About this role
Key Duties and Responsibilities:
• Ensures all safety policies and guidelines are followed.
• Identifies restrictions and provides solutions.
• Responsible for ensuring that all safety equipment and tools are tracked, readily available, and maintained. Will be held responsible for tool audits.
• Responsible for ensuring product meets all quality expectations and reaction protocols are being followed and documented.
• Drive consistent manufacturing procedures and practices between crews. Complete all required documentation for the shift for proper handoff and tier meetings.
• Works with process engineering to ensure detailed documentation and implementation of key process and troubleshooting functions.
• Support training of all employees on current, new, or updated processes. Identify development opportunities.
• Follow up and provide detailed feedback on second-pass scrap fallout.
• Lead cost saving initiatives.
• Provide a bridge between night and day shift production to ensure consistency.
• Ensure correct operation of systems and sub systems on each production line.
• Assist in troubleshooting efforts with ongoing issues and monitor performance and parameters during shift; escalate to engineering as appropriate.
• Serve as SMEs for the creation and updating of SOP's
• Provides process guidance to other employees.
• Knowledge of current operating procedures and the ability to stay current as procedures change.
• Responsible for all production activities in assigned production areas; rate, yield, uptime, standard work tracking, tool tracking, standard work audits, etc. Must collaborate with supporting functions and operators to optimize production.
• Ensures recipe compliance on each production line in the assigned area.
• Controls unplanned downtime – repairs/startup of the production lines.
• Report and document all environmental logs.
• Drive housekeeping and 5S efforts across assigned production area.
• Drive quality consistencies across assigned production areas following set specifications.
• Complete, document, and communicate filter changes.
• Facilitate production area training classes; both on and off shift.
• Provide production area relief for line operators during break time to maintain high uptime and yield.
• Responsible for entering and following through to completion both safety and production work orders.
• Other duties as assigned
Education and Experience:
• High School diploma or equivalent
• Must be Machine Operator or above
Required Skills and Qualifications:
• Previous Trex manufacturing experience (3+ years)
• Must be at least a Machine Operator Certified on forklifts (up to G50)
• Man lift certification is required
• Must be able to collect and analyze large scales of data using Excel
• Strong problem solving, communication, and organizational skills
• Teamwork
• Emotional intelligence (soft skills)
• Respectful demeanor and communication style
• Attention to detail
• Willing to train others
• Flexibility
• Technically proficient
Preferred Skills and Qualifications:
• Previous technical leadership experience
• Machine Operator 2 experience
Essential Functions:
• Regular and predictable attendance.
• Employee will be required to work within Microsoft Office applications.
• Must be able to operate plant machinery (forklifts, man lifts, etc.) and online systems (RFS, JDE, etc.)
Physical Requirements:
• Must be able to work 12 hour shifts, standing for extended periods of time
• Must be able to be forklift certified, requiring proper vision, hearing, and motor skills
• Must be able to ascend and descend ladders, scaffolds, stairs and work in confined spaces and in proximity to loud equipment.
• Must be able to wear a respirator.
• Must be able to work at heights and properly wear fall protection
• Must be able to lift and carry or otherwise move 50 pounds.
• Must be able and willing to comply with PPE requirements at all times.
• Must be able to move safely over uneven terrain or in confined spaces.
• Must be able to work in hot environments and on concrete floors.