Production Leader- Finishing Department

Payrate: $30.00

Number of Openings: 4 (A shift, B shift, C shift, D shift)

Summary

As the Finishing Lead, you will be responsible for safely managing all aspects of the gluing department’s performance including productivity, quality, and preventative maintenance.

Essential Functions

• Contributes to team effort by exhibiting strong work ethic and problem-solving skills.

• Ensure SQF/food packaging safety compliance

• Maintains safe and clean working environment by complying with company safety rules, procedures, and regulations.

• Demonstrates competency in all basic folds: straight-line, lock-bottom

• Demonstrates competency in the use of the Leary inspection system.

• Able to perform machine make-ready to set it up to run production. Prepares make-ready, pre-fold, glue system, final fold, delivery, stacker, bar code reader, pack station and inspection system.

• Operates machines in accordance with customer specifications and current standard operating procedures.

• Performs quality checks according to established procedures to ensure all Quality Standards (Copy checks, gluing and gluing detections checks, case label, line clearance, case pack) are being met.

• Monitors machine efficiencies & speeds to ensure production levels meet or exceed standards & make appropriate adjustments.

• Sets up bar code scanners, glue detectors, jam sensors kick and ejection systems.

• Able to trouble shoot and make adjustments necessary to ensure quality and conformity of package material.

• Records and maintains Daily Management System reports at the end of shift

• Effectively communicates with management.

• Keep waste within company guidelines.

• Assists in training of new employees and operators on machines

• Able to work under minimal supervision

• Performs other job duties as assigned.

Qualifications

• 5+ years of folder/gluer operation or 3-5 years' experience as production lead.

• Mechanical aptitude

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