Finishing Team Lead

American Packaging Corporation•Churchville, NY

7h•Onsite

About The Position

At American Packaging Corporation (APC), you’ll find the packaging career you’ve been looking for. With competitive salaries, excellent benefits, 401(k) plans and tuition reimbursement programs, we nurture our employees while advancing and promoting diversity and inclusion. As the leading flexible packaging converter in North America for over a century, APC’s longstanding success is fueled from the inside out. We’re constantly seeking to improve our internal operations and were named a “Best of the Best” in the Best workplaces in the America’s awards for 12 years in a row. It’s how and why we engage the best and brightest talent to continue propelling our shared success into the future.

Requirements

High school diploma or general education degree (GED)
Previous experience in a Slitter Operator position.
Ability to read and interpret documents such as safety rules, operating and maintenance instructions and procedure manuals.
Ability to write routine reports and correspondence.
Ability to speak effectively before groups of customers or employees of organization.
Ability to add, subtract, multiply and divide in all units of measure, using whole numbers, common fractions and decimals.
Ability to compute waste, footage, pounds, impressions and production as well as to draw and interpret bar graphs.
Ability to apply common sense understanding to carry out detailed but uninvolved written or oral instructions.
Ability to deal with problems involving a few concrete variables in standardized situations.

Responsibilities

Facilitate on the job training and instruction for team members on the correct use of tools and equipment to ensure proper safety and operating procedures are followed.
Participate in training, embrace concepts of and actively practice the SPOT Safety Program fundamentals to aid American Packaging Corporation’s efforts to achieve a zero-accident rate.
Collect and review shift reports from previous 24 hours of operation
Prepare dashboard daily for morning review
Maintain people schedules to ensure proper staffing and ensure shifts are balanced with crewing
Review production schedules to ensure next 24hrs is organized and goals are established.
Participate in and generate ideas for department continuous improvement efforts
Inventory all Dr. rewinds generated from previous 24 hours
Review location sheet for WIP rolls not located or issued properly
Schedule and prioritize Dr. winds by release
File and review job jackets for next 24 hours of production in the Finishing Dept.
Talk with all operators at shift change about any issues with job or machine issues
Assist in troubleshooting all machine in the Department
Troubleshoot and resolve issues with job orders and specs
Provide direction to utility personnel and prioritize Finishing Dept duties.
Embrace concept of shared resources and work cell design to organize the shift.
Check setups and review upcoming specs to be sure they’re clear and match job order.
Embrace and implement Kanban or other inventory management system for the dept supplies: pallets, cores, slitting knives, corrugated and all packaging supplies,
Work with Junior Operators and Rewinders for proper cross training within the dept.
Work with Technical and QA for disposition of material on hold and returned material
Complete work orders
Review and record dept SPOT cards
Able to work various hours on short notice for special projects
Actively participates in safety programs and makes safety observations.
Follows plant safety rules.
Must possess a healthy work ethic.
Good communication skills, both verbal and written.
Must take responsibility for work assigned.
Follow all Plant Safety Rules, GMPs, and other procedural training requirements.
Other duties as assigned.