Minerals Technologies Inc. (MTI) is a leading, technology-driven specialty minerals company that develops, produces, and markets a broad range of mineral and mineral-based products, related systems and services. MTI serves a wide range of consumer and industrial markets, including household and personal care, paper, foundry, steel, construction and environmental solutions around the world. 

MTI focuses on two major segments – Consumer & Specialties and Engineered Solutions. 

Our Consumer & Specialties segment includes our Household & Personal Care and Specialty Additives product lines.

Our Engineered Solutions segment includes our High-Temperature Technologies and Environmental & Infrastructure product lines. 

MTI is committed to cultivating a diverse and inclusive work environment for all employees. In our offices around the world, our differences are respected and valued as essential to MTI’s continued growth and innovation. Our goal is to ensure that all employees at MTI experience our workplace as a welcoming and respectful environment where they can achieve their full potential.

What We Offer:

• Competitive pay, commensurate with experience
• Health/Dental/Vision plans
• 401k company match
• Life Insurance
• Short Term Disability & Long-Term Disability
• Educational Assistance
• Employee Assistance Plan

Job Summary:

The Production lead hand is responsible for assisting plant manager to effectively utilize the resources to lead production at the Neenah facility. This role is responsible for ensuring that all the lines are running effectively and to provide support to different line operators and line workers when needed.

Employees may be assigned to perform any task for which they have been qualified. Employees may also be assigned to positions / tasks for which they are working to become qualified as a portion of the training process.

 Primary Duties & Responsibilities

• Works in conjunction with the Plant Manager to efficiently prioritize team efforts and to assure that quality and shipments are met, and data integrity requirements are accomplished.
• Monitoring the machine operations to see that the finished products and components are aptly matching the quality and quantity constraints of the company.
• Maintains safe and clean work environment by leading by example and assisting manager in monitoring the use of all control points, equipment, and resources.
• Teaches, guides, overseas, and organizes employees to complete the preparation of production.
• Identify issues, problems, and solutions in areas of safety, quality, and production.
• Assists manager in planning the layout of their assigned area.
• Assist Plant Manager to see that all manufacturing orders are followed through properly to completion.
• Leads troubleshooting activities, facilitating contact and follow-up with support groups, such as maintenance.
• Completes necessary production/labor reports daily.
• Adheres to, trains, and helps to enforce compliance with Environmental, Health and Safety procedures.
• Attend duties and projects assigned by Manager.
• Functions as the “Go-To” person for the production area, product line or function, acting as a liaison with and providing feedback to management and all other support groups with respect to the operations.
• Ensure that all established standards for labor, material utilization and product quality are met.
• Performs other duties as assigned.

OE/Lean

• Acts as resource and champion for department continuous improvement activities.
• Lead and participate in OE activities like KAIZENs, 5S and TPM.

Position Demands:

The requirements listed in the sections that follow are representative of the knowledge, skills and/or abilities required to perform the duties of this job. Reasonable accommodation may be made to enable qualified individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions (primary duties) of the job.

Education & Experience:

• College diploma , High school , and/or equivalent
• 3+ years Production experience in a lead role

Knowledge, Skills & Abilities:

• Strong mechanical skills and analytical problem-solving skills
• Demonstrated ability to work independently with minimal supervision.
• Ability to learn and develop quickly through personal initiative.
• Organized, enthusiastic and self-motivated.
• Full understanding of MS Office

Working Conditions:

While performing the duties of this job, an employee is typically exposed to dust, loud noise, outside weather conditions, and may be exposed to high places. Works alone or as part of a team working in close proximity to others and works in proximity with equipment.

Note: Management reserves the right to assign or reassign duties

Work Hours:

Must have ability to work the shift/number of hours in which duties need to be accomplished, including overtime, holidays, and weekends, as necessary. Where we try to keep overtime to a minimum there are times that it could be required to meet business needs.

Safety Equipment:

Safety equipment is typically required while performing the duties of this job includes a personal  lockout/tagout lock, ANSI approved hard hat and safety glasses, safety boots/shoes with steel toe protection as well as high vis. Additional required equipment includes cut resistant gloves and dust masks when performing task that may require them. Hearing protection is required when performing duties around designated equipment. Additional personal protective equipment is available for use if a situation arises where it becomes required or if it is simply desired by the employee.

Safety Training:

A new employee hired to perform the duties of this position is to be provided with New Employee Training from a qualified individual, which consists of MTI onboarding and onsite training. It will include, but is not limited to, the following: forklift/mobile equipment operation and certification/licensing, hazard communication, hearing conservation, respiratory protection, electrical safety, lock out/tag out, personal protective equipment, firefighting/extinguishers, machine safety, confined spaces, reporting of hazardous conditions, accidents, injuries, near-miss and property damage incidents, evacuation/emergency procedures, first aid, back injury prevention, and job/work area procedures.

Upon transferring to perform the duties of this position for the first time an employee is to be provided with New Task Training by a qualified individual until the employee adequately understands the contents of the training, which include job/work area procedures and related topics. Additionally, an employee must be provided with further training if a job duty/task has changes that will affect the health and safety aspects of that employee’s position.