Lead Production Technician

About this position

At Henkel, you can build on a strong legacy and leading positions in both industrial and consumer businesses to reimagine and improve life every day. If you love challenging the status quo, join our community of over 47.000 pioneers around the globe. Our teams at Henkel Consumer Brands continuously drive the evolution in dynamic categories: Laundry & Home Care and Hair. With our trusted brands, including Persil and Schwarzkopf, our cutting-edge technologies and our disruptive solutions, you will have countless opportunities to explore new paths and develop What makes you a good fit. Grow within our future-led businesses, our diverse and vibrant culture and find a place where you simply belong. All to leave your mark for more sustainable growth.
Dare to make an impact? 

This role offers 12-hour shifts with the potential for overtime, as needed. The individual selected for this role will be assigned to NIGHT shift:

• Shift 25 - Thursdays, Fridays, Saturdays and Alternating Wednesdays from 6:45AM - 7PM.

What you´ll do

If you have a passion for leadership, manufacturing, and creating a positive work environment, then Henkel has the job for you! The Lead Production Technician is responsible to coordinate workflow and execute the planned maintenance schedule for a production area with the manufacturing department to achieve daily, weekly, and monthly goals while ensuring safety, quality, and productivity. This role will also coordinate with other departments, as needed, to maintain a smooth workflow.

• Ensures production schedule is met by monitoring line performance, identifying and resolving issues, and allocating resources accordingly.
• Completes all training and certification requirements to safely and effectively rotate to and operate all production equipment and machinery in assigned areas.
• Cross-trains on equipment and tasks across multiple areas and rotates, as needed.
• Performs machine start-up and shut-down procedures on production equipment and ensures that machines are set-up to validated Machine Parameter Settings (MPS).
• Monitors operating equipment and machinery to ensure proper performance.
• Adjusts equipment parameters, within validated standards, to ensure output meets specifications.
• If output specifications are not met, escalate issues to proper site resources for resolution.
• Coordinates and provides training for others on how to operate production equipment and machinery.
• Completes basic maintenance and troubleshooting tasks, such as cleaning, inspection, minor lubrication, and parts replacements.
• Escalates non-routine and complex issues following downtime escalation procedures.
• Observes and supports mechanics to complete diagnostics and repairs.
• Provides direction for cleaning and sanitizing tasks.
• Performs required steps to guarantee size and product changeovers are completed in accordance with the production schedule on all equipment.
• Utilizes Gantt chart and other resources to plan activities, assign timelines, and ensure deadlines are met.
• Logs data into computerized production tracking system, including identified machine parameters, downtime events, and line performance.
• Validates data integrity by auditing line reports, quality documents, changeover checklist, housekeeping checklist, sanitization records, and responds, as necessary.