Location: Carol Stream, IL
Company: Graphic Packaging
last night. We're one of the largest manufacturers of paperboard and paper-based packaging for some of the world's most recognized brands of food, beverage, foodservice, household, personal care and pet products. Headquartered in Atlanta, Georgia, we are collaborative, diverse, innovative individuals who create inspired packaging while giving back to our communities.
With over 25,000 employees working in more than 130 locations worldwide, we strive to be environmentally responsible in our industry and in the communities where we operate. We are committed to workplace diversity and offer compensation and benefits programs that are among the industry's best to reward the talented people
who make our company successful. If this sounds like something you would like to be a part of, we'd love to hear from you. A World of Difference. Made Possible. The Manufacturing Excellence Director is responsible for designing, deploying and implementing the division-wide daily management system to reduce unscheduled equipment downtime and improve overall process reliability.
The candidate will work closely with manufacturing sites, executing and sustaining the reliability maintenance and engineering plans and programs within the foodservice division. This position is responsible for leading division-wide continuous improvement plans and cost reduction efforts. Design, deploy and implement
a daily management production system - leverage, scale and audit to all foodservice sites Develop, implement, improve and manage new and existing equipment predictive and preventive maintenance programs Lead a team of process technicians by using data to identify performance gaps at manufacturing sites and deploying the team based on subject matter expertise to assist the plants with a formal problem solving process Analyze downtime to identify chronic/sporadic failures and lead reliability improvement efforts Lead RCFE (Root Cause Failure Elimination) process to establish compliant trigger points and identify root cause/implementclosed loop corrective actions to prevent recurrence Troubleshoot chronic issues and develop action plans to minimize impact on equipment availability Develop, implement and utilize key reliability metrics to consistently measure performance Review and critique outage and PM execution to identify obstacles and recommend improvements Drive long range reliability planning with senior leadership communication and education Make periodic rounds through all Regions to look for early signs of problems and address Build and maintain positive working relationships with employees at all levels in the organization Maintain an active, collaborative and strategic relationship with Plant leadership on priority development, EE development, and organizational needs Support SAP CMMS PM Module implementation and associated Qlik-view development Background/Experience Strong experience in reliability engineering, root cause and failure analyses (FMEA) 7 - 10 years of direct supervisory/manager responsibility for both hourly and salaried technical resources 10 - 12 years of engineering and maintenance experience Education Education: Bachelor's Degree in Engineering, Electrical or Mechanical preferred Experience as Six Sigma Black-belt or Continuous Improvement/LEAN experience preferred Skills Strong communication and follow-up skills, leadership skills-relationship building, and group facilitation skills.
Business presence, ability to work through others, technical presence, extensive circle of influence, computer skills, and strong project management. Technical abilities, process understanding, process control understanding, troubleshooting abilities, CMMS abilities. Proven ability to successfully manage multiple projects simultaneously Ability to develop strategies and long-range plans to accomplish objectives Experience in managing capital plans and projects Ability to travel 50%+ of the time Nearest Major Market: Chicago
most recognized brands of food, beverage, foodservice, household, personal care and pet products. Headquartered in Atlanta, Georgia, we are collaborative, diverse, innovative individuals who create inspired packaging while giving back to our communities.
With over 25,000 employees working in more than 130 locations worldwide, we strive to be environmentally responsible in our industry and in the communities where we operate. We are committed to workplace diversity and offer compensation and benefits programs that are among the industry's best to reward the talented people who make our company successful. If this sounds like something you would like to be a part of, we'd love to hear from
you. A World of Difference. Made Possible. The Director Operational Excellence is responsible for designing, deploying and implementing the division-wide daily management system to improve overall throughput, reduce cost, reduce unscheduled equipment downtime and improve overall process reliability.
The candidate will work closely with manufacturing sites, complementing the expectations of the Director of Operations and supporting existing continuous improvement initiatives. Design, deploy and implement a Plant Management work system - leverage, scale and audit backss all sites. This work system will achieve the following objectives: Develop plant leadership capability. Foster an engaged
workforce to achieve plant objectives (shift, daily, weekly, monthly, annual).
Use data to identify performance gaps at manufacturing sites and deploying resources with subject matter expertise to assist the plants with a formal problem solving process. Incorporate and support further development/adoption of an existing digital equipment performance tracking systems into the management cadence of the plants. Improve and incorporate existing operational standard processes by manufacturing discipline. Build and maintain positive working relationships with employees at all levels in the organization. Maintain an active, collaborative and strategic relationship with Plant leadership on priority development, EE development, and organizational needs.
Background/Experience Strong experience in Manufacturing Leadership Systems. LEAN Manufacturing experience preferred. 7 - 10years of direct supervisory/manager responsibility for both hourly and salaried resources Education Education: Bachelor's Degree in Engineering, Business, or Leadership disciplines preferred Experience with Continuous Improvement/LEAN preferred Skills Strong communication and follow-up skills, leadership skills-relationship building, and group facilitation skills. Business presence, ability to work through others, technical presence, extensive circle of influence, computer skills, and strong project management.
Technical abilities, process understanding, process control understanding, troubleshooting abilities, CMMS abilities. Proven ability to successfully manage multiple projects simultaneously Ability to develop strategies and long-range plans to accomplish objectives Ability to travel 75%+ of the time Nearest Major Market: Chicago
last night. We're one of the largest manufacturers of paperboard and paper-based packaging for some of the world's most recognized brands of food, beverage, foodservice, household, personal care and pet products. Headquartered in Atlanta, Georgia, we are collaborative, diverse, innovative individuals who create inspired packaging while giving back to our communities.
With over 25,000 employees working in more than 130 locations worldwide, we strive to be environmentally responsible in our industry and in the communities where we operate. We are committed to workplace diversity and offer compensation and benefits programs that are among the industry's best to reward the talented people
who make our company successful. If this sounds like something you would like to be a part of, we'd love to hear from you. A World of Difference. Made Possible. Forklift Driver Wage: Starting at $21.99/hour base + shift differential.
GPI promotes within with an earning potentialup to $35.67/hour in other departments. Forklift Driver Job Summary: The person who occupies this position is responsible for unloading the baling machine, banding waste loads and offloading sheeted loads into press WIP (Work In Progress) production area. Forklift Driver Job Functions: The following is a list of specific duties which are considered the essential manufacturing functions of this job. The list is
not exhaustive, as all positions at the company are dynamic. The employee who occupies this position is expected to assume any/all duties assigned by production management irrespective of whether such duties are specifically included in this list.
Material Handler is to stack all production bales according to grade. Material Handler does this by use of forklift. When waste semi-trucks arrive, Material handler is to load production bales and scrap pallets into semi-truck. Material Handler is responsible for required manufacturing safety checks of forklift. Unloading sheeted loads from sheeters to printed WIP areas. Responsible for removing and strapping waste loads from delivery end of printing presses.
Responsible for exchange of coating totes. Responsible for banding metal printing plates and placing them in proper storage locations. Responsible for banding scrap loads with metal strapping. Metal strapping is fastened together and tightened by use of banding tool. Weighing bales of scrap and filling out inventory tag that is to be attached to bale. Information on tag includes grade, weight of bale. (Material Handler weighs bales by use of forklift)Forklift Driver Job Specifications: Physical and visual activities that are commonly associated with the performance of the functions of this job: Standing, walking, lifting (up to 50-60 lbs.
), carrying (up to 50-60 lbs. ), pushing and pulling (the dumpsters of paper scrap), bending, reaching, handling (paper scrap), visual acuity (far). Physical demands commonly associated with the performance of the functions of this job: Person must have physical coordination to operate forklift. Person is operating forklift approximately 95% of working shift. Material Handler is continually getting on and off forklift (getting off lift to start wrapping machine; getting on lift to move materials, etc.) throughout working shift.
Use of manufacturing Machines, Tools, Equipment, Software: Forklift, Bailing Machine, Hand truck Experience operating a forklift preferred, but not required. Must be flexible: Able to work other shifts, overtime and Saturdays when needed Nearest Major Market: Chicago
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