Quality Assurance Team Leader

6 days ago


Owatonna, Minnesota, United States Crown Cork & Seal USA, Inc. Full time
Job Summary

Crown Cork & Seal USA, Inc. is seeking a highly skilled and experienced Quality Assurance Team Leader to lead our production team in achieving plant goals of safety, quality, productivity, and housekeeping. The ideal candidate will have a strong background in manufacturing operations and quality control, with excellent leadership and communication skills.

Key Responsibilities
  • Develop and Implement Quality Initiatives: Develop and foster a culture where safety is the first priority. Develop safety awareness through use of daily discussions, joint safety observations, safety audits, incident investigations, and preventative corrective actions.
  • Lead Production Team: Communicate to all team members the status of equipment, expectations of the team, current activities of the plant, task assignments, and all additional pertinent information. Communicate to management all appropriate and required information.
  • Monitor and Improve Performance: Continuously evaluate team member job performance and provide feedback through informal verbal communications and formal performance appraisals. Counsels and/or recommends actions to improve performance.
  • Ensure Compliance: Enforce and administer company policies, plant regulations, and plant norms. Correct non-conformances through coaching, training, and/or discipline.
  • Manage Quality Control: Conduct daily meetings with temporary personnel to prepare team members for daily activities. Maintain production reports, equipment data, manning reports, and all required administrative functions.
  • Identify and Resolve Issues: Continuously monitors the production process, production equipment, process control checks, and team member activities to ensure goals of quality and production are achieved. Assist in identifying production problems, participation in equipment troubleshooting, and discovering root causes of quality defects.
  • Manage Safety Program: Safety-Oversight of a specific parts of our safety program (e.g. STOP/SAFE, employee incentive program, etc.). Food Safety monitor and enforce compliance with food safety requirements.
  • Collect and Analyze Data: Daily collection and analysis of spoilage data, enhances data collection and lead corrective action teams to address spoilage issues.
  • Improve Machine Performance: Focus on individual machine performance (run times, faults, reliability, etc.) rather than the collective group approach.
  • Train and Develop Team: Develop and improve job specific training, focusing on training aids for higher turnover positions. Conduct orientation of new hires and temporary personnel.
  • Implement 6S Program: Facilitate continued improvement, identify and formalize 6S action plans, record and share successes to stimulate similar successes.
  • Manage Recycling Program: Manage activities of plant recycling program.
  • Ensure Quality of Products: Completion and distribution of COAs for customers.
  • Investigate and Correct Equipment Issues: Investigate and recommend corrections to equipment that are not operating efficiently or according to manufacturing specifications.
  • Manage Supplier Complaints: Aid coordinator of supplier complaints, in addition to review of and development of corrective actions for customer complaints.
  • Participate in Quality Inspections: Participate in sampling and analysis needed for quality inspection, customer evaluation and supplier qualification.
  • Provide Technical Advice: Provide improvement advice to improve reliability and efficiency to can production.
  • Evaluate Equipment: Evaluate equipment in response to production issues and concerns.
  • Implement Equipment Changes: Assist in the implementation and installation of equipment and equipment modifications.
  • Provide Technical Guidance: Provide technical advice on material changes (i.e. light weighting, lacquer trials, BPANI, etc.).
Requirements
  • Education: High School Diploma/GED required. 2-5 years experience in a leadership role in a manufacturing environment or 2 year Associate or Technical degree.
  • Skills: Good communication and interpersonal skills (Verbal and Written). Ability to conduct group presentation or confidential conversation. Good decision-making skills. Ability to develop corrective action options, evaluate options, select and implement appropriate options. Demonstrated experience using computer (Word, Excel, PowerPoint, etc.). Ability to analyze statistical data. Ability to assist in trouble shooting in a manufacturing environment. Knowledge of OSHA requirements and safe working practices.
  • Preferred Requirements: Bachelors degree preferred. AS400 (IBMi) and advanced computer skills (Access) preferred. Six Sigma certification.


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