Front End Lead

Ardagh Group; Fremont (OH); On-site; USD 65,000 - 90,000; Full time

Job summary

Ardagh Group in Ohio seeks a Lead to assist in all aspects of Operations, providing crew leadership, ensuring safety and high production standards in the Front End can process. You will lead from the front, help with shift handoffs, and support the Production Supervisor on priorities and changeovers.

The role involves hands-on equipment operation, daily/weekly maintenance entry, and collaboration with QA and safety training teams via MyLearning.

Qualifications

• Demonstrated leadership abilities including mentorship and coaching.
• Demonstrated mechanical aptitude; Front End Maintainer experience preferred.
• Demonstrated knowledge of Front End can process.
• Ability to navigate computer-based programs.
• Willingness to participate in continued professional development.

Responsibilities

• Provide crew leadership - lead from the front, ensuring safety and operational standards are met.
• Schedule - Leads will report 30 minutes before shift start to help with shift handoff and crew set up for the day.
• Assist and fill in for Production Supervisor which includes running crew when necessary.
• Relay priorities - review priorities and projects with the Production Supervisor.
• Check and determine need for changeovers and coordinate with Production Supervisor.
• Check machines and analyze any safety, mechanical, or operational issues.
• Assist Supervisor with Preventative Maintenance (PM) completion and entry into Fiix - daily, weekly, and monthly.
• Partner with Production Supervisor QAS review, HFI containment and structured problem solving.
• Assist line employees and maintainers with changeovers, breaks, equipment breakdowns, etc.
• Partner with Production Supervisor to support crew safety training completion in MyLearning.
• Lead will assist with training in the Front-End process area.
• Operate equipment and assist production, as directed.
• Perform other duties, assigned by Supervisor.

Skills

Leadership

Mechanical aptitude

Front End Can Process

Computer literacy

Tools

Fiix

MyLearning

Job description

The Lead is responsible fpr assisting in all aspects of the Operations.

• Provide crew leadership - lead from the front, ensuring safety and operational standards are met. The Lead will inspire by their actions - they will demonstrate safe work practices, fast response, along with documenting and communicating ideas and resolutions.
• Schedule - Leads will report 30 minutes before shift start to help with shift handoff and crew set up for the day.
• Assist and fill in for Poduction Supervisor which includes running crew when necessary.
• Relay priorities - The Lead will review priorities and projects with the Production Supervisor. The Lead will review and advise on tasks with plant employees.
• Check and determine need for changeovers and coordinate with Production Supervisor.
• Check machines and analyze any safety, mechanical, or operational issues.
• Assist Supervisor with Preventative Maintenance (PM) completion and entry into Fiix - daily, weekly, and monthly.
• Partiner with Production Supervisor QAS review, HFI containment and structured problem solving.
• Assist line employees and maintainers with changeovers, breaks, equipment breakdowns, etc.
• Partner with Production Supervisor to support crew safety training completion in MyLearning.
• Lead will assist with training in the Front-End process area.
• Operate equipment and assist production, as directed.
• Perform other duties, assigned by Supervisor.

Knowledge/Skills/Experience

• Demonstrated leadership abilities including mentorship and coaching.
• Demonstrated mechanical aptitude; Front End Maintainer experience preferred.
• Demonstrated knowledge of Front End can process.
• Ability to navigate computer-based programs.
• Willingness to participate in continued professional development.

About Ardagh Metal Packaging

Ardagh Metal Packaging (AMP) is a leading supplier of sustainable, infinitely recyclable metal beverage cans to brand owners globally. An operating business of sustainable packaging business Ardagh Group, AMP is a leading industry player across Europe and the Americas, with innovative production capabilities, 23 production facilities, more than 6,000 employees and recorded revenues of $4.8 billion in 2023. AMP is 76%-owned by Ardagh Group and is listed on the New York Stock Exchange under the ticker AMBP.

About Ardagh Group

Ardagh Group is a global supplier of infinitely recyclable metal and glass packaging solutions, producing packaging for brand owners around the world. We have grown to a team of approximately 20,000 people with revenues of more than $9 billion. Today we have a presence across the Americas, Europe and Africa.

• Ardagh produces many of the beverage cans and bottles that contain your favourite beverages.
• Our packaging is manufactured from metal and glass - permanent materials that can be infinitely recycled without any loss of quality.
• Ardagh produces more than 60 billion containers per year (more than 160 million containers per day).

The future we’re creating for Ardagh is built around our four Core Values of Inclusion, Trust, Teamwork and Excellence. We offer exciting and rewarding opportunities for talented and creative people. If you have ambition and want to make an impact with your career, come and join our team - you’ll enjoy the journey!