Production Team Leader

Ecolab the leading global developer of premium cleaning sanitizing and maintenance products and services for the hospitality institutional and industrial markets is seeking a Production Team Leader will be responsible for all metrics of safety quality productivity cost and people development for a production area across shifts. Demonstrate your ability to lead a winning team and manage the daily manufacturing operations of lines or shifts to ensure that the manufacturing plan is executed in a manner that meets or exceeds quality and cost objectives.

Whats in it For You:

• Fastpaced resultsdriven work environment where you will manage a team of employees and all metrics associated with the team and area.
• Gain knowledge in coaching and developing others influencing across all levels and implementing best practices in a TPM environment.
• Thrive in a company that values a culture of safety sustainability inclusiveness and performance.
• Opportunity for a longterm career path.

What You Will Do:

• Lead a team at Reaction Chemistry Plant
• Ensure the location is in compliance with all internal and external standards and legislation.
• Recommend and implement measures to improve departmental productivity and efficiencies product quality methods and working conditions so that downtime is minimized through the use of teamwork and TPM/continuous improvement principles including leading autonomous management activities.
• Manage relationships with a variety of internal and external stakeholders.
• Ensure the Quality System is followed and that products produced meet specifications.
• Partner with internal plant and external Ecolab contacts (Quality Logistics Planning and regulatory agencies) to proactively avoid quality environmental and service issues.
• Provide formal and informal reporting on plant performance and issues.
• Direct and provide resources for production operations.
• Set production and maintenance priorities and determine manning requirements to meet production schedules.
• Responsible for housekeeping and 5s standards in all production areas.
• Responsible for team safety including observing and ensuring safe work practices equipment monitoring accident and nearmiss investigations and daily toolbox meetings.
• Coordinate with Production Planner Warehouse Maintenance and Quality to complete production plan successfully.
• Coordinate all rework and relabel opportunities.
• Communicate production status with Production Manager and Production Planner.
• Direct yard driver to assist in maintaining production schedule.
• Track departmental data and generate applicable reports as needed implement and promote measures to improve departmental productivity and efficiencies product quality methods and working conditions to minimize downtown.
• Make adjustments in schedules using knowledge of machine capacities and equipment and worker capabilities.
• Ensure proper accurate and timely reporting of all daily requirements.
• Work as a team with other production operator shift leads and production manager to achieve goals
• Plan and initiate training of employees to expand job knowledge and add flexibility to scheduling the workforce
• Proactively communicate maintenance needs quality issues or other situations that impact safety quality or productivity to the appropriate functional/department leader
• Ensure that the operation and Safety SOPs and good practice are followed on daily operation
• SAP tasks and report collection correctly and timely
• Proper shifts management for perfect and safe to adhere with the production plan
• Check and reviews preparation (mixing) filling and packaging instructions at beginning of line runs. And follow up the line changeover
• Ensure that the correct raw and packaging materials are available.
• Ensure that the line is set up correctly per the preparation (mixing) filling and packaging instructions. Adjust the line as necessary or asks Supervisor or Maintenance Tech for assistance.
• Ensure the adherence to Safety quality and production related Work Instruction Memos and SOP.

Position Details:

Plant location: Dammam KSA

Minimum Qualifications:

• High School Diploma OR Bachelors degree
• Immigration Sponsorship is not available for this position
• Ability to meet physical requirements of position
• 5 years of previous experience in Chemical plant or warehouse
• 3 years of previous experience with Reaction chemistry
• 2 years of previous experience in production supervision
• Fluency in English language.
• Proficiency with MS (Word Excel Outlook PowerPoint Teams).
• Excellent problemsolving skills

Physical Demands:

• Must be able to lift/carry 50 pounds
• Must be able to pass a drug screen and physical exam.

Preferred Qualifications:

• Experience on SCADA
• Experience with SAP
• Demonstrate training and coaching capabilities to others on packaging filling and mixing operation skills
• Have leadership skills
• Good timemanagement strong attention to detail good communicator and a team member
• Ability to complete training and master skills that are required by position (including but not limited to Hazardous Material Safety and DOT training)
• Ability to understand and track safety quality and productivity data
• Experience with Total Production Management (TPM) & Continuous Improvement Systems
• Experience in quality control in a chemical manufacturing environment
• Forklift Driving

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