Job Summary:  Reporting to the Detail Shop Manager or designated manager, the Quality Process Lead assures the quality of the detail process “First Time Right” is applied by detailers. The QPL lead also creates individual assignments for detailers, communicates production goals, and leads the designated lane. Is also the first point of contact for the QPL’s. 

Responsibilities and Duties include but are not limited to the following: 

1. Provide excellent Leadership:  

• Is responsible for a designated lane in the detail department. 
• Identify the strengths of detailers to effectively create their assignments within the detail process.
• Inspect the quality of work done by each detailer to meet the production goals.
• Maintain a professional appearance, orderly work environment and friendly disposition by greeting others.  
• Ensure proper techniques and procedures are being implemented by detailers. 
• Maintain a clean and safe work environment. Report all incidents to management immediately. 
• Assist the designated manager or supervisor in developing, coordinating and training all employees within the department in accordance with company policy and guidelines.  
• Monitor training conducted to ensure adherence to company standards and procedures
• Assist the designated manager or supervisor in monitoring and controlling conditions of all facilities, vehicles, property and equipment under Detail Shop control for proper maintenance, cleanliness, and safety

2. Perform detail services:

• Photograph and stage vehicles to ensure focused and clear pictures per detail standards. 
• Document the stock number, vin number, model, make, of each vehicle as well as the customer. Then log information into the V-Trace program.
• Track the detailers in the assigned lane and document their start time and end time, as well as lost time on each unit. 
• Responsible for the photo booth and its components. 
• Return customer’s vehicles in clean condition.

3. Other:

• Properly complete all work documentation and entering it in the computer program. 
• Advise the designated Manager of all equipment breakdowns and required maintenance immediately.
• Respond to and follow proper procedures on employee and customer accidents, injuries, and loss or damage to any property.  Report all incidents to the Manager. 
• Practice and promote company Core Values.

QPL Lead Responsibilities and Skills

• Clerical- Ability to use a computer and calculator. Timekeeping and documenting times for detailers. Inventory of the vehicles is logged on V-trace. 
• Analytical- Ability to perform basic math.
• Fuel- Ensure vehicles have fuel, if needed then fuel vehicles.
• Photography- Ability to use a camera, and take pictures to company standards. 
• Communication- Interpersonal skills to communicate with employees and members of management. Bilingual-preferred.
• Drive- Ensure employee are following company policy and procedures when operating vehicles. 
• Mechanical- Ability to jump start vehicles that won’t start. If they can’t, then be ready to push the vehicles. 
• Tools- Ability to use cleaning tools such as: vacuums, pressure washer, drill, and cleaning chemicals. 

QPL Lead Qualifications:

• High School Diploma or GED preferred.
• 1 to 2 years of auto detailing experience preferred. 
• Must be qualified to operate a motor vehicle and possess a valid driver’s license.
• Effective employee relations, communication and interpersonal skills required. 
• Ability to understand and adhere to Company policies in all areas.
• Computer skills. 

Physical Requirements and Working Conditions:

The physical activity requirements of the position are from Medium to Heavy Physical Work

• Constant – standing, walking, climbing, watching, touching and fingering, listening
• Frequent – talking, reaching, feeling, grasping, pushing, pulling, kneeling, stooping, crouching, lifting
• Occasional –balancing, crawling
• Potential – running, jumping, yelling, or other rapid or forceful movement in emergency situations

This position is subject to both inside and outside environmental working conditions, including temperature changes, outside weather conditions, slightly elevated ambient noise levels, minor potential physical hazards, such as electrical current , moving mechanical parts, exposure to hot equipment and cleaning and pesticide chemicals; and minor atmospheric conditions affecting skin or respiratory systems, such as fumes, odors and dusts associated with internal and external service station/convenience food and petroleum dispensing operations.

Note:  This job description in no way states or implies that these are the only duties to be performed by incumbents in this position.  Employee(s) will be required to follow any other job-related instruction or duties requested by an authorized person. The requirements listed in this document are the minimum levels of knowledge, skills or abilities.

Production Managers direct supervisors and assigned personnel within the Production Department. Coordinate production activity in a manner that results in the production of quality product in a safe and cost effective manner. Work with scheduling to ensure that an effective production plan is developed and executed consistent with plant procedures, customer service requirements, and plant objectives. The primary duties of a Production Manager include:

• Understands, follows and enforces all established safety, health, quality GMP and Company policies, procedures and recognized practices.
• Understands, follows and enforces all established policies, procedures and recognized practices.
• Works with supervisors to oversee all Production department personnel/HR issues including: hiring, reviews, recognition, disciplinary, attendance, and grievances.
• Responsible for the execution of a production schedule to satisfy customer service requirements with respect to time, cost, and quality.
• Assigns and oversees all supervisory project work such as safety programs, housekeeping, regrind, CQI, etc.
• Ensures cost effective inventory levels of production supplies are maintained to meet production requirements.
• Coordinates with the Maintenance Manager on the preventative maintenance required for the operational equipment.
• Maintains contact with the sales department so that customer requirements are effectively met and maximum utilization of plant facilities is obtained.
• Manages temporary staffing levels for the operation to achieve plant objectives for labor efficiency.
• Attends meetings as necessary.
• Assists in taking all physical inventories in accordance with corporate procedures.
• Conducts all trials and R & D for packaging conditions such as banding and stretch wrap.
• Ensures that the necessary plant Standard Operating Procedures (SOP’s) are developed and that production employees have been trained to meets plant operations objectives.
• May be responsible for special projects related to other functional areas.
• 0-25% travel may be required.

A Bachelor’s Degree and/or related operations experience; or equivalent combination of education and related operations experience is required. A minimum of five years’ experience in an operations supervisory or management role in a manufacturing environment with demonstrated leadership skills strongly preferred.

Production Managers are required to interact with other managers, employees, vendors, and customers. Therefore, the following skills and proficiencies are also essential requirements of the position:

• Ability to maintain regular, predictable, and punctual attendance.
• Computer usage and typing skills are essential.
• Excellent verbal and written communication, including the ability to effectively communicate with internal and external customers.
• Must be able to work under pressure and meet deadlines, while maintaining a positive attitude and providing exemplary customer service.
• Ability to work independently and to carry out assignments to completion within parameters of instructions given, prescribed routines, and standard accepted practices.
• Communicates effectively: conveys facts and information clearly both verbally and orally.
• Collaborates well with others: proactively contributes to group objectives; volunteers to help others.

Summary

Graham Packaging is seeking a dynamic and multidisciplinary Plant Continuous Improvement Manager to optimize plant systems, production line, equipment performance, and product quality. The Plant Continuous Improvement Manager will be skilled in assessing and diagnosing the root causes of problems that lead to defective products, production yield loss and reduced productive uptime. The Plant Continuous Improvement Manager will develop and manage A3 projects to systematically address the Pareto of improvement opportunities using Lean tools and the Graham Operational Excellence (OPEX) continuous improvement process. The Plant Continuous Improvement Manager will be knowledgeable in the fundamentals of lean manufacturing including reduction of variability, waste elimination, and theory of constraints to drive continuous improvement. The position will be plant based but the role can possibly expand to support multiple plants.

The Plant Continuous Improvement Manager’s responsibilities are to:

• Use observation, questioning and data measurement to fully understand and categorize yield and uptime issues.
• Identify and eliminate sources of variation that lead to changes to the Standard Operating Condition (SOC).
• Facilitate problem solving to root cause elimination and permanent reduction of variance.
• Analyze lines for constraints and bottlenecks to achieve continuous flow.
• Advocate for the Voice of the Customer (VOC) via process capability and defect elimination.
• Assess standard work artifacts and training to better understand the origin of production flow issues.
• Contract or otherwise coordinate third parties to perform equipment or system assessments.
• Conduct timing and point of loss yield studies to identify the loss Pareto.
• Perform data analysis and prepare written reports in order make visible the true nature of problems and opportunities.
• Develop a detailed root cause analysis for each problem, where each root cause is validated through testing, i.e. the condition or defect can be turned on or off.
• Develop countermeasures that could range from basic problem containment to system repair to equipment replacement.
• Generate and communicate implementation plans using Gantt charts and work breakdown structures.
• Coordinate central Operations & Engineering resources or third parties to staff implementation plans as necessary.
• Formulate strategic improvement hypotheses within the A3 Thinking process.
• Facilitate Problem Solving and Kaizen events by leveraging/modeling the DMAIC process.
• Lead Daily Management processes to validate that actions lead to desired performance improvements.
• Support deployment of Lean tools such as 5S, Visual Factory Aids, SMED concepts, VSM, VOC and Poke Yoke to improve plant safety, quality and throughput performance.
• Proactively seek problems that need to be solved and quantify the anticipated benefit of solving each particular problem.
• Follow through to assess and report on achieving desired improvements.
• Develop and ensure appropriate standard work is developed and in place to minimize problem reoccurrence.
• Fill in for Plant Lead team roles in their absence
• Collaborate with the Corporate CI team to achieve plant and company goals

Core Proficiencies and Skills

The following skills and proficiencies are essential requirements of the position:

• Strong understanding of Operational Excellence, Lean principals, statistics and data analysis.
• Proficient applying DMAIC or PDCA continuous improvement methodologies.
• Deep knowledge in production line flow, yield and uptime analysis for improvement.
• Knowledge of line design that optimizes line uptime i.e. throughput, queueing, accumulation and bottleneck analysis.
• Skilled applying manual line measurements (e.g. Tic Charts) and other data collection methods and measurement methods to understand unit flow and loss characteristics
• Experienced in optimizing the performance of:

o   Factory systems and line process inputs

o   Information flow

o   Raw materials flow, conveyance, blending, and drying systems

o   Blow Molder lines for throughput

o   Injection Molding lines for capability

o   Quality systems for defect elimination

o   EHS systems for a safe working environment

o   Operational systems for waste elimination

o   People development for engagement and ownership

• Skilled in facilitation of Problem solving, FMEA, Kaizen, Lean tools
• Strong written and verbal communication skills
• Strong coaching and mentoring skills
• Ability to get work accomplished through influence versus authority

• BS degree in Operations, Engineering, Manufacturing related
• Experience in an structured problem solving and continuous improvement mindset workplace
• At least 5 years of experience working in plant operations in multi-line manufacturing plant
• Experienced working in the plastics industry

• This position is responsible for the day-to-day coordination and support of bargaining unit employees in rotation groups with team leaders in the manufacturing, assembly, fabrication, distribution and/or development of motorcycles or motorcycle component parts.
• Position is responsible to support rotation groups to achieve department metrics for safety, quality, delivery, cost, people and sustainability. The supervisor is a key link in the help chain for the rotation groups and team leaders.
• Primary responsibility is to provide mentoring, resources, tools, and direction needed for the value adders to be as effective and efficient as possible. Majority of time is spent on shop floor.

• First shift position, hours will be 7:00am - 5:30pm. Normal weekly schedule is Monday through Thursday, four 10 hour shifts. We do have occasional scheduled overtime on Fridays and Saturdays, 10 hour shifts.
• Prefer candidate to have assembly experience, either as a Team Leader or Supervisor. Manufacturing experience required.

SUMMARY:
The person in this position manages all aspects of the operations of the railroad. He or she directs and coordinates activities to obtain efficiency and economy of operations and to maximize profits.
RESPONSIBILITIES:
•Hire and supervise managers and staff; train, assign and direct work, appraise performance, discipline, and resolve problems
•Submit annual business plan and analyze daily/monthly performance of the railroads to determine changes in operations required to stay on plan
•Establish and maintain the railroad’s credibility with its customers
•Establish the railroad within the community it serves, especially relations with connecting carriers; local suppliers; local, state, and federal politicians and governmental agencies; and the business community
•Represent the railroad within industry trade associations
•Assist with other projects and perform other duties as assigned
REQUIRED SKILLS AND/OR EXPERIENCE:
•Ability to communicate effectively by letter, telephone, and personal interview with senior management, employees, customers, railroads, regulatory officials and the general public
•Thorough knowledge of railroad operations, including, but not limited to, transportation, dispatching, marketing, maintenance-of-way, mechanical, and clerical activities
•Management and leadership skills commensurate with the size of staff and property
•Ability to read and interpret documents such as safety rules, the Code of Federal Regulations, and monthly financial reports
•Proficient computer skills and skills in Microsoft Office
•Prior sales and marketing experience preferred
REQUIRED EDUCATION AND/OR CREDENTIALS:
•Bachelor’s degree from a four-year college or university preferred; two years of related experience may be substituted for each year of college
•Certified Locomotive Engineer certification preferred
This position is employed by the specific entity set forth in the job posting.
Genesee & Wyoming Inc. and its subsidiary companies do not discriminate in employment on the basis of race, color, religion, sex (including pregnancy and gender identity), national origin, political affiliation, sexual orientation, marital status, disability, genetic information, age, membership in an employee organization, retaliation, parental status, military service, or any other protected status under federal, state or local laws.