Crew Lead

Livent USA Corp • Bessemer City, NC

22h

About The Position

Responsible for the safe and efficient day-to-day operation of the area. Oversees crew to ensure safe plant operations, effective execution of plan, and regulatory compliance in the manufacture of chemical products.

Requirements

• Minimum of a GED or high school diploma, two years of college is highly desired; a four-year degree in a technical discipline is preferred
• Minimum of three years of manufacturing or engineering experience.
• Leadership experience that includes exposure to production and process functions.
• General working knowledge of plant engineering
• Human resources practices and systems, including time tracking
• Quality assurance practices
• Environmental management
• Experience with Manufacturing software
• MS Office
• ISO 9000

Responsibilities

• Qualified to back fill operator positions during shift as needed.
• Establishing an effective team level short interval control to drive shift performance.
• Manage team productivity to established work and capacity standards to achieve weekly and daily plans.
• Set and communicate shift goals and targets to achieve daily plans.
• Ensure close communication and coordination of team activities to other crews.
• Responsible for coordinating unplanned coverage.
• Responsible to ensure Safe Operation of the processes.
• Responsible for executing EHS processes and environmental daily checks.
• Responding to incidents, perform initial investigation steps.
• Responsible for escalating safety, environment, production, and equipment issues to the appropriate personnel.
• Qualified as IC or OO for PERT.
• Perform daily safety inspections including environmental.
• Ensure employees adhere to training requirements, including PERT, Regulatory, and job required.
• Ensure the crew has adequately trained personnel to perform activities to support operations. (i.e.: Manlift certified, CSE certification, Hydro blasting certified, etc.)
• Intervene when unsafe acts or conditions are encountered.
• Ensure Production to Plan. Allocating employees to process as needed and evaluating production lost time to include troubleshooting and root cause analysis.
• Provides input to Production Lead as to performance development of crew.
• Lead and participate in the evaluation, testing, and training of operation staff.
• Responsible for executing the maintenance plan.
• Responsible to ensure employees follow SOP’s.
• Responsible for making themself available to quality auditors.
• Ensure required product samples are done during shift.
• Accountable for OEE entry.
• Responsible for shift reports and effective shift turnover to include leading the start of shift safety huddle.
• Responsible to enter maintenance notifications.
• Accountable for team members ITP execution.
• Lead shift turnover meeting with oncoming or outgoing crew to communicate status and if necessary, the path forward to overcome production failures.
• Supervise DCS and PLC Operations

Benefits

• Employees enjoy competitive compensation, a menu of work/life benefits and opportunities to continue developing their skills and building their career.

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Mid Level
• Education Level: High school or GED