Line Leader 1st Shift

About the role

This role assists in directing employees' activities within an assigned manufacturing room/rooms or areas to meet the daily production schedule. It involves taking full responsibility for product quality, resource utilization, operational efficiency, and employee safety within the assigned packaging room/rooms or area. The role also includes assisting the Production Supervisor in supervising daily operations, acting as a liaison between the supervisor and other staff, and suggesting improvements to streamline processes.

Responsibilities

• Develop a productive, profitable, and achievement-oriented working environment for employees.
• Communicate supervisor's job orders to employees.
• Ensure all batch record entries are performed.
• Maintain line/area in an orderly and safe manner while maintaining GMPs.
• Notify supervisor with personnel issues.
• Observe packaging operations for optimum performance.
• Aid in reporting the production performance metrics.
• Suggest changes in working conditions and use of equipment to increase efficiency of work crew.
• Train designated peers as replacements.
• Perform room line/area changeovers, including startups and lot changes.
• Assign associates to complete line/area cleans and perform clean checks as needed.
• Verify the completion of dailies and challenges for ongoing rooms.
• Provide status updates on lines/areas to management as needed and ensure scheduled lines/areas are ready or backups are available.
• Ensure associates complete their Batch Record Review corrections prior to the end of their shift; complete corrections for employees if necessary.
• Ensure any controlled bulk is staged and monitored for the next shift.
• Recommend measures to improve production methods, equipment performance, and quality of product.
• Analyze and resolve work problems or assist workers in solving work problems.
• Aid in Deviations and/or Investigations when required.

Qualifications

• Preferred 4-year BS, BA or BT degree in a technical discipline or 2-year associate’s degree with 3 to 5 years pharmaceutical packaging experience.
• Experience in inspection of pharmaceutical or related industry is required.
• Good documentation and communication skills.
• Good organizational and planning skills.
• Proficiency in MS Office (MS Excel, and MS Word, in particular).
• Previous leadership experience (conflict resolution, critical thinking, communication, etc.) is required.

Physical Demands

• Frequent exposure to moving mechanical parts.
• Moderate noise level in the work environment.