Production Operator Lead 3rd shift

Essential Duties and Responsibilities

• Communicate with 1st and 2nd shift production supervisors and scheduling to review the status of daily production schedule (batches in process) to understand priorities.
• Plan and establish work schedules, assignments, and production sequences to meet production goals.
• Escalate critical safety or process-related issues to management. Inform management of any issues or problems so that product quality is not compromised and deadlines are met.
• Lead by example in working safely; ensuring all work gets done without incident. Timely reporting of injuries, damage, and near misses that are critical to risk management. Act quickly and report any plant emergency accordingly with proper authorities and plant management. Responsible for making decisions to send employees for treatment in a medical emergency.
• Turn on critical equipment (i.e., chiller, boilers, air compressors, air drier) after power outages/city water supply problems.
• Contact Maintenance Department or Engineering regarding equipment problems.
• Promote positive teamwork and respectful interaction in the group with regular presence on the plant floor.
• Ensure work being executed to process production jobs is in accordance with SOPs & safety guidelines.
• Monitor key high-risk processes to ensure a safe work environment is maintained.
• Be aware of critical process steps of each batch and ensure they are executed properly.
• Aid other formulators in troubleshooting and problem-solving.
• Be aware of when batches need to go to QA and ensure that tanks are sampled in a timely manner.
• Provide supervisory double-check sign-off on Metalworking department batch tickets before they are turned into QA lab.
• Interface with QA to ensure batch is within specifications prior to packaging.
• Conduct or assign employee training on equipment operation, work practices, and safety procedures; ensure assigned employee training is effective and completed on time. May be required to submit documentation to supervisor while following the Company’s policies and applicable laws.
• Apply 5S tools to improve and sustain work area orderliness and cleanliness.
• Adhere to ISO quality practices and procedures.
• Ensure that all manufacturing documentation is accurate and completed on time.

Experience & Skills

• Understanding processes and mechanics of production line equipment.
• Ability to learn the chemical operations in a results-oriented, dynamic plant environment and assume more responsibility over expected timeframe.
• Ability to be an on-shift resource for troubleshooting problems in the process.
• Ability to embrace continuous improvement and lead by example.
• Follows, without exception, all Company policies, work instructions, SOPs, and safety rules, including use of all proper PPE and other safety equipment.
• Demonstrated planning and organization skills.
• Ability to manage, train, and develop employees; ability to give and receive constructive feedback.
• Proven track record of effective problem-solving.
• Strong collaboration and teaming skills with stakeholders across functions.
• Ability to multi-task and delegate functions.
• Display creative thinking and deductive reasoning skills.
• Possess proven written and verbal and listening communication skills.
• Ability to safely operate and be certified on forklift.
• Must have computer skills for data entry and completion of company online training courses.
• Math skills for accurate RM and batch details: Ability to add, subtract, multiply, and divide in all units of measure, using whole numbers, common fractions, and decimals.

Physical Demands & Work Environment

• Frequent reaching with both hands and arms.
• Speaking and hearing required.
• Standing, walking, climbing, stooping, kneeling, crouching, or crawling on occasion.
• Regularly lifting and/or moving up to 70 pounds and occasionally lifting and/or moving up to 100 pounds.
• Specific vision abilities required by this job include close vision, distance vision, color vision, peripheral vision, and depth perception.
• Passing a respirator fitting and pulmonary fit test is required.

Pay

Salary Range: $34.19-$44.88/hr.

Schedule

3rd shift hours are 9pm-5:30am Sunday night to Friday morning; mandatory overtime may be required based on business necessity.