Process Improvement Lead

Urgent Recruiting; Hanover (MD); On-site; USD 70,000 - 90,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading manufacturing company in Maryland is searching for a Molding Department Leader responsible for achieving safety, quality, and productivity goals. The role involves assisting in managing molding activities, guiding supervisors, and overseeing projects to improve production efficiency. Candidates must demonstrate strong leadership, technical skills, and the ability to communicate effectively while ensuring safety and quality standards are met. If you thrive in a hands-on production environment, this position may be for you.

Qualifications

• Strong interpersonal and leadership skills to motivate employees.
• Technical, business, and organizational skills needed.
• Ability to analyze data and respond to changes.

Responsibilities

• Achieve safety, quality, and productivity goals.
• Assist in managing molding activities and support shifts.
• Direct activities of Molding Shift Supervisors to establish procedures.

Skills

Interpersonal skills

Leadership skills

Technical skills

Organizational skills

Data analysis

Communication (written and verbal)

Software skills (Word, Excel, PowerPoint)

Tools

JDE

WebEFF

Job description

• Responsible for achieving safety, quality, and productivity goals in the Molding Department.
• Assist in managing molding activities and provide direction and support for all shifts.
• Assist in directing activities of Molding Shift Supervisors, establish molding procedures, determine priorities and secure results through the creation of teams.
• Initiate, recommend or provide solutions through designated channels.
• Suggest actions for continual improvement to products, processes or systems and very the implementation of solutions.
• Responsible for employee development and improving overall performance.
• Drive cost saving initiatives, efficiency gains, and process improvements.
• Take a hands-on approach to increasing production capacity through improvements in scrap, run rates, and machine uptime.
• Work as a project leader focusing on specific production lines.
• Implement process improvements, SOPs, and PMs, to maximize production.
• Monitor the daily EFF and MEEF of the lines through personal involvement and data monitoring.
• Direct, hands-on involvement with low performing lines.
• Determine possible machine upgrades and replacements to improve production.
• Identify trends in production data and isolate variables to suggest root cause.
• Analyze quality data to center processes.
• Combine data from quality, production, tribal knowledge, and experimentation to generate actionable results.
• Train and coach company policies, safety standards, quality, GMPs and ISO procedures.
• Responsible for accurate production reporting (WebEFF) and other efficiency trackers as needed.
• Drive improvements in production efficiency with cost effective solutions.
• Direct work assignments and ensure efficient labor utilization.
• Other duties as assigned by Production Manager and or Plant Manager. Serves as the back up for the Production Manager.

Qualifications

• Must have strong interpersonal and leadership skills with ability to motivate employees.
• Strong technical, business, and organizational skills.
• Able to plan and organize daily activities, analyze data and react to changes and challenges in the business.
• Knowledge of molding operations and company procedures.
• Able to communicate effectively both written and verbal.
• Good software skills (Word, Excel, Power Point, Email Software, Financial Software Systems (JDE, WebEFF) etc.).
• Able to work in a production environment, recognizing various sounds and alarms.