Production Lead

Altium Packaging•Buena Park, CA

4d•Onsite

About The Position

The Production Lead will assist the Production Supervisor by guiding and supporting employees in the Injection Molding, Blow Molding, and/or Reheat Stretch teams. This role involves ensuring compliance with standard operating procedures and policies, including Safety, Quality, and GMP. The Production Lead will act as a change agent, manage new skills, customer needs, and shift changes, and use consistency and integrity in all dealings. They will also drive retention by fostering morale and employee engagement, champion a safety culture, and ensure a safe work environment. Additionally, the Production Lead will operate machines as needed, communicate policies and specifications, lead improvement initiatives to boost throughput and reduce waste, drive value creation through system improvements, and provide performance feedback to management.

Requirements

Ability to work well with others.
Flexible to work assigned shift.
Ability to work overtime or fill in for call-ins when necessary.
Be in good standing.
Be able to use e-mail and communicate effectively.
Basic computer skills
Good communication and teamwork abilities.
Attention to detail and problem-solving skills.
High school diploma with associate degree or equivalent preferred.
1 to 3 years’ experience
Excellent communication and analytical skills are essential.

Responsibilities

Act as a Change Agent, using appropriate modes of communication and overseeing change management, such as learning new skills, changes in customer or business needs, or shift changes and overtime.
Use consistency and integrity in dealings with all employees, policy compliance, company relationships, and company data and performance.
Drive retention by fostering morale and employee engagement.
In conjunction with the Production Supervisor, champions a safety culture, ensures a safe work environment, and promotes safe behavior.
Helps lead and drive safety culture and improvements to achieve a zero-incident environment.
Monitors environment and becomes aware of conditions that may affect employee safety and security; takes corrective action.
Operates machines as needed
Communicates to ensure employees learn and comply with specifications, job orders, and company policies.
Lead improvement initiatives to increase through-put, reduce downtime, and reduce waste.
Drive value creation by improving current systems and procedures and lead continuous improvement activities.
Provide feedback to Production Supervisor or Manager concerning employee performance and behavior.
Other duties as assigned by management.