Manufacturing Lead- Nights

Job Description

Job Description

Job Title: Manufacturing Lead

Department: Production

Reports to: Plant Manager

Employment Status: Hourly

Shift: 12-Hour Shift (C crew)

Job Summary :

The Manufacturing Lead is responsible for the overall extrusion operations for a particular production building and crew. The ideal Manufacturing Lead is an individual who can maintain and improve EP’s production metrics (Safety, Quality, Delivery, Scrap and Efficiency) while also playing a role in the career and skill development of production associates.

This position serves as the Plant Manager backup and is responsible for ensuring adherence to Company procedures and as well as all administrative reporting. This includes reporting of production results, material and hopper run outs, safety incidents including near misses, as well as Bill of Material (BOM) and Bill of Process (BOP) corrections. This position is also responsible for the coordination of the daily production schedule including the assignment of production associates to the needed extrusion line or other department in order to best accomplish business goals.

This team-focused individual must foster a good working relationship with the production associates on their shift. This includes coaching, training and supporting production associates, especially new hires. The ideal candidate is positive, confident, and hard-working and cares deeply for the success of the production associates on their crew.

Successful performance of the Manufacturing Lead role will make possible a promotion to a Manufacturing Manager role which is a Salaried position and will include management responsibilities for assigned production associates.

Essential Duties and Responsibilities :

People and Team Management

• Foster a positive relationship with all production associates on their shift, with a particular emphasis to helping new hires become successful.
• Guide production associates in their career development including coaching, training, and ensuring they receive opportunities to progress in the training matrix.
• Reinforce policies and procedures taught in Company trainings.
• Assist the Plant Manager with written performance evaluations to ensure candid and accurate appraisals of all production associates.
• Complete early career reviews of production associates (e.g. 5 day, 10 day, etc) to ensure new associates are being provided the feedback needed to succeed.
• Responsible for meeting turnover and retention goals on their shift.

Safety

• Responsible for creating an overall safe work environment for their building and holding employees responsible for following safety guidelines and standards.
• Ensures incident reports are completed in a timely manner after an injury or incident.
• Alert management to any security concerns that arise during a shift.

Essential Duties and Responsibilities, cont:

Quality

• Responsible for the quality results on their shift.
• Performs audits as necessary to meet Quality standards. This includes first piece verification checks and release audits.
• Expected to make quality decisions and document such decisions appropriately via the sign off procedure.
• Involves Quality personnel in making quality decisions as required.

Production

• Responsible for on time delivery on their shift.
• Responsible for achieving production metrics (scrap and efficiency) on their shift.
• Completes production plan by assigning personnel; establishing priorities; monitoring progress; revising schedules and resolving problems.
• Utilizes labor appropriately based on needs of the business.
• Review the accuracy of operator reports before they are turned into accounting.
• Reports results of the shift using production summaries (Predictive).
• Audits each line to ensure that CIL and Quality standards are being followed.
• Drives continuous improvement activities on their shift
• Reviews production schedule requirements in conjunction with “Hot List” and coordinates available resources accordingly.
• Communicates to Customer Experience Managers to ensure customers are informed on status of orders.
• Serve as backup to Plant Manager.
• Perform other duties as assigned.

Skills, Qualifications, Education and/or Relevant Experience :

Required

• High school diploma or GED required
• Able to work while standing for long periods

Preferred

• Supervisory experience
• Demonstrated leadership skills and experience working across departments in a manufacturing organization
• Working knowledge of Microsoft applications and databases
• Experience in driving process improvements

Desired

• Ability to handle multiple tasks and time sensitive work that can change rapidly
• Experience in a plastics processing or extrusion environment
• Displays consistent desire to do more than is asked to help coordinate processes in order to get the job done

Supervisory Responsibilities :

No direct reports, responible for all assigned hourly production associates on crew