Team Leader, Production - 2nd Shift [3pm-11:30pm]

Team Leader, Production at Michelman serve as both Senior Chemical Operators and temporary frontline leaders. In addition to safely performing production tasks and supporting batch execution, they assume full supervisory authority in the absence of the Production Supervisor. They safeguard safety, quality, and productivity across the plant, ensuring production schedules are met and standard procedures are enforced.

Requirements

• Act as equipment and area owner, maintaining ownership over assigned equipment and in absence of Shift Supervisor, assume duties for his or her responsibilities.
• Analyze operational performance gaps and develop corrective action plans.
• Assign shift personnel to work areas in accordance with production schedule, balancing staffing across competing priorities, and making real-time decisions about production priorities when conflicts arise.
• Complete transactional work order tasks and material movements across multiple software.
• Ensure readiness of utilities for unit operation (e.g., heat exchanger, hot-water-on-demand).
• Follow SOPs to safely operate equipment including reactors, kettles, mixers, pumps, filtration, forklifts, and utilities.
• Drive participation in engagement or culture-building initiatives.
• Foster a culture of safety, respect, and teamwork on shift.
• Load, unload, and package materials per instructions, completing all documentation.
• Manufacture batches per work orders and adjust as needed to meet specifications.
• Mediate interpersonal conflicts among operators.
• Monitor and interpret process parameters, record data in real time, and escalate abnormal conditions or trends.
• Operate process systems (e.g., extruders, packaging lines, wastewater treatment, boiler) in compliance with safety, quality, and efficiency standards.
• Participate in shift handoffs and daily tier meetings to support production continuity.
• Perform equipment calibrations in accordance with gauge standards.
• Record inventory transactions accurately in ERP.
• Support product trials and help refine batch procedures.
• Track and report shift-level performance metrics (safety, quality, yield, productivity, cost).
• Use checklists to perform equipment changeovers, line clearances, and task verifications.
• Use checklists to prepare and perform equipment cleaning and/or sanitization, changeovers, line clearances, and task verifications.
• Verify raw material identity, lot codes, and quantities before staging for production.

Benefits

• Generous Paid Time Off
• 401k Matching
• Retirement Plan
• Tuition Reimbursement