Production Lead - TPU Film Manufacturing

Role details

Position Summary

The Production Lead is responsible for coordinating daily production activities, assigning work, monitoring process compliance, supporting product quality, and maintaining workplace safety on TPU paint protection film production lines.

The role will support production start-up, trial runs, and process knowledge transfer. The Production Lead will also coordinate routine equipment inspections, cleaning, and basic operator-level maintenance but will not be responsible for specialized electrical repairs requiring additional qualifications or authorization.

Key Responsibilities

1.Production Execution

Coordinate daily production activities, assign tasks, and support achievement of production output, delivery, and quality targets.

2. Production Start-Up

Support TPU production line start-up, process validation, and trial production. Collaborate with overseas engineering teams to complete operating procedure and process knowledge transfer.

3. Process Compliance & Control

Ensure operators follow established SOPs. Monitor key process parameters, material usage, and production records, and promptly report abnormalities.

4. Product Quality

Work with Quality and Process Engineering teams to monitor applicable product quality characteristics, including film thickness, visual defects, and winding quality. Support defect investigation and corrective actions.

5. Team Coordination

Coordinate staffing and daily work assignments, provide operator guidance and onboarding, support job training, and help maintain attendance and workplace standards.

6. Equipment Inspection & Basic Maintenance

Coordinate daily equipment inspections, cleaning, lubrication, and approved operator-level maintenance. Report equipment abnormalities promptly to the Maintenance Technician.

7. Production Efficiency

Monitor production output, yield, scrap rate, equipment downtime, and schedule attainment. Support continuous improvement initiatives.

8. Safety & Workplace Organization

Follow applicable OSHA, Cal/OSHA, and company safety requirements. Promote machine guarding, proper PPE use, and 5S practices. Identify, address, and report unsafe conditions or behaviors.

9. Production Reporting & Shift Handover

Review production reports, quality records, and equipment inspection logs. Coordinate shift handovers to ensure accurate communication of production status and outstanding issues.

10. Cross-Functional Collaboration

Collaborate with Maintenance, Quality, Warehouse, and Process Engineering teams to resolve equipment, quality, and material issues affecting production.

Qualifications

Required Qualifications

1. Minimum 3 years of manufacturing experience, including at least 1 year in a team lead, production coordination, or similar role.

2. Familiarity with manufacturing operations, SOP compliance, product quality control, and workplace safety.

3. Ability to coordinate work assignments, guide operators, and respond to production issues.

4. Ability to read and understand work instructions, equipment operating procedures, and quality standards.

5. Basic computer skills, including the ability to use spreadsheets or production management systems.

6. Ability to communicate effectively in English for shop-floor coordination, operator instruction, and reporting.

7. Ability to work assigned shifts and reasonable overtime as operationally required.

Preferred Qualifications

1. Experience in plastic film, extrusion, casting, coating, laminating, or continuous-process manufacturing.

2. Experience supporting new production line start-up, equipment trial runs, or new plant operations.

3.Knowledge of Lean Manufacturing, 5S, OEE, quality improvement, or production efficiency management.

4.Basic mechanical knowledge and the ability to coordinate equipment inspections and simple operator-level maintenance.

5.Mandarin Chinese proficiency for technical communication with Chinese process and equipment engineers.

Initial Priorities

6.Learn TPU production processes, equipment operation, safety requirements, and quality standards.

7.Support trial production and establish production reporting, shift handover, and operator training practices.

8.Independently coordinate daily team operations, monitor quality, output, scrap, and downtime metrics, and support operational improvements.

Additional Information

9.This role focuses on production coordination, operator guidance, and daily shop-floor execution. Specialized mechanical and electrical repairs will be handled by appropriately qualified and authorized maintenance personnel.

10. Mandarin speaking