Production Team Lead

This position will be posted for a minimum of 3 days and will remain open until filled or adjusted based on the volume of applicants.

Further your career at Ball, a world leader in manufacturing sustainable aluminum packaging. Achieve extraordinary things when you join our team, and make a difference in your professional development, the community, and around the globe!

Ball is thrilled to receive Newsweek's 2023 Top 100 Global Most Loved Workplace award! As a sustainable product leader, we have over 16,000 global team members. From endlessly recyclable aluminum cans, and cups, to aerosol bottles, our goal is to contribute to a better community, society, and world.

Position Overview: 

As a Production Team Lead, you represent the career progression from Production Specialist with expanded responsibilities and leadership duties. You ensure the efficient operation of the production process by managing equipment and teams, performing advanced troubleshooting and maintenance, providing training and leadership to production teams, guidance and development. This role is crucial for maintaining high safety and quality standards, optimizing production efficiency, and fostering a collaborative and skilled team environment. Ensure all products meet quality standards and implement quality assurance processes. 

 

The Winter Haven plant is a high-volume, fast-paced 24/7-365 days/year manufacturing environment. Our crews work 12-hour shifts (6am-6pm / 6pm-6am) working 4 days on / 4 days off.  Schedules will rotate from day to night shift every 4 weeks.

 

Competencies:

• Leadership skills: Inspire and motivate the team, lead and develop team members, ensuring a trained, skilled and motivated workforce;​
• Effective Communication: Communicate effectively with all cross functional stakeholders internal and external, provide constructive feedback to team members, ​
• Quality Assurance: Extensive knowledge in Quality Assurance - ensure products meet quality standards​
• Safety Leadership: Robust Understanding Safety - in-depth knowledge of safety protocols and the ability to enforce them and promote a culture of safety;​
• Technical Training: Provide technical training to team members and mentorship to enhance their skills;​
• Troubleshooting and maintenance: Perform complex troubleshooting and maintenance, diagnose and resolve complex issues with production equipment, ensure consistent and reliable operations;​
• Process Optimization: Optimize processes for efficiency;​
• Planning and Coordination: Coordinate tasks and activities across different teams to ensure smooth operations, effectively assign tasks​
• Detailed Recordkeeping: Understand and follow procedures and technical documentation, maintain accurate records of production activities, training, maintenance, and safety incidents

 

Skills:

• Advanced Leadership Skills​
• Strong Planning & Coordination skills ​
• Robust knowledge in Technical Proficiency, Reliability and Operational Excellence​
• Comprehensive Safety Knowledge ​
• Robust Quality Assurance skills​
• Proficient Troubleshooting

 

 Accountabilities:

• Lead, inspire and motivate the team, coordinate tasks and activities across teams, provide constructive feedback ​
• Optimize production processes to enhance efficiency and reduce downtime​
• Enforce safety protocols and promote a culture of safety and ensure products meet high-quality standards;​
• Conducts and participates in on-the-job training and ongoing development of team members;​
• Diagnose and resolve complex equipment issues, adhere to standard operating procedures.​
• Maintain accurate records of production activities​
• Optimize line efficiency and ensure smooth operations, diagnose and resolve complex equipment issues.​
• Adhere to standard operating procedures and monitor performance indicators and key performance indicators.

 

Qualifications & Experience:

• 3+ years​
• High