Production Lead

CKS Packaging • Atlanta, GA

12d • Onsite

About The Position

This role is responsible for Safety, Quality, and Production of the plant during assigned shift hours. You will be required to teach, train, and retain employees while enforcing all company policies, procedure, work rules, and work instructions. This involves managing approx. 30-40 employees - including area leads and a mix of full time and temps.

Requirements

• Experience providing leadership, coaching, and training to employees to motivate and retain staff- servant leadership model
• Successful previous experience supervising hourly employees engaged in production, maintenance, and support of manufacturing operations (open to candidates who were Department Lead or Assistant Supervisor)
• Effectively communicating expectations/requirements
• Monitor performance of employees
• Guiding/leading personnel engaged in machine start-ups, changeovers, and troubleshooting production equipment
• Maximizing production efficiencies by allocating people, maintaining support for equipment, and maintaining work flow
• Lead by exhibiting personal commitment to standards of attendance, behavior, policy/rules compliance, safety, and quality
• Assist in production flow, completing rework, and other tasks as necessary
• Maintain employee records (such as performance and attendance), administer counseling/discipline, and maintain production records as directed
• Develop cooperative working relationships with other functional managers
• Meet essential function of reliable, regular, consistent attendance six days/ week

Nice To Haves

• Hands-on practical experience injection molding and blow molding (Husky, Sidel, One Blow, Sipa, Flex Blow, Bekum, Uniloy, Nissei, Aoki, Stretch Blow Molding or similar) of rigid plastic containers

Responsibilities

• Teach, train, and retain employees
• Enforce all company policies, procedures, work rules, and work instructions
• Manage approximately 30-40 employees, including area leads and a mix of full-time and temporary staff
• Provide leadership, coaching, and training to employees to motivate and retain staff using a servant leadership model
• Supervise hourly employees engaged in production, maintenance, and support of manufacturing operations
• Effectively communicate expectations/requirements
• Monitor performance of employees
• Guide/lead personnel engaged in machine start-ups, changeovers, and troubleshooting production equipment
• Maximize production efficiencies by allocating people, maintaining support for equipment, and maintaining work flow
• Exhibit personal commitment to standards of attendance, behavior, policy/rules compliance, safety, and quality
• Assist in production flow, completing rework, and other tasks as necessary
• Maintain employee records (such as performance and attendance)
• Administer counseling/discipline
• Maintain production records as directed
• Develop cooperative working relationships with other functional managers
• Meet essential function of reliable, regular, consistent attendance six days/ week

Benefits

• Paid vacation and sick days after one year of service
• Excellent medical, dental, and vision benefits at modest employee contributions
• Discretionary Bonus
• 401k participation with Company matching contributions upon completion of first 30 days of service

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Mid Level
• Education Level: No Education Listed