Lead Manufacturing Machine Operator - 3rd Shift (Sun-Thurs 11pm-7am)

About the role

This opening is for 3rd Shift, Sunday - Thursday, 11pm-7am. Shift Differential: $1.10 for working 3rd shift.

Responsibilities

• Performs safety inspections as required to ensure the safety of personnel and equipment, corrects deficiencies or enters maintenance requests.
• Practice and encourage safe behaviors and ensure that all safety procedures are followed.
• Perform safety, quality and productivity standard work as assigned.
• Verify/conduct required quality checks of the machines throughout the department.
• Absorb daily with staffing, rework, safety incident investigations, and other pertinent projects or issues for the shift.
• Work directly with the Training Team in training of new employees.
• Use positive communication skills to promote teamwork and a team atmosphere.
• Ensure housekeeping is a priority for Packers and Operators – make assignments to Operators and crews as necessary to maintain 5S Standards.
• Absorb Machine Operators on all machines with setups and troubleshooting of downtime events.
• Have a working knowledge or be able to run machines in the production area.
• Ability to resolve technical problems independently through multiple types of machinery.
• Work directly with the shift maintenance technicians to ensure timely and appropriate repair/troubleshooting work.
• Provide daily feedback to management on machine performance as well as any personnel performance issues that arise.
• Understand and enforce general rules in accordance with our employee handbook.
• Knowledgeable of the converting/thermoforming scheduling programs.
• Knowledgeable of the production data collection, material management and converting/thermoforming scheduling programs.
• Assume Supervisor duties in his/her absence as directed from management.
• Willing to work overtime on short notice.
• Other duties as assigned.

Qualifications

• Must be able to adapt and work efficiently in a fast-pace environment.
• Must be capable of maintaining good attendance.
• Must have a high school diploma or its equivalency.
• 2 years knowledge of all packaging equipment and procedures.
• 2 years in flexible packaging industry or equivalent.

Skills/Competencies

• Must be able to read, speak, and write English with strong interpersonal skills.
• Must be capable of performing addition, subtraction, multiplication and division calculations.
• Must possess good organization and time management skills and practices.
• Must be capable of using a computer to complete reports, schedules, etc. as needed.
• Microsoft Office strongly preferred.

Physical Demands

• The physical demands described here are representative of those that must be met by an employee to successfully perform the essential functions of this job.
• Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.
• Employee will primarily be working inside in a semi-climate controlled manufacturing environment in order to perform the essential functions of the job.