Job Description

Blowmold Lead - 1st Shift

Build your future with G&J Pepsi. Our Blowmold Lead earns $28.65 per hour and receive competitive benefits, such as:

• 401K Matching
• Pension Plan
• Weekly Pay
• Paid Time Off
• Medical, Dental, Vision, and supplemental insurance benefits

Schedule: 1st Shift - 6:30 am - 7:00 pm (12 Hour Shift), 2-2-3 Schedule

Position Summary

To serve our internal customers by ensuring that Injection and Blow Mold facility machines are set up and operated according to established company standards to achieve key performance indicators and to ensure that all warehouse goods (e.g. finished goods, raw materials) are loaded, unloaded and stored accurately and safely according to established company standards.

Essential Functions

Reasonable Accommodations Statement - To perform this job successfully, an individual must be able to perform each essential duty satisfactorily. Reasonable Accommodations may be made to enable qualified individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.

• Communicates, leads by example and provides direction to a small team in order to achieve daily production objectives for safety, efficiency and quality.
• Works cross departmentally with maintenance and transportation.
• Troubleshoots equipment including HMI machine control.
• Operates injection and blow mold facility equipment (e.g. injection molders, offset printer, laser printer, blowmolder, labeler, palletizer, conveyor, airveyor, wrapper) according to established company standards to ensure highest level of quality and efficiency; perform equipment and color changeovers and ensures machines are set for correct specifications (e.g. package, flavor and mold size) and ensures the removal and proper return of materials and fulfillment of next flavor/package requirements; wraps and tags pallets according to established standards.
• Monitors label splicing; assists in label inventory management and performs double checks on all raw materials and finished goods.
• Performs quality checks (e.g. burst, expansion, top load, section weights and finished goods visual inspections) and follows up to correct quality issues according to established standards; performs label application inspections performing tear-offs to ensure proper adhesion.
• Unloads incoming goods (e.g. preforms, labels) from delivery trucks and trailers to storage area in the Warehouse and provides raw materials to the production line (e.g. preforms, labels); moves and loads finished goods according to established standards (e.g. goods being loaded, unloaded and stored safely, FIFO guidelines observed); ensures outbound loads are accurate and that preform and pallet dunnage is managed according to established guidelines.
• Troubleshoots the manufacturing equipment to include the injection machines, offset printer, blowmolder, labelers, airveyor and palletizing equipment; evaluates equipment performance and anticipates issues to facilitate high efficiency and reduce downtime.
• Maintains cleanliness and TPM activities of work area (e.g. ensures labeler is clean, checks glue flow, vacuum drums, fills glue pot, cleans labeler parts on carts); recycles all materials, empties bins appropriately and refeeds bottles when possible to reduce scrap and ensures that preform dunnage is managed and loaded according to standards for return; works as needed to clean equipment, production areas, labelers, blow molders and airveyor.
• Supports others in the department as directed by management (e.g. cross training in other positions to cover for lunches, vacations and other team member's absences from work, performing routine maintenance tasks and assisting on equipment repairs and rebuilds).
• Acts as a trainer and is capable of training operators to a level 1 and level 2 operator and leads to a working lead
• Communicates with co-workers and supervisor verbally regarding the status of work activities (e.g. critical work issues, quality, performance, raw materials, schedule and sanitation) and other information; supervisor regarding questions or issues with daily assignments.
• Completes quality checks, time off requests and other required paperwork according to established standards.
• Adheres to all company policies, standards and procedures (e.g. OSHA and safety requirements, AIB and Pepsi standards, Federal/State/Local laws); wears all required personal protective equipment.
• Works assigned schedule, exhibits regular and predictable attendance and works overtime as needed to meet workload demands. Performs other related duties as required.
• Lead job titles may be utilized as a lead vacation relief doing the exact same job but covering openings on various crews / shifts
• Lead role has the ability to advance through the Pay for Knowledge program

Position Qualifications

Builds Alignment: Takes initiative to build collaborative networks. Aligns department and personal goals with objectives of the broader organizations goals and business strategy and takes action to achieve them.

Talks Straight: Be authentic; let people know where your stand with simple language and no hidden agenda simply present the facts and thoughts with respect clarity and transparency. Listens to multiple perspectives openly. Enables and demonstrates the courage to speak about issues, risks and good news. Takes on difficult conversations confidently.

Drives Results: Consistently delivers results by keeping commitments, holding self and others accountable and setting clear expectations. Demonstrates ownership of results within their area of responsibility. Develops contingency plans necessary to overcome challenges and execute to meeting business goals.

Innovates: Creates new and different ways to make the organization successful. Generates unique solutions to issues that shows good judgement and create value to the organization. Can facilitate effective brainstorming sessions and has the ability to project how new ideas will be adopted. Seeks alignment from leadership.

Collaborates: Builds and maintains collaborative relationships across the organization including other functional areas, team members, external customers and strategic partnerships to achieve company goals.

Influences and Energizes Others: Creates energy and excitement cross functionally as well as within the team around the organizational vision and goals. Focuses energy on organizational key priorities. Eliminates and removes barriers that create non-value work. Takes personal investment in others and fosters an environment that encourages continuous improvement, innovation and calculated risk taking.

Develops People: Continuously assesses and build a team of people that will achieve objectives. Develops self and others to improve performance in current roles as well as be developed for future roles. Provides frequent feedback and coaching to others. Seeks and welcomes personal feedback and responds to coaching.

Acts with Integrity: Does the right thing, always, even in challenging times. Lives in harmony with their deepest values and the values of the organization. Stands firm on their principle and upholds the organization’s mission, vision, values and policies.

Upholds Safety Standards: Promotes a safe work environment and instills the organization belief that “Safety is Everybody’s Business”. Contributes to safe work environment by following established protocols and procedures and executes necessary training to keep team in compliance with regulatory bodies.

Leads Strategically: Creates a sense of vision and purpose for self and team. Seeing ahead to the future possibilities to translate them into breakthrough strategies. Plans and prioritizes work and resources to meet the needs of the business. Makes critical choices that support successful strategy implementation to meet the needs of the business for their given area (Manager and above).

Skills & Abilities

Education

Minimum High School or GED

Preferred Vocational / Technical in Electronics

Experience

Years of Experience 1 - 3 Machine operator experience in food/beverage/pharmaceutical manufacturing required. Previous quality control experience strongly preferred.

Computer Skills

Must have basic computer skills in Microsoft Word and Excel.

Certifications & Licenses

Forklift Certification required.

Other Requirements

Physical Demands

N (Not Applicable) - Activity is not applicable to this position.

O (Occasionally) - Position requires this activity up to 33% of the time (0 - 2.5+ hrs/day)

F (Frequently) - Position requires this activity from 33% - 66% of the time (2.5 - 5.5+ hrs/day)

C (Constantly) - Position requires this activity more than 66% of the time (5.5+ hrs/day)

Demand Frequency

Stand C

Walk C

Sit O

Manually Manipulate O

Reach Outward O

Reach Above Shoulder O

Climb O

Crawl Squat or Kneel Bend Grasp Speak N N O O F

Lift/Carry

Demand Frequency

10 lbs or less O

11 - 20 lbs O

21 - 50 lbs O

51 - 100 lbs N

Over 100 lbs N

Push/Pull

Demand Frequency

12 lbs or less O

13 - 25 lbs O

26 - 40 lbs N

41 - 100 lbs N

Other Physical Requirements

• Vision (Near, Distance, Color, Depth)
• Sense of Sound - Must be able to hear
• Ability to wear Personal Protective Equipment (PPE) - Safety Shoes; hearing protection, eye protection

Work Environment

Must be able to work around moving equipment (e.g. forklifts, pallet jacks), and in a loud noise environment.