Production Team Lead- Finishing Department

Graphic Packaging Careers•Elk Grove Township, IL

2d•$33 - $36•Onsite

About The Position

At Graphic Packaging International, we produce the paper cup that held your coffee this morning, the basket that transported those bottles of craft beer you enjoyed last weekend, and the microwave tray that heated your gourmet meal last night. We’re one of the largest manufacturers of paperboard and paper-based packaging for some of the world’s most recognized brands of food, beverage, foodservice, household, personal care and pet products. Headquartered in Atlanta, Georgia, we are collaborative, diverse, innovative individuals who create inspired packaging while giving back to our communities. With over 25,000 employees working in more than 130 locations worldwide, we strive to be environmentally responsible in our industry and in the communities where we operate. We are committed to workplace diversity and offer compensation and benefits programs that are among the industry’s best to reward the talented people who make our company successful. This is a Foodservice folding carton manufacturing operation. We are seeking candidates to join our Elk Grove Village, IL team. This job posting is for a Finishing Lead with a pay range of $32.88-36.03/hour plus shift differential and progressive pay increases. We continually encourage our employees to advance their careers through on the job training and job progression through our strong promotion from within program.

Requirements

Must speak, read and write in English.
Extensive knowledge of Finishing machines and their operation.
Must be flexible: Able to work other shifts, overtime and Saturdays when needed.
Follow all Plant rules, Processes, Hygiene, and Allergens procedures, related to production of Safe Quality Foods.
Report to person of authority to record any potentially unsafe conditions which may result in unsafe foods or noncompliance to SQF related procedures.
Participate in SQF Root Cause and Corrective Actions (from customer complaints, SQF audits, validation, and verification activities) as required.
Follow all procedures related to producing Safe Quality Foods (SQF).
Report any potentially unsafe SQF conditions or customer complaints to a person of authority to record and/or correct the situation.

Responsibilities

Delegate work and schedule employees on Finishing machines.
Communicate with suppliers to order materials.
Work with the maintenance department to help repair machines. Also, there may be times when it is necessary to go to the maintenance department to get parts for machines and discuss problems with maintenance personnel.
Fill in for department manager in his absence.
Prepare daily work schedule (what jobs to run, what jobs need to be finished).
Attend production and hot-list meetings to determine what jobs to run and discuss any production problems that may relate to Continuous Operation, 2nd and 3rd shifts in the Finishing department.
Must have good technical knowledge of Finishing machines to help trouble-shoot problems and support other operators with make-ready problems.
Ability to communicate with employees and plant management.