Lead operator, Manufacturing

Work Schedule
Standard (Mon-Fri)

Environmental Conditions
Some degree of PPE (Personal Protective Equipment) required (safety glasses, gowning, gloves, lab coat, ear plugs etc.)

Job Description

Position Summary:

As part of the Manufacturing team, the Lead Operator leads an autonomous department to deliver organizational and production results in line with the site strategy (Strategic A3) and specific objectives for the department(s) including:

Safety, Quality, Delivery, Cost, Engagement, Attendance, Training & Development.

Responsibilities:

Role-model the Thermo Fisher Scientific 4i Values

Apply all available resources to achieve your department goals.

Take accountability for results and responsibility for the decisions made during all shifts. Hence, you must ensure that any Operators are clear on role - their individual responsibilities, operating principles, and that the operating systems are always followed and maintained.

Support investigation

Set daily direction for your departments by optimally leading tiered meetings. This will include, but is not limited to:

• Reviewing daily results to establish gaps and priorities
• Lead troubleshooting of open barriers to the root-cause.
• Support your Team in resolution of barriers
• Review and learn from daily activities to calibrate and develop your Team members.
• Ensure effective communication and relay collaboration within and between shifts.

Most importantly, you must empower the individuals within the department, and develop them into a strong, autonomous and engaged team:

• Ensure training requirements for individual roles are appropriate and comprehensive of all job-related tasks.
• Assess training needs for new and existing employees.
• Ensure all mandatory training requirements are completed as required.
• Partner with Team leads, Supervisors to map out training plans for individual employees.
• Coordinate implementation of SOP updates, ensuring operator awareness and plan training where required.
• Build an environment that encourages individual and team growth.
• Set clear, comprehensive expectations, provide meaningful, timely feedback about performance. Train and mentor to continuously improve individual performance and business results.
• Learn by doing and teach by example and promote 'Review and learn' approach at individual, team and department levels.

In the above effort, focus on mentoring, calibration and development of any operators.

Minimum Requirements/Qualifications:

• Leadership - Previous experience leading people in a manufacturing environment.
• Training - High level of technical skills and the ability to train/mentor others.
• Quality - Attention to detail and a systematic approach to investigations.
• Role Model Leader - Hands on approach and flexible attitude to daily work/responsibilities, ability to lead by example.
• Problem Solving -Effective in technical and organizational troubleshooting to root cause.
• Communicates Openly - able to communicate effectively within and between teams and is effective in giving and receiving/acting upon feedback.
• The ideal candidate for this position will need to be self-starting, focused on developing their personal and technical skills and should also be able to demonstrate the following leadership skills/capabilities:
• Creating collaborative relationships by developing strong work relationships, displaying integrity and building trust
• Delivering consistent results by being willed to take action, demonstrating organizational agility, planning optimally and setting priorities.
• Navigating complex challenges by understanding/troubleshooting issues, setting clear priorities and direction, involving and aligning internal and external resources.
• High Commitment to engaging team.