Production Team Lead (WCC)

Mold-Rite Plastics•Franklin Township, NJ

About The Position

The Work Cell Coach oversees the day-to-day operations of an assigned Work Cell and is responsible for its overall operation. The role may require escalating issues to supporting departments, such as Maintenance and Automation or the Tool Room, and reports directly to the Supervisor of the shift. The Work Cell Coach supports safe, compliant, efficient production; confirms cell and machine readiness; monitors performance and quality; and helps develop operator skills. The position also supports food safety and quality assurance by verifying that materials and finished goods meet applicable standards and reporting incidents that could affect food safety.

Requirements

Associate degree or relevant experience.
Previous experience supervising employees in a manufacturing, military, or industrial environment.
Ability to challenge the status quo and facilitate continuous improvement.
Ability to collaborate across roles and diverse groups and gather and share feedback.
Ability to stay current with best practices and continue learning.
Ability to plan and manage routine maintenance.
Strong communication, presentation, planning, and organizational skills; ability to multitask and prioritize.
Excellent interpersonal and communication skills.
Strategic thinking skills.
Ability to read and comprehend instructions, correspondence, reports, and memos, and to write correspondence and reports.
Ability to present information effectively one-on-one, to other supervisors, and in small-group settings with department employees.
Ability to perform arithmetic using whole numbers, fractions, and decimals, and calculate rates, ratios, and percentages.
Ability to understand and carry out written, oral, or diagrammatic instructions.
Ability to address problems involving employees and identify problems when a specific machine is not meeting its rate.

Responsibilities

Promote employee engagement in identifying unsafe conditions and behaviors, suggesting improvements, and implementing solutions; identify safety gaps and initiate corrective actions.
Follow plant safety, housekeeping, and 5S requirements; identify and correct hazards, manage risks, and encourage employees to take ownership of safety.
Support and ensure execution of the company vision and plant initiatives, including ISO, TPM, and GMP.
Perform a Work Cell walk at shift exchange with the previous Work Cell Coach.
Ensure the labor density plan is followed and review machine downtime to optimize labor assignments.
Confirm machine and cell readiness for production and approve production start-up.
Inspect one shot with each operator per day and one shot independently per operator per day to verify compliance, effectiveness, and product quality.
Conduct Gemba walks every two hours and document results in MDI.
Ensure Operator AMs are completed; hold weekly TPM meetings and maintain Found vs. Fixed records.
Ensure proper machine shutdown for end-of-run, no-op, and holiday shutdowns.
Perform assigned LPAs.
Investigate production anomalies, including pulls, downtime, Red Screen, HrxHr, and labor variance, and proactively reduce scrap.
Communicate and escalate operational issues to the shift Supervisor.
Lead, support, and develop operator skills within the Work Cell to improve performance.
Manage the scrap waste stream and drive scrap reduction within the cell.
Assist with machine breakdowns and escalate issues to support groups.
Monitor and verify that incoming and outgoing finished goods and raw materials meet consumer safety and quality standards.
Follow company food safety and quality assurance procedures; report product or process failures that could affect food safety to the location’s Food Safety Team Leader and submit an appropriate incident report.