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.

What’s In It For You

• Fast-paced, results-driven 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 long-term 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 near-miss 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 SOP's 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, Memo’s, and SOP.
  
  

Position Details

Plant location: Dammam, KSA

Minimum Qualifications

• High School Diploma OR Bachelor’s 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 problem-solving 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 time-management, 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
  
  

Our Commitment to Diversity and Inclusion

Ecolab is committed to fair and equal treatment of associates and applicants and furthering the principles of Equal Opportunity to Employment. Our goal is to fully utilize minority, female, and disabled individuals at all levels of the workforce. We will recruit, hire, promote, transfer and provide opportunities for advancement based on individual qualifications and job performance. In all matters affecting employment, compensation, benefits, working conditions, and opportunities for advancement, Ecolab will not discriminate against any associate or applicant for employment because of race, religion, color, creed, national origin, citizenship status, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity and expressions, genetic information, marital status, age, or disability.