Responsibilities:

Injection Molding

• Lead injection molding operations and production activities.
• Utilize strong knowledge of plastic processing and injection molding techniques.
• Troubleshoot and adjust molding parameters to maintain product quality and maximize production output.
• Identify processing issues and implement appropriate technical or mechanical solutions.
• Monitor molding processes to ensure productivity, quality, and production standards are consistently achieved.
• Escalate technical issues to Maintenance or Engineering as appropriate.

Production & Team Leadership

• Maintain a safe, clean, and organized production environment.
• Monitor production KPIs and communicate performance expectations and results to production employees.
• Evaluate employee performance, provide timely feedback, and support employee development.
• Motivate and develop a cohesive, high-performing production team.
• Maintain accurate production and attendance records.
• Make timely decisions to maintain production output and provide clear direction to production employees.
• Understand production schedules and priorities and adjust resources as necessary.
• Communicate effectively with employees, supervisors, managers, and other departments.

Process Improvement

• Identify and implement process improvements to increase productivity, reduce waste, improve quality, and control costs.
• Analyze and resolve production and processing issues.
• Monitor waste and identify opportunities for reduction.
• Work collaboratively with Process, Maintenance, and Engineering personnel to resolve operational issues.
• Balance production demands with safety, quality, and operational requirements.

Safety

• Promote and maintain a safe work environment and ensure employees follow established safety practices.
• Complete and report incident reports as required.
• Conduct or participate in root cause investigations and implement corrective actions.
• Identify potential safety concerns and take appropriate action.
• Communicate promptly with Process and Maintenance personnel when issues arise that could create safety risks.

Qualifications:

• Bachelor’s degree in Operations Management, Engineering, Business Management, or a related field preferred.
• 3–5 years of related manufacturing or production leadership experience.
• Strong plastic injection molding knowledge and experience required.
• Prior experience leading an injection molding or plastics manufacturing team preferred.
• Working knowledge of plastic processing, injection molding equipment, and molding parameters.
• Experience troubleshooting production and processing issues and implementing corrective actions.
• Knowledge of production KPIs, quality standards, safety practices, and continuous improvement principles.
• Strong problem-solving, decision-making, leadership, and communication skills.
• Ability to lead, motivate, coach, and develop production employees.
• Hands-on leadership style with the ability and willingness to work on the production floor while also managing administrative responsibilities.