Production Lead

Join the Gaco team, a trusted name in building envelope solutions with a heritage dating back to 1955. We’re seeking a Production Lead who’s ready to be part of a company committed to formulating everyday success for every customer through innovative, reliable products used to adhere, seal, and protect at every level of the building envelope.

This position will report to the Operational Excellence Manager and help to ensure the facility and equipment are safe and efficient for all employees. To establish a standard set of work requirements for Production Team Leader’s job. Overview requirements of the position are Safety;
Teammate Relations;
Metals – Quality and Environmental;
Quality;
Production Performance; and Housekeeping. The Production Team Leader is responsible for the safety of all teammates in their area of responsibility. Teammate relations is key to any good manufacturing operation. As a member of the management team, you are expected to fully support, embrace, and utilize our Metals system in all facets of your job. Quality is the single most important aspect of our product.

As a member of the management team, you should have a strong grasp of what acceptable quality is with our product and our packaging. Successful production performance requires a strong focus. As a front‑line Lead, you carry more influence on production performance than any other member of the management team. One of your focus points should be performance standards (i.e., scrap & waste, line speed, and machine utilization).

Good housekeeping is essential to the safe and happy wellbeing of our teammates as well as important to create a good manufacturing environment.

Hourly Rate: $36.08/hr Mon-Thurs 2pm-12:30am

• Managing all the control points of the "Line Driven Safety Program" in their area of responsibility.
• Ensuring the proper use of PPE (Personal Protective Equipment), by each and every teammate in his or her area of responsibility. There is a comprehensive program on PPE in the safety files director's office.
• Leading all teammates in the proper compliance of our "General Plant Safety rules".
• Ensuring that all the proper guidelines are met when using a fork truck in the plant.
• Investigating and reporting all accidents that happen in their area of responsibility.
• Reviewing all accidents that happen in the plant in their area or any other area. This review should be used as training to avoid similar accidents by other teammates.
• Monitoring the completion of their teammates daily IIP's.
• As a Team Leader you should spend 70% to 80% of your time on the floor. While you are on the floor you should be observing, training, and coaching. Minimal time should be spent in the office, and even less time should be spent in the front office.
• All hours worked by you and your teammates should be managed by you and your supervisor. No one should work overtime without you first being aware and scheduling that teammate.
• Attendance should be monitored closely for each teammate. The corporate attendance policy should be strictly enforced.
• When calling in, a teammate should always talk to someone in supervision. Team Leaders should seldom miss work, but if they do, they should make personal contact with their department manager.
• It is very important that all teammates in your area of responsibility are given timely and fair performance reviews. A review should be honest and fair. If a teammate has a problem area, he or she should be counseled to help them correct it.
• As a member of the management team it is your obligation to fill out documentation of all sorts on your teammates from corrective action counseling to praise for a job well done and anything in between.
• Managing the attitudes of your teammates as well as managing your own attitude is essential to have good teammate relations. Verbal abuse, gossiping or in‑fighting, or blatant verbal attacks on other teammates, members of the management team, or the company should not be tolerated by you.
• You should know the quality and environmental policies and practice it in your every day business. It is more than a policy; it is a philosophy to run our…