Position Title: Machine Operator - Line Lead
Wage: $19.80 per hour
Shift: 2nd, 3rd, Weekend
Hours: 2:45pm-11:00pm; 10:45pm-7:00am; 6:45am-7:00pm
Join our dynamic team as a Machine Operator/Line Lead in a fast-paced pharmaceutical environment! You’ll be at the forefront of ensuring packaging equipment runs smoothly while leading and overseeing a team of packers. In this critical role, you’ll ensure compliance, quality, and efficiency across all shifts—including 2nd, 3rd, and Weekend A shifts—while maintaining meticulous documentation and driving production goals. Your leadership will help guarantee the highest standards in packaging, all while keeping safety and precision at the core of every operation. Ready to make a meaningful impact in a growing industry? Apply today and lead the way to success!
Machine Operator - Line Lead Responsibilities include but are not limited to:
- Operates and maintains the machine in accordance with batch record, safety and quality standards. Ensures process optimization through routine mechanical adjustments.
- Conducts daily line huddle communication meeting – requires review of all shifts to shift communication, information acquired during the Shift meeting and VCB (Visual Control Board) results.
- Provides directions to other line members by ensuring the crew has signed the roster, assigning crew members to the appropriate positions
- Reviews jackets and ensures proper components and resources are at the line
- Escalates quality, service, and equipment performance issues to supervision.
- Communicates production needs to the necessary support departments to include but not limited to warehouse, quality, maintenance, and business unit
- Updates all line required information including hourly run charts and all areas of the VCBs
- Interacts with team to ensure machine performs optimally
- Order components when necessary
- Answer questions and resolve issues for associates on the line
- Accurately completes paperwork to include scrap calculations, recovery and production rates, batch record entries
- Leads and performs lot in and lot out, line clearance, and deep clean functions (Safeguards in place)
- Actively participates in Gemba and/or Safety Gemba as applicable on their line
- May require use of Personal Protective Equipment (PPE) and Powered Air Purifying Respirator (PAPR)
- This position may require overtime and/or weekend work.
- Knowledge of and adherence to all PCI Pharma Services, cGMP (Current Good Manufacturing Practices), and GCP (Good Clinical Practices) policies, procedures, rules.
- Attendance to work is an essential function of this position.
Machine Operator - Line Lead Requirements:
- Stationary Position: 3/4 of the day.
- Move, Traverse: 3/4 of the day and up.
- Operate, activate, use, prepare, inspect, or place: 3/4 of the day and up.
- Install, place, adjust, apply, measure, use, or signal: Up to 3/4 of the day.
- Ascend/Descend or Work Atop: From 3/4 of the day.
- Position self (to) or Move (about or to): 3/4 of the day and up.
- Communicate or exchange information: 3/4 of the day and up.
- Detect, distinguish, or determine: 3/4 of the day and up.
- On an average day, the individual can expect to move and/or transport up to 50 pounds
-This position may have the following special vision requirements: Close Vision, Distance Vision, Color Vision, Peripheral Vision, Depth Perception, Ability to focus.
- Work is performed in areas with moderate risk or discomfort that may require special safety precautions, such as -wearing protective clothing or gear for up to 3/4 of the day.
- Work near moving mechanical parts for 3/4 of the day and up.
- The noise level in the work environment is typically moderate.
About us:
QPS Employment Group is a full-service staffing firm comprised of dedicated and passionate people with over 50 offices throughout the Midwest. We place great people with great companies in industrial, skilled trades, administrative, manufacturing, general labor and professional employment.
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