Ecolab, the leading global developer of premium cleaning, sanitizing and maintenance products and services for the hospitality, institutional and industrial markets is seeking a Production Team Leader will be responsible for all metrics of safety, quality, productivity, cost, and people development for a production area across shifts. Demonstrate your ability to lead a winning team and manage the daily manufacturing operations of lines or shifts to ensure that the manufacturing plan is executed in a manner that meets or exceeds quality and cost objectives.

MINIMUM QUALIFICATIONS:

• High School Diploma OR Bachelor’s degree
• Immigration Sponsorship is not available for this position
• Ability to meet physical requirements of position
• 5 years of previous experience in Chemical plant or warehouse
• 3 years of previous experience with Reaction chemistry
• 2 years of previous experience in production supervision
• Fluency in English language.
• Proficiency with MS (Word, Excel, Outlook, PowerPoint, Teams).
• Excellent problem-solving skills

PREFERRED QUALIFICATIONS:

• Experience on SCADA
• Experience with SAP
• Demonstrate training and coaching capabilities to others on packaging, filling and mixing operation skills
• Have leadership skills
• Good time-management, strong attention to detail, good communicator and a team member
• Ability to complete training and master skills that are required by position (including but not limited to Hazardous Material Safety and DOT training)
• Ability to understand and track safety, quality and productivity data,
• Experience with Total Production Management (TPM) & Continuous Improvement Systems
• Experience in quality control in a chemical manufacturing environment
• Forklift Driving
  

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• Lead a team at Reaction Chemistry Plant
• Ensure the location is in compliance with all internal and external standards and legislation.
• Recommend and implement measures to improve departmental productivity and efficiencies, product quality, methods and working conditions so that downtime is minimized through the use of teamwork and TPM/continuous improvement principles including leading autonomous management activities.
• Manage relationships with a variety of internal and external stakeholders.
• Ensure the Quality System is followed and that products produced meet specifications.
• Partner with internal plant and external Ecolab contacts (Quality, Logistics, Planning, and regulatory agencies) to proactively avoid quality, environmental and service issues.
• Provide formal and informal reporting on plant performance and issues.
• Direct and provide resources for production operations.
• Set production and maintenance priorities and determine manning requirements to meet production schedules.
• Responsible for housekeeping and 5s standards in all production areas.
• Responsible for team safety including observing and ensuring safe work practices, equipment monitoring, accident and near-miss investigations, and daily toolbox meetings.
• Coordinate with Production Planner, Warehouse Maintenance and Quality to complete production plan successfully.
• Coordinate all rework and relabel opportunities.
• Communicate production status with Production Manager and Production Planner.
• Direct yard driver to assist in maintaining production schedule.
• Track departmental data and generate applicable reports as needed, implement, and promote measures to improve departmental productivity and efficiencies, product quality, methods and working conditions to minimize downtown.
• Make adjustments in schedules using knowledge of machine capacities and equipment, and worker capabilities.
• Ensure proper, accurate, and timely reporting of all daily requirements.
• Work as a team with other production operator, shift leads and production manager to achieve goals
• Plan and initiate training of employees to expand job knowledge and add flexibility to scheduling the workforce
• Proactively communicate maintenance needs, quality issues or other situations that impact safety, quality or productivity to the appropriate functional/department leader
• Ensure that the operation and Safety SOP’s and good practice are followed on daily operation
• SAP tasks and report collection correctly and timely
• Proper shifts management, for perfect and safe to adhere with the production plan
• Check and reviews preparation (mixing), filling, and packaging instructions at beginning of line runs. And follow up the line changeover
• Ensure that the correct raw and packaging materials are available.
• Ensure that the line is set up correctly per the preparation (mixing), filling and packaging instructions. Adjust the line as necessary or asks Supervisor or Maintenance Tech for assistance.
• Ensure the adherence to Safety, quality and production related Work Instruction, Memo’s, and SOP.