Job Information
Western Industries Plastic Products LLC Production Lead - 3rd Shift in Winfield, Kansas
This job was posted by https://www.kansasworks.com : For more information, please see: https://www.kansasworks.com/jobs/13046335
This position is responsible for assisting the Production Supervisor in coordinating, directing, and leading the departments day-to-day shift activities and safety initiatives, ensuring that productivity, quality standards, and company goals meet or exceeded expectations. In addition, the Production Lead will act as a liaison between team members and leadership to foster a culture of respect and trust through continuous daily interactions and effective communication.
Essential Function
Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions. Job scope includes:
- Assist Production Supervisor as directed in coordinating and directing operations in the achievement of department needs, quality and safety objectives
- Performs cell setup and breakdown of jobs to limit the amount of downtime
- Verify production schedule to ensure orders are correct and if near completion, prepare the next production order to ensure continuous production
- Confirm all required documentation and computer entries are completed accurately and in a timely manner
- Proactively provide team members instruction on proper techniques and procedures
- Performs follow-up checks during the shift and provides management with feedback regarding the performance of the individual team members
- Fosters active participation of the workforce to enhance awareness and cooperation
- Maintains a safe and secure work environment for assigned team
- Holds employees accountable to established expectations/ procedures
- Collaborate with other departments to maintain a balanced workflow and efficient use of available resources
- Ensure product quality and all manufacturing activities follow or exceed applicable quality procedures and standards by identifying defects or errors in assembly/production work centers
- Understand and drive root cause analysis by completing reports as required
- Identify, document, and implement procedures to reduce costs, eliminate waste, and improve overall efficiency
- Regular and reliable attendance
- All other duties as assigned