Printing - Cell Lead (3rd Shift)

Polytainers Inc•Lee's Summit, MO

42d•Onsite

About The Position

Reporting to the Printing Shift Supervisor, the Cell Leader is responsible for coordinating the activities of resources of the assigned cell and making sure the team is positioned to meet the quality, delivery and productivity targets. The Cell Leader will need to know the daily expectations of the cell, know the current status throughout the shift, make the necessary adjustments, and provide the technical support required to hit the targets

Requirements

Educational Requirements: High school diploma or equivalent
Minimum Experience/Field: 5 years’ experience as press operator
Communication Skills: Fluent in English with good written and verbal communication skills, good interpersonal skills
Skills: Press Operating Skills, Tear down, wash, set-up of printing presses, able to run all lid and base presses. Shows leadership qualities, able to coordinate multiple activities at the same time. Able to diagnose printing problems and initiate appropriate corrective action. Must be able to work with frequent interruptions

Responsibilities

Coordination of Activities: overlap with the previous or next shift to understand unusual circumstances, scheduling issues and ongoing problems
Assist Group Leader with assignment of personnel at the start of the shift, identify any labor shortages or skill issues, ensure machines run through shift change
Assist set-up operators in CM&R or quality inspection/machine adjustment as required
Re-assign personnel as required, set up operators for CM&R, press operators to cover breaks and lunches on high priority presses, technician to priorities
Conduct quick walk around the area checking each press for issues
Respond to downtime issues by dealing directly/calling technicians as required, escalate problems that exceed 30 minutes
Schedule jobs in the correct sequence on the Daily Machine Scheduling & Attainment board
Check and authorize job starts and fill out the Line Inspection Sheet
Update cell production report with downtime information
Complete the update of the scheduling board at the end of the shift, totaling all the appropriate columns
Complete and Submit Cell Leader report
Never compromises safety, treats fellow Team Members with honesty, respect and dignity
Meets standards of conduct
Perform hourly audits of presses checking for: Adherence to Quality procedures, jobs running at job card speed, proper use of Kanban card, ahead/behind status, adherence to standard work, adherence to HSE/HACCP/ SQF/5S
Identify training opportunities to Group Leader
Actively participate in problem solving
Provide technical assistance to Operators as required
Responsible for training Team Members on cGMP’s Food Safety and Quality procedure
Assists with new job approval tasks and associated documentation
This position is back up for Group Leaders
Back up for this position is the designated Set-Up Specialists or Press Operators