Production Lead

ESSENTIAL DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES

• Comprehensive understanding of all applicable MSOP's, QCSOP's, GMP (Good Manufacturing Practices), and line clearance requirements.

• Audit employees and processes to ensure team members, product, and process meet specifications and standards.

• Assist the supervisor with employee coaching and providing timely performance feedback.

• Analyze the performance of production operators.

• Prepare and analyze production reports to present information at the daily morning production meeting.

• Prepare Production Reports for the designated manufacturing department(s).

• Maintain J.I.T.

(Just In Time) and F.I.F.O.

(First In First Out) methodology to optimize production operations.

• Analyze situations and utilize critical thinking skills to prevent or find resolution for production issues.

• Ensure the team, production department and processes are in line with company practices and safety standards.

• Utilize SAP to retrieve data used to run reports and key performance indicators for the assigned department.

• Communicate with the production supervisor and other production leads to coordinate production activities and share results.

• Works with cross-functional departments (planning, quality, engineering) to prevent or resolve production issues.

• Understand all primary processes in each manufacturing area for both: tumbling, cleanroom and packaging.

• Initiate and assist with processing Non-Conformance reports.

• Ensure working areas meet the 5'S (sort, set in order, shine, standardize, and sustain) methodology.

• Process Material Request Forms (MRF) to maintain inventory levels available to the production floor.

• Process Material Review Board reports when applicable.

• Receive and assign work orders and sterilized batches to production operators.

• Identify different lens and injector models and components.

• Identify and scrap defects per Zeiss quality standards.

• Review the work order BOM (Bill of Material) to gather the required material to perform assembly, inspection, and packaging operations.

• Perform SAP verifications and documentation review of work orders to ensure adherence to GDP (Good Documentation Practices).

• Able to use tweezers to handle product.

• Able to use a microscope and understand magnification levels for visual inspection.

• Perform SAP functions such as operation confirmations and label printing.

• Prepare product for sterilization by processing sub-lot confirmations, forms, reports and constructing batch configurations.

• Responsible for being the primary trainer of production operators and ensuring training effectiveness.

• Perform any other duties as performed.

Quality:

• Ensure that all finished product meets quality standards and specifications.

• Maintain a production environment that complies and follows all quality standards and government regulated standards.

• Performs manufactur...