Team/Shift Lead or Supervisor V
About The Position
This role is responsible for managing performance and developing talent across all three production shifts, ensuring policies and procedures are adhered to, and administering progressive disciplinary action when required. The position involves writing and administering performance reviews, setting annual goals for hourly production teams, and coaching and team building. The individual will have responsibility for Quality on the assigned shift, interacting with Cell Members to diagnose and repair issues, and working with QA to write corrective actions/response plans. They will follow QA documentation, Control Plans, Prints, Visual Aids, Alerts, In-Process Inspections, and DR’s. This role is important in the LPA (Layered Process Audit) process and acts as the technical authority in the Des Plaines injection molding manufacturing operation. The individual will understand and correct processing issues that impact profitability and quality, understand machine capabilities and run calculations to determine component and tool suitability for different presses, and understand different types of resins and their processing considerations. The role also involves managing operational execution and continuity by setting the production schedule, maintaining the press matrix, and translating production priorities into an efficient schedule including startups and tool changes. Communication across shifts is key, requiring good verbal skills to pass coherent information. The ability to understand and follow ITW core philosophies and the MRP is essential, with a focus on being proactive rather than reactive to issues.
Requirements
- High School Diploma or GED required
- Five or more years of experience in the Injection Molding Industry
- Must be able to lift 50 lbs
- High level of competence in scientific molding
- High level of competence in Yushin Robot programing
- Intermediate proficiency in Microsoft sweet including Excel
- Ability to understand and follow ITW core philosophies
- Understand the MRP provided and how it relates to the production scheduling
- Needs to be Proactive not Reactive with issues as they are presented
Nice To Haves
- Experience with ISO9001 requirements
- Certification in Scientific molding
- Certifications in Yushin Robot programing
Responsibilities
- Manage performance and develop talent across all three production shifts
- Develop plans to skill up and cover knowledge gaps across shifts
- Ensure that policies and procedures are adhered to and administer progressive disciplinary action when required
- Write and administer performance reviews and set annual goals for hourly production team
- Coaching and team building
- Responsibility for Quality on the assigned shift
- Interact with Cell Members to diagnose and repair issues
- Work with QA to write intelligent corrective actions/response plans
- Follow QA documentation, Control Plan, Print, Visual Aids, Alerts, In-Process Inspections, & DR’s
- Act as the technical authority in the Des Plaines injection molding manufacturing operation
- Understand and correct processing issues
- Understand machine capabilities and run calculations to understand which components and tools can run on different presses
- Understand different types of resigns and the processing considerations associated with each
- Manage operational execution and continuity
- Set production schedule, maintain press matrix
- Translate production priorities into an efficient and effective production schedule including startups and tool changes that is distributed and communicated
- Understand and react to staffing issues on the shift (Call-ins, vacations, mandated OT)
- Communicate effectively across shifts
Benefits
- Career development and learning opportunities
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What This Job Offers
Job Type
Full-time
Career Level
Manager
Education Level
High school or GED
