerized Maintenance Management Software (CMMS) system
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• Record parts removed from inventory on appropriate documentation to maintain sufficient parts inventory.
• Notify Maintenance Manager when parts inventory becomes low or reaches a reorder point.
• Complete the appropriate paperwork required by all work orders.
• Generate the necessary quick tickets when…