Production Lead Operator
Major Duties and Responsibilities
• Supports Lean Manufacturing initiatives to drive continuous improvements to the production lines or other areas as assigned.
• Provides oversight to the daily organisation of the production process aligning break and run times, ensures daily housekeeping and safety activity compliance.
• Perform changeovers and/or troubleshoot machinery as needed. Work with setup technicians and maintenance if issues cannot be resolved quickly.
• Responsible for Standard Operating Procedures (SOPs) and Current Good Manufacturing Practices (cGMP) compliance, training, and provides direction to employees to resolve production or other area problems.
• Active in one or more teams as it relates to quality, safety, productivity, cost, or on time delivery.
• Completes safety/quality audits as required.
• Continuously looks for and helps to implement improvements to the process to improve productivity, quality and reduce costs.
• Training of operators and sharing expertise of different processes and products.
• Performs all requirements of TrackWise for document generation, reviews and operator R&U completion.
• Deputises for Shift Supervisors.
• Performs Daily SAP Transactions.
• Completes batch documentation reviews and calculation checks.
• Realtime documentation checks for completeness following the principles of ALCOA++.
• Day-to-day planning of Operator activities.
•Ensuring areas of control are audit ready at all times.
• Undertakes such other reasonable duties as may be required from time to time to support the department and business activities.
•Acknowledge responsibility to ensure an effective Quality Management System in order to achieve Quality Objectives.
Competencies
• Thorough understanding of Quality Control & Audits
• Demonstrate positive behaviors
• Ability to foster teamwork
• Decision-making skills
• Problem management
• Technical expertise
• Detail oriented
• Ability to meet deadlines
• Very flexible in working patterns
• Experience of working with Information Technology using Microsoft Office packages (Word, Excel and PowerPoint)
• Ability to motivate others to meet demands established by the schedule
• In depth understanding of established Team Manufacturing values and customer service policies
Knowledge and Experience
• Education and Experience Typical Years of Experience-4 years experience minimum
Knowledge of SAP/EDMS (not essential).
• Minimum Expected Education- Level 1/2 – GCSE Level qualifications
• Additional Information-Although Education is important in the role, expertise is a Major Factor of being a Lead Operator for the Manufacturing or Filling Team.
A positive fit in the current team dynamics will also play a major role in selection for this position.
Previous Team Leader or Supervisor experience managing a team.
Previous experience of supervising an Audit.
Knowledge of SAP/EDMS (not essential).