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Job Description
As posted by the hiring company
Job Overview:
SCOPE OF POSITION
The Shift Lead is responsible for providing plant floor support and leadership in designated production department, assists in work assignments, ensures quality production and maximum efficiencies, supports shift supervisor in all areas needed to improve and maximize shift performance, recommends improvements in production methods and schedule, and participates in team activities.
FUNCTIONAL RESPONSIBILITIES
- Support BOP participation for team members
- Take corrective action on observed unsafe acts
- Participate in monthly safety audits, corrective actions, and follow-up
- Support incident reports and investigations
- Support OPL training, Safety Awareness communications, and Toolbox Talks
- Ensure teams are maintaining proper housekeeping
- Ensure LOTO compliance
- Ensure quality checks are complete and paperwork is filled out correctly and on time
- All orders are checked before start ups
- All holds are properly quarantined and identified
- All waste is reported and transacted in shop floor
- Perform random quality audits to ensure products are manufactured to specifications
- Monitor machine up time and run speeds to meet or exceed standard run rates
- Audit waste levels and implement mitigation measures to meet budgeted department standard
- Ensure schedule is followed for adherence and attainment
- Ensure changeovers are forecasted and pre-staged
- Prepare for and participate in shift hand-offs
- Support policy compliance in safety
- Support policy compliance in breaks and lunches
- Shop floor reporting – machine status (downtime, start/stop, production/waste entries, etc.)
- Participates in daily GEMBA walks and in monthly Scorecard report outs
- Partner with Supervisor for training and development
- Support new team member onboarding and training efforts
- Training outline is completed each week
- Support cross-training efforts and maintain training matrixes for area
- Support Continuous Improvement efforts
- Provide feedback to Supervisor for all new employees within their 90-day probationary period.
