Team/Shift Lead or Supervisor V

ITW • Des Plaines, IL

6d • Onsite

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. A key responsibility is quality assurance on the assigned shift, including interacting with cell members to diagnose and repair issues, and working with QA to write corrective actions and response plans. The role requires following QA documentation, Control Plans, Prints, Visual Aids, Alerts, In-Process Inspections, and DRs. The individual will play an important role in the LPA (Layered Process Audit) process and act as the technical authority in the Des Plaines injection molding manufacturing operation. This includes understanding and correcting processing issues that impact profitability and quality, understanding machine capabilities, and performing calculations to determine which components and tools can run on different presses. The role also involves understanding different types of resins and their processing considerations. Additionally, the position is responsible for managing operational execution and continuity, setting the production schedule, maintaining the press matrix, and translating production priorities into an efficient schedule including startups and tool changes. Reacting to staffing issues on the shift, including call-ins, vacations, and mandated overtime, is also a responsibility. Effective communication across shifts is crucial, requiring good verbal skills to pass coherent information between shifts. The individual must understand and follow ITW core philosophies and understand the MRP and its relation to production scheduling, 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 programming
• Intermediate proficiency in Microsoft suite 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 programming

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
• Communicate effectively across shifts

Benefits

• Equal opportunity employer
• Value colleagues’ unique perspectives, experiences and ideas
• Create workplaces where everyone can develop their careers and perform to their full potential
• Commitment to equal employment opportunity and fair treatment for employees
• Consideration for employment without regard to race, color, sex, gender identity, sexual orientation, religion, national origin, age, disability, protected Veteran status or any other characteristic protected by applicable federal, state, or local laws

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Mid Level
• Education Level: High school or GED