Shift Manager (12 Hr)

Primary Purpose Summary

This role is accountable for entire shift results related to production outcomes/efficiencies, processing, adherence to relevant procedures, quality, safety, continuous improvement initiatives, and personnel activities.

Job Elements & Position Responsibilities

• Builds and maintains a strong team by promoting Aptar core values and exhibiting Aptar rules of leadership.
• Establishes a safety first culture within their team.
• Practices and mentors OED Initiatives
• Becomes a change agent to improve both the performance and culture onsite.
• Responsible for coaching, counseling, and disciplining employees as well as initiating, coordinating, and enforcing systems, policies, and procedures.
• Initiates and fosters a spirit of cooperation on the production floor between all departments.
• Maintains staff by orienting, training, and mentoring employees in addition to managing their personal and professional growth.
• Accomplishes production results by effectively communicating job expectations, planning, monitoring, and appraising job results.
• Maintains work flow by monitoring each step of the process; setting, starting, and processing molds; monitoring personnel and resources; studying and improving methods; investigating and implementing time and cost reductions; researching and developing reporting procedures; etc…..
• Completes production plan by scheduling and assigning personnel; meeting or exceeding KPI’s; establishing priorities; monitoring progress; revising schedules; resolving problems; reporting results of the processing flow on shift production summaries.
• Maintains quality service by establishing and enforcing organization standards.
• Ensures proper operation of equipment by monitoring, evaluating, and repairing
• Maintains safe and clean work environment by educating and directing personnel on the proper use of all equipment and resources maintaining compliance with established policies and procedures.
• Asserts themselves thoroughly in order to establish accountability across all job functions.
• Resolves personnel problems by investigating issues in a timely manner, identifying potential solutions, and recommending action accordingly.
• Maintains professional and technical knowledge by attending educational workshops; reviewing professional publications; establishing personal networks; benchmarking state-of-the-art practices.
• Ability to cover other shifts on short notice – including days, nights, and weekends for other Management vacations and other time off
• Willingness to lead and/or participate in meetings and projects as necessary – on or off shift.
• Ability to travel on short notice on behalf of the company as necessary.
• Ability to cover for the Molding Room Manager as needed.

Required Qualifications

• Minimum of 5 years in professional management roles - preferably in plastics manufacturing.
• Advanced skills in reading, writing and math.
• High School diploma mandatory.
• Advanced computer skills
• Ability to effectively perform root cause analyses

Skills/Abilities

• Demonstrated leadership abilities within a manufacturing, fast paced environment.
• Excellent interpersonal and communication skills
• Ability to organize and manage multiple priorities
• Strong conflict resolution and independent reasoning skills
• Technical aptitude
• Basic math skills, add, subtract, multiply, divide, and percentages.
• Basic computer skills.
• Demonstrated ability to resolve complex molding and equipment technical issues a plus.
• Experience with thermoset materials preferred.
• While performing the duties of this job, the employee is required to stand for duration of a 12 hour shift; and will be required to walk regularly while using hands to handle material and equipment including reaching and bending with hands arms, legs and feet.
• All employees must be physically able to have/ demonstrate full use and range of arms and legs as well as full visual, verbal and hearing abilities.
• Employees must have the ability to lift and/ or move up to 50 pounds.
• Fundamental understanding of quality philosophies, principles, systems, methods, tools, and standards.
• Knowledge of SPC
• Knowledge of packaging applications (closures, bottles, & tubes).
• Able to plan, control and assure product and process quality in accordance with quality principles, which include planning processes, material control, acceptance sampling and measurement systems.
• Knowledge of the Food and Beverage industry is plus.

Job Type: Full-time

Benefits:

• 401(k)
• 401(k) matching
• Dental insurance
• Employee discount
• Flexible schedule
• Health insurance
• Paid time off
• Paid training
• Vision insurance

Shift:

• Day shift
• Night shift

Weekly day range:

• Rotating weekends

Work Location: In person