Lead Machine Adjuster

Job Description

Assist Shift Supervisor with managing assigned shift, focusing on key areas of safety, quality, production, and communication. Provide real-time floor oversight, ensure compliance with standards, gather data on performance and issues, and escalate to supervisors for strategic decisions in a high-volume paper bag manufacturing environment. Split floor coverage with the other Lead to monitor machines, drive team development, and minimize losses due to articulable constraints.

• Serve as first line technical support for Machine Operators, and Utility persons
• Maintain production schedules and ensure machines are running on schedule and at production speed
• Monitor bags being run, taking hourly samples to inspect quality and catch defects and unnecessary waste
• Make sure machines are cleaned and repaired as needed
• Ensure work areas are safe and employees are following safety procedures, including wearing personal protective equipment (PPE), guarding machinery, and maintaining proper work attire
• Submit accurate production reports daily and timely
• Schedule breaks for employees and relieve them as needed
• Evaluate employees' performances, administer counseling and/or disciplinary action, and improve recurring problems
• Train new employees or assign them to others to train
• Keep work areas clean and refer employees to Human Resources for complaints and/or first step grievances or other issues
• Follow Good Manufacturing Practices (GMP) and Food Safety Practices
• Perform other miscellaneous duties as assigned by management, including food safety

Qualifications

• 5 years of experience in a manufacturing environment
• 2-5 years Adjuster experience
• Effective listening, speaking & writing ability in person and on the phone
• Ability to read and interpret documents such as safety rules, operating and quality instructions, and procedural manuals
• Ability to complete routine reports and records
• Ability to add, subtract, multiply, and divide
• Ability to write clearly and concisely, using good grammar and professional style
• Self managing with organization and time management skills
• Must have good eyesight (no colorblindness) to spot flaws in color comparison, print set-up, etc. as bags or film come off the production line