Team Leader

Job Description

The Hourly Team Leader will guide the overall team’s mission in productivity, safety, quality, operations, continuous improvement, and team effectiveness. This position will be required to work overtime.

• Ensures that lines are running well, following line conditions, standard operating procedures, proper settings, etc.
• Maintains monitoring of scrap generation and line downtime and line efficiency.
• Resolves non-poly issues with the warehouse and PIC.
• Ensures Bill of Material compliance.
• Supports preventative maintenance.
• Enforces safety rules, GMP and the use of proper PPE.
• Collects information regarding investigations on safety incidents (Accidents, Fires, Spills, Near Misses) and notifies management of all safety incidents.
• Cross-trains personnel and assigns housekeeping duties to all operators.
• Verifies quality checks are completed by operators as required.
• Reports personnel issues; helps with documenting all issues, and assists with conflicts between employees.
• Recommends necessary disciplinary actions to Production Supervisor.
• Handles operator performance issues, counseling employees as needed.
• Performs other job duties as assigned.

Qualifications

• Prior PC skills and leadership experience preferred.
• Able to communicate effectively both orally and in writing with all levels of employees within the organization.
• Able to work with associates at all levels of the organization.
• Able to provide effective formal/informal coaching & training.
• Able to set priorities and cope with several problems simultaneously.
• One or more years work experience in manufacturing production within plant or a related field preferred.
• Familiar with current plant work process flow.

Company Benefits

Benefits With safety as our top priority and a commitment to employee well-being an important focus, we offer comprehensive and competitive benefits that include medical, dental and vision insurance as well as a variety of other well-being resources focused on mental, physical and financial health.

Community Engagement

At Novolex, giving back to the local communities that support us is important. Our Focused Giving Program prioritizes support for organizations whose missions promote sustainability initiatives or address food and hunger needs. We also encourage facility level support of activities in the communities where our employees live and work.

Training and Development

We offer constant opportunities for advancement. From skills development to advanced education programs, training and development programs and courses are available through MyLearning. Programs include company and industry training curricula, support for formal education through the Tuition Reimbursement Program (Non-Union), and a Learning Management System that supports and enhances employee skills at all levels of the organization.