Production Team Leader

Covestro; Wilmington (MA); On-site; USD 60,000 - 100,000; Full time

Job summary

Join a forward-thinking company that values curiosity and courage! As a Team Leader, you will oversee plant operations, ensuring safety and quality while managing a skilled workforce. This role offers an exciting opportunity to contribute to a vibrant team, drive performance, and engage in continuous improvement. You'll play a key part in fostering a collaborative environment, making sound decisions, and supporting new product introductions. If you're ready to make a difference and thrive in a dynamic setting, this could be the perfect role for you!

Qualifications

• 6 years of experience in a relevant field or 11 years with a high school diploma.
• Objective and verifiable qualifications are required.

Responsibilities

• Manage operations employees and ensure safety and quality standards.
• Supervise shift operations and support emergency responses.
• Train new operators and facilitate effective communication.

Skills

Communication Skills

Teamwork

Problem-Solving

Flexibility

Accountability

Education

BS Degree

Associates Degree

High School Diploma

Tools

SAP

Job description

We are Covestro. We are curious. We are courageous. We are colorful. We refine chemical material solutions with game-changing products. Let us empower you to push boundaries. Join us and our 18,000 colleagues now and together we will make the world a brighter place.

What We Offer

Responsible for unit/plant operations, especially to keep established, timing, quality and cost standards, as well as personnel management.

Major Responsibilities:

• Driving a safety first and quality always mindset
• Managing operations employees
• Collaborating with peers across shifts

Complexity of the Role

Team Leaders are expected to:

• Use logic & reason to make sound business decisions based on DSM policies, processes, and procedures
• Understand the process and troubleshoot basic problems that arise
• Use managerial tools to motivate employees
• Understand and work within the organizational culture
• Think beyond a transaction mindset

In this role you will:

• Accept personal responsibility for your safety and that of your colleagues.
• Provide performance evaluations for your direct reports.
• Carry out the production schedule to meet customer orders.
• Supervise all operators on your shift and ensure duties are completed.
• Enter data into SAP to complete batches.
• Support during emergency responses.
• Work within the collective bargaining agreement.
• Follow legal & corporate SHE requirements and work processes for SHE and housekeeping, aiming for no incidents and continuous SHE improvement.
• Ensure a safe and healthy working environment with continuous SHE awareness.
• Execute SHE audits as per the annual plan.
• Lead, organize, and supervise team quality, flexibility, and exchangeability to meet production targets.
• Participate in daily production meetings, report deviations and delays.
• Maintain key operating parameters within defined SOPs.
• Diagnose causes of KOP deviations.
• Ensure effective shift handovers and communicate relevant issues.
• Review and sign log sheets.
• Report unsafe situations or deviations to management.
• Support new product introductions.
• Contribute to process and environment improvements.
• Coordinate contractor activities ensuring SHE compliance.
• Train new operators effectively.
• Propose SOP and protocol changes.
• Report breakdowns with descriptions and preliminary diagnoses.
• Authorize and sign maintenance work permits, communicate activities.
• Be aware of risk classifications and MOC files.
• Authorize equipment overrides based on risk assessments.
• Manage HR systems, coach, and motivate staff to ensure a skilled, committed workforce.

What You Offer

Basic Qualifications:

• BS Degree with 6 years of experience, or Associates degree with 6 years of experience, or 11 years of experience with a High school diploma.
• Qualifications must be objective, relevant, and verifiable from a resume.

Shift Schedule

• Repeating every two weeks.
• Follows a 2-2-3 format.
• Team leads switch from nights to days on a 6-week cycle.

Preferred Qualifications:

• Experience in the chemical industry is preferred but not required.

Essential Knowledge and Skills:

• Strong communication and teamwork skills.
• Collaborative mindset beyond shifts.
• Hands-on mentality and flexibility.
• Accountability and commitment to high standards of quality and safety.

YOUR APPLICATION

Are you as curious, courageous, and colorful as we are? If so, we offer an exciting career opportunity. We look forward to receiving your application and resume. Become part of our team - apply now!

Equal Employment Opportunity: Hiring and advancement are based on job-related requirements and individual qualifications, free from discrimination or harassment based on race, color, religion, sex, national origin, age, disabilities, veteran status, sexual orientation, gender identity, or any unlawful criteria under applicable laws.

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