3rd Shift Production Lead — Safety, Quality & Team Coach

Altium Packaging; Berwick (Columbia County); On-site; USD 60,000 - 76,000; Full time

Job summary

Altium Packaging in Berwick, PA seeks a capable Lead to direct shift operations on the 3rd shift. You will oversee Production, Maintenance, Warehouse and Quality teams, enforce Safety, GMP and CPS standards, and drive continuous improvement.

The role requires 1–3 years of manufacturing experience, a high school diploma, and hands-on ability with blow mold equipment. You will train new staff and report daily production metrics to plant leadership.

Qualifications

• 1-3 years experience
• High School diploma

Responsibilities

• Champions a safety culture, ensures a safe work environment and promotes safe behavior
• Monitors environment and takes corrective action to ensure employee safety and security
• Communicates to ensure employees learn and comply with specifications, blueprints, job orders, and company policies
• Prepares training plans and conducts or assigns safety, maintenance, machine operation and quality assurance training to new employees
• Prepares documentation and provides performance feedback to introductory employees
• Provides feedback to plant leaders concerning employee performance and behavior
• Ensures employees have required tools, supplies and area to exercise their duties
• Operates blow mold machines and other related equipment
• Analyzes charts, work orders, production schedules, and other data to drive production requirements
• Performs and/or assigns personnel to conduct audits, weights and quality checks
• Troubleshoots and resolves process problems and makes minor repairs to blow mold and support equipment
• Prepares and documents daily production reports
• Loads and unloads trucks and secures product in accordance with customer requirements; inspects incoming materials
• Performs mold, neck tooling, pin and other equipment changes
• Installs, adjusts, and repairs blow mold machines, trimmers, palletizers and other related equipment
• Troubleshoots, locates root problems, and repairs blow mold, baggers and support equipment or PLC programming issues
• Records shipment data, including weight, charges, and space availability
• Determines method of shipment by examining items to be shipped, destination, route, rate, and time of shipment
• Develops and implements quality related training programs for all employees
• Applies statistical tools and techniques to monitor plant performance and finished goods
• Performs in-process inspections of manufactured product during molding, packaging and loading
• Communicates quality issues and out of specifications conditions to plant leaders
• Completes laboratory testing and collects samples at established intervals
• Group Lead will have responsibility for two or more departments (i.e. Production, Warehouse, etc.). Lead will have responsibility for one mid-to-large department or a limited number of shift employees.
• Other duties and roles maybe assigned by plant management

Skills

Manufacturing Experience

Education

High School diploma

Job description

Altium Packaging in Berwick, PA seeks a capable Lead to direct shift operations on the 3rd shift. You will oversee Production, Maintenance, Warehouse and Quality teams, enforce Safety, GMP and CPS standards, and drive continuous improvement.

The role requires 1–3 years of manufacturing experience, a high school diploma, and hands-on ability with blow mold equipment. You will train new staff and report daily production metrics to plant leadership.