Lead Operator - Molding, Night Shift

ABOUT ITW MEDICAL

ITW (NYSE: ITW) is a Fortune 300 global multi-industrial manufacturing leader with revenue of $16 billion in 2025. The company’s seven industry-leading segments leverage the unique ITW Business Model to drive solid growth with best-in-class margins and returns in markets where highly innovative, customer-focused solutions are required. ITW’s approximately 43,000 dedicated colleagues around the world thrive in the company’s decentralized and entrepreneurial culture.

ITW (NYSE: ITW) is a Fortune 300 global multi-industrial manufacturing leader with revenue of $16 billion in 2025. The company’s seven industry-leading segments leverage the unique ITW Business Model to drive solid growth with best-in-class margins and returns in markets where highly innovative, customer-focused solutions are required. ITW’s approximately 43,000 dedicated colleagues around the world thrive in the company’s decentralized and entrepreneurial culture.

ITW Medical, a division of ITW, is comprised of two highly respected brands
- Coeur and Filtertek, supplying critical filtration and flow control solutions to global OEM’s, serving Surgical, Infusion, Bioprocessing and Diagnostic Imaging end markets.

The Lead Operator is the technical subject‑matter expert for their assigned equipment, process, and production area. This role maintains hands‑on ownership at the line level and serves as the first point of contact for real‑time troubleshooting, process decisions, equipment issues, quality concerns, and operational support for production associates. The Lead Operator partners closely with the Shift Supervisor to achieve safety, quality, delivery, and productivity objectives while leading by example on the production floor.

12-hour rotating shift: 7:00pm
-7:00am

Week 1:
Monday, Tuesday

Week 2:
Wednesday, Thursday, Friday

• Serve as the primary technical resource and subject‑matter expert for assigned equipment and processes.
• Lead by example in safety, quality, standard work, and operational discipline.
• Conduct start‑of‑shift huddles and shift handoff communications within the assigned area.
• Provide real‑time troubleshooting and technical guidance to operators.
• Conduct on‑the‑job training and maintain required training sign‑off documentation.
• Partner with the Shift Supervisor to identify operational risks and elevate issues promptly.
• Provide hands‑on leadership to stabilize quality, throughput, and equipment performance.
• Make and communicate line‑level operational recommendations including start-stop decisions in alignment with the Shift Supervisor.
• Monitor productivity, scrap, downtime, flow, and process performance indicators.
• Coordinate work activities to maximize equipment utilization and schedule attainment.
• Maintain BOJ/EOJ records, production documentation, training records, and visual management systems.
• Ensure adherence to work instructions, procedures, and quality requirements.
• Review and maintain production records and documentation accuracy.
• Identify, contain, and expand quality concerns.
• Support investigations and corrective actions.
• Champion and exemplify safe work practices.
• Address unsafe conditions immediately and lift significant concerns.
• Maintain workplace organization and housekeeping standards.
• Track and communicate operational metrics.
• Support inventory and production transactions.

• Minimum 2-3 years of manufacturing or production experience.
• Minimum 1 year of experience operating equipment or processes within the assigned production area.
• Demonstrated proficiency in established work instructions, procedures, quality requirements, and production documentation.
• Ability to communicate effectively.
• Demonstrated…