Production Technician (Lead Hand)Westlake • CA, Woodbridge, ON

Production Technician (Lead Hand)

Westlake • CA, Woodbridge, ON

30+ days ago

Job type

Full-time

Job description

Westlake offers you the potential to enrich your work life and career experience in an entrepreneurial environment. We work together to enhance peoples' lives through our products and presence in the communities in which we operate.

SUMMARY

This role will assist the Production Supervisor with the supervision of all production and compounding efforts during assigned shift to ensure we meet Operational Key Performance Indicators (KPIs) and implement continuous improvement plans related to efficiency, quality and talent development.

Base Salary : $75,000 - $78,000

DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES

Safety

Promote and maintain a clean and safe work environment, conduct safety checks, report near misses, and identify hazards for corrective / preventive (CAPA) actions
Strictly adhere to company health and safety procedures, ensuring compliance with all safety policies, PPE requirements, and Westlake’s Life Critical Rules
Facilitate safety training and complete all incident investigations and reporting as needed
Participate in safety campaigns, and contribute to achieving safety KPIs

Quality

Responsible for the First Time Pass initiative, promoting our quality policies and ideal goal of zero defects.

Collaborate with the Quality team to reduce scrap and defects / rejects, ensuring process checks are conducted on time, and strict compliance to QC measures

Participate in tooling and process improvement trials like DOE, nonconformance investigations, RCAs, and CAPA implementation

Performance

Assigns duties to all shift members, and ensures production goals are met

Provides technical leadership as needed to shift personnel, to include line setup / operation, metrics definition / reporting, testing, troubleshooting, and training facilitation

Responsible for attendance, vacation schedules, training and other administrative tasks as needed

Ensure optimum utilization of manpower and equipment to dictate efficient workflow

Delegate responsibility and recognize, develop, train and utilize capabilities of all shift personnel

Administer on the job training to new employees and provide continuous training as needed

Participate and act as a lead for the Extruder Operator Training Program

Motivates and assists employees in all aspects of the extrusion lines

Knows how and where to use the extrusion equipment, proper safety devices, tooling and hand tools to produce efficiently high-quality vinyl siding and accessories

Knows and understands specifications and requirements i.e. gauge, cartons, profiles, packaging procedures, tooling etc.

Monitors production schedule, arranges necessary information for the line operators related to product changes, and must have the ability to troubleshoot and monitor all extrusion lines

Must be able to do all set ups of product and tooling using proper procedures

Must assist operators with color changes, roll changes, screen changes etc.

Operate an extrusion line, if necessary, in the absence of regular extrusion operator

Monitor and increase, if possible, the amount of regrind used on the lines

Assume role of Production Supervisor in the event of their absence, and perform other duties as needed

Continuous Improvement

Promote the Lean and TPM mindset, identifying and eliminating waste with regards to DOWNTIME and the Six Big Losses, with the goal of improving OEE

Improve line performance by reducing small stops and speed loss, ensuring extruders are running at standard PVC / ASA parameters

Improve line availability by continuously reducing setup times for changeovers (like die change, screen change, product change, and color change), leveraging SMED, VSM, and other lean tools to improve the changeover process

Responsible for participating in and promoting adherence to all the pillars of the 5S-TPM framework, including scheduling and executing AM practices like CIL, conducting 5S audits to sustain initiative, and driving continuous improvement projects.

Ensure downtime information recorded on the production report is accurate, validating downtime reason and duration

EDUCATION, EXPERIENCE AND QUALIFICATIONS

Diploma or Degree in Engineering (Mechanical, Electrical, Industrial, or related field) required

Lean Manufacturing, Six Sigma Yellow Belt Certification preferred

Minimum of 3-5 years of manufacturing experience; preferably in extrusion

Knowledge and experience in material control, engineering, compounding, quality and maintenance

Understanding manufacturing processes.Success in planning, executing and managing projects Excellent problem-solving skills.Strong interpersonal skills with the ability to communicate upwardly to top management and downward to a wide range of audiences

Strong communication skills. Self-directed and able to multi-task in a fast-paced manufacturing environment

Proficient in Microsoft Office Suite (Excel, Word, Outlook, PowerPoint)

Must be able to work a 12-hour rotating continental shift

Westlake is an Equal Opportunity Employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to any characteristics protected by applicable legislation.

If you are an active Westlake employee (or an employee of any Westlake affiliates), please do not apply here. You will apply via the Jobs Hub application in Workday.

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