Production Lead

Responsibilities

• Safeguard a culture where employees address unsafe conditions, unsafe behaviors, and participate in and suggest improvements.
• Identify safety gaps and initiate corrective actions.
• Strictly adhere to plant safety, housekeeping, and 5S efforts.
• Create a work environment where risks are managed with urgency.
• Support and ensure compliance and execution of company vision.
• Perform cell walk at shift exchange with previous WCC.
• Review machine downtime to optimize labor assignments.
• Audit machine/cell readiness for production.
• Approve start-up of production.
• Inspect one shot/operator/day (with them) and independently to ensure compliance and effectiveness.
• Perform Gemba walks every 2 hours and document results on MDI.
• Ensure Operator AMs are being completed.
• Lead, support, and develop operator skill level in work cell for better performance.
• Ensure compliance with plant initiatives such as ISO, TPM, and GMP.
• Manage scrap waste stream and drive reduction within the cell.
• Assist with machine breakdowns and escalate to support groups.
• Investigate production anomalies (pulls, DT, Red Screen, HrxHr, Labor variance).
• Communicate/escalate operational issues with shift supervisor.

Requirements

• Ability to challenge the status quo to facilitate continuous improvement.
• Ability to collaborate across roles and diverse groups, gather and share feedback.
• Ability to stay current in best practices and be a continuous learner.
• Strong communication, presentation, planning, and organizational skills; ability to multi-task and prioritize.
• Excellent interpersonal and communication skills.
• Strategic thinking skills.
• Ability to read and comprehend instructions, correspondence, reports, and memos.
• Ability to write correspondence and reports.
• Ability to present information in one-on-one situations, to other supervisors, and in small group settings to employees of his/her department.
• Basic math skills (add, subtract, multiply, divide).
• Understanding of rates, ratios, and percentages.
• Ability to apply knowledge to solve problems.
• Ability to communicate effectively.
• Associates degree or relevant experience.
• Previous experience supervising employees within a manufacturing, military, or industrial environment.