Team Leader for 2×8 Shifts – Plastic Injection Molding

An innovative, ambitious company committed to public health, with a project that’s both passionate and meaningful, as part of an expert team full of diverse personalities? We’re offering a great opportunity as a Team Leader for 2×8 Shifts – Plastic Injection Molding, based in Val-Revermont (01).

Reporting to the Injection Molding Shop Manager, you will play a key role in supervising the teams and ensuring the workshop’s performance.

In this role, your main responsibilities will be:

• On the technical side: by following the schedule developed by the Injection Molding Shop Manager:
  • Be responsible for your team’s production in terms of safety, productivity, and quality.
  • Verify the availability and compliance of manufacturing documents at each workstation; alert the Injection Molding Shop Manager or the Quality Department as needed.
  • Record the traceability of the material batch on the work order.
  • Ensure that production start-ups and shutdowns proceed smoothly in accordance with current instructions.
  • Anticipate and coordinate production changes in collaboration with the logistics department: cleaning of equipment and work areas.
  • Start production runs and inspect the first parts.
  • Make adjustments and/or fine-tune settings based on observed deviations.
  • Respond to machine alarms and service requests from operators or the Quality Department.
  • Maintain the overall condition of production equipment (molds, presses, peripheral equipment).
  • Propose areas for improvement to your supervisor.
  • Alert your supervisor immediately in the event of any anomalies.
  • Complete the required documentation during interventions, production starts, or at any other appropriate time.
  • Ensure that your team’s production data is accurately entered into the Cyclades system.
  • Apply and enforce Good Manufacturing Practices (GMP).

• On the management side:
  • Train and mentor new employees (temporary workers, new hires, etc.)
  • Ensure a smooth handover of instructions between teams and relay important information from the team to the Workshop Manager.
  • Comply with and enforce rules regarding hygiene, safety, quality, and waste sorting.
  • Foster a positive work environment within the team
  • Organize the team at the start of the shift: assign tasks, schedule breaks, and make adjustments as needed.
  • Identify and report team-related issues (absences, tardiness, behavior, etc.).

• Proven experience in plastic injection molding (at least 5 years), ideally with some experience in team leadership.
• Knowledge of first-level maintenance of machines and molds
• Proficiency with Arburg, Engel, Haitian, and Demag injection molding machines, as well as Wittmann and Sepro robots.
• Proficiency with computer software
• Ability to make decisions quickly and independently.
• Independence, attention to detail, organizational skills, communication skills, team spirit, and natural leadership.

Do you have all these skills? If so, you’re the ideal candidate!

Missing a few? Give it a try and apply. We’ll review your application carefully!

We’re proud to promote diversity and equal opportunity within our teams. We believe that our differences make a difference and that an inclusive work environment will foster our growth as a company, as teams, and as individuals. We’ll therefore consider all applications* while fostering an inclusive work culture where everyone feels they belong.

All applications will be considered regardless of origin, background, religion, gender, sexual orientation, gender identity, disability, etc.