Description

SUMMARY: Directly supervises production employees and carries out supervisory responsibilities in accordance with the organization's policies and applicable laws. Responsibilities include training employees; planning, assigning, and directing work; appraising performance; rewarding and disciplining employees; addressing complaints and resolving problems.

EXPERIENCE IN FLEXIBLE CONSUMER PACKAGING REQUIRED

ESSENTIAL DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES include the following as well as other duties as assigned:

• SAFETY
• Leads safety efforts throughout all departments in Manufacturing.
• Includes safety performance of press personnel and safety systems and procedures in Press Department.
• Actively participates in safety programs and makes safety observations, also is a contributing member of a safety team.
• Reviews all observations related to assigned press and accepts responsibility for follow up.
• Incident investigations complete & sent out by email before the end of the shift when an incident happens
• Follow up investigation & TOR completed with the department manager within 24hrs
• Accountability for fire & tornado drills

PRESS FACILITATOR 

• Manages & is responsible for operations of assigned press 24 hours a day
• Housekeeping, implementation & maintaining the 5s program for assigned press
• Conduct meetings monthly with personnel on assigned press:
• (Review Safety Concerns, Mnt Concerns, Production #s, and Customer complaints)
• Responsible for evaluating employees on assigned press.
• Look ahead on the schedule & have run conditions for jobs not meeting budget.
• Coordinate with maintenance the work orders & PMs for assigned press
• Approves color matching for presses on scheduled shift
• Analyzes press production and improves process where opportunity exists.
• Preproduction meeting with graphics
• Job short orders
• Coordinate priorities & efforts of maintenance & the engineers
• Drawdown books
• Sign off on all MRs on shift & document the corrective action taken
• Minimum of one procedure audit per shift to support coaching & training efforts of the helpers

GENERAL RESPONSIBILITIES

• Management representative responsible for all plant operations on night shifts.
• Strong communication with production manager on all process and personnel issues.
• Makes decisions concerning troubleshooting and employee issues.
• Knows, understands, implements, & enforces plant procedures and policies.
• Leads teams formed to deal with production, manufacturing and safety issues.
• Daily 5s shift audits
• Daily production status report
• Raw material rejections
• Inspecting & sign off on all returns & ensure that good quality product is being produced
• Cylinder check sheets
• Adjust crews accordingly to minimize OT but still meet goals
• OK sheets filled out & check off

Requirements

QUALIFICATION REQUIREMENTS: To perform this job successfully, an individual must be able to perform each essential duty satisfactorily. The requirements listed below are representative of the knowledge, skill, and/or ability required. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.

EDUCATION and/or EXPERIENCE 

Associate degree (A. A.) or equivalent from two-year college or technical school; or minimum of one-year related experience and/or training; or equivalent combination of education and experience.

LANGUAGE SKILLS 

Ability to read, analyze, and interpret general business periodicals, professional journals, technical procedures, or governmental regulations. Ability to write reports, business correspondence, and procedure manuals. Ability to effectively present information and respond to questions from groups of managers, clients, customers, and the general public.

MATHEMATICAL SKILLS 

Ability to add, subtract, multiply, and divide in all units of measure, using whole numbers, common fractions, and decimals. Ability to compute rate, ratio, and percent and to draw and interpret bar graphs.

REASONING ABILITY 

Ability to define problems, collect data, establish facts, and draw valid conclusions. Ability to interpret an extensive variety of technical instructions in mathematical or diagram form and deal with several abstract and concrete variables.

PHYSICAL DEMANDS

While performing the duties of this job, the employee is regularly required to stand, walk, and talk or hear. The employee is occasionally required to sit; use hands to finger, handle, or feel; reach with hands and arms; climb or balance; stoop, kneel, crouch, or crawl; and taste or smell. The employee must occasionally lift and/or move up to 50 pounds. Specific vision abilities required by this job include close vision, distance vision, color vision, peripheral vision, depth perception, and ability to adjust focus.

WORK ENVIRONMENT

While performing the duties of this job, the employee is regularly exposed to moving mechanical parts, fumes or airborne particles, and toxic or caustic chemicals. The noise level in the work environment is usually loud.

American Packaging Corporation is committed to equal opportunity for all, without regard to race, religion, color, national origin, citizenship, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, age, veteran status, disability, genetic information, or any other protected characteristic. American Packaging Corporation will make reasonable accommodations for known physical or mental limitations of otherwise qualified employees and applicants with disabilities unless the accommodation would impose an undue hardship on the operation of our business. If you are interested in applying for an employment opportunity and need special assistance or an accommodation to apply for a posted position, please contact our Human Resources department at APC-Careers@americanpackaging.com.