Lead Production Support

Now Hiring: Lead Production Support!

Step into a fast-paced manufacturing environment where you'll drive efficiency, support your team, and keep production running smoothly.

If you're a natural leader who thrives on the floor, values safety and quality, and loves turning challenges into results, we want you on our team!

Day To Day Role:

• Follow and commit to meet Key Performance Indicators (KPI's) for safety, quality, production, efficiency, and service requirements
• Follow practices and processes intended to provide safe products that comply with appropriate laws and regulations, meet the company quality standards
• Follow and commit to safety and GMP (Good Manufacturing Practices)
• Provide lead support over materials handling, production, warehouse, or multiple areas within the plant that may span multiple departments or functions
• Audit the floor as required by Leader Standard Work, monitor productivity metrics, verify adherence to procedures and standard work, correct deficiencies and escalate to supervisor as necessary
• Coordinate with supervisor to review and maintain schedules to ensure resources are available to meet schedule. Ensure that accurate information is reported, and the appropriate paperwork is completed and turned in
• Communicate with oncoming shifts about any problems or issues that are occurring. Work with other departments to maintain or improve communications
• Notify supervisor immediately and recommend solutions if there are issues that will prevent achievement of efficiency goals
• Perform processes in SAP as required
• Track and maintain appropriate documentation
• Create, compile, and deliver required reports
• Perform routine duties in support of shift requirements
• Actively support Operational Excellence and effectively participate in lean initiatives
• May also perform one or more of the following:
  • Assist in start-up, shut down, checking, and troubleshooting of lines as necessary.
  • Set up operators daily to make sure all lines are properly covered.
  • Conduct quality checks, correct deficiencies, and initiate quality audits as necessary
  • Check all products and/or materials in the department to ensure quality product is being produced and appropriate inventory levels are being maintained.
  • Familiar with and able to perform general preventive maintenance on equipment. Notify and collaborate with maintenance department as required.
  • Oversee work to insure incoming or outgoing shipments
  • Oversee carousel and conveyer operations

Core Skills and Qualifications:

Ideal Candidate Must Possess the Following:

• At least one (1) year of related production / manufacturing experience working in a fast-paced work enviornment
• High School Diploma or GED
• Demonstrated leadership skills
• Previous plant software experience required; SAP experience preferred
• Math skills to include simple addition, subtraction, multiplication and division
• Familiar with and ability to convert decimals to fractions or vice versa
• Demonstration of minimum proficiency with the English language in order to ensure effective new hire training and on-going communications about safety and quality issues

Preferred Skills and Qualifications:

• Associate's or Bachelor's degree
• Prior training experience
• Previous experience in a Lead role
• Previous powered industrial truck experience

Overview: Dart makes everyday products that give people the freedom to enjoy the food & drinks they love, wherever they are. From to-go containers and dinnerware to tamper-evident food packaging and even the red SOLO cup, Dart products have been keeping people on the go and having fun for 65 years. We're a family-owned, family-focused company of 12,000 employees united by a shared set of values and dedicated to providing exceptional customer service. Headquartered in Mason, MI, with 30 locations in three countries, we're proud of our ability to innovate, manufacture and lead the way with each new generation of quality products.

Benefits: Dart Container full-time employees enjoy great benefits, including medical, dental, vision, life insurance, 401(k) with company matching contributions, paid vacation, paid holidays, short-term disability, tuition assistance, product discounts and more.

Dart Container is a drug-free workplace. Candidates are subject to a drug test (excluding THC*/marijuana/cannabis) and background check at the time of offer.

*THC testing ONLY when such testing is required by law.

Dart Container is an equal opportunity employer and will consider all candidates for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, national origin, age, sexual orientation, gender identity, disability status, protected veteran status, or any other characteristic protected by law.

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