Line Coordinator

Line Coordinator- Aurora, CO

Be a part of a revolutionary change!

At Philip Morris International (PMI), we've chosen to do something incredible. We're totally transforming our business and building our future on one clear purpose - to deliver a smoke-free future.

With huge change, comes huge opportunity. So, if you join us, you'll enjoy the freedom to dream up and deliver better, brighter solutions and the space to move your career forward in endlessly different directions. Our success depends on people who are committed to our purpose and have an appetite for progress.

Your 'day to day':

As a Line Coordinator,

You will play a critical role in operating, adjusting, repairing, and maintaining our manufacturing equipment and leading a shift team. The focus of the position is to execute at the highest level of safety, quality, efficiency, and continuous improvement in our production processes.

Major Responsibilities and Accountabilities

• Efficiently operate, adjust, repair, and maintain making and packing equipment with Safety always in mind.
• Drive machine and DMS ownership across the line (AM & PM)
• Develop action plans for the shift based on handover from previous shift and KPI's for the operating lines through Daily Direction Setting meeting at beginning of shift
• Control production processes from a computer terminal and from manual interventions with the machine.
• Manually lift/load raw and packing materials into the production line.
• Perform and document all required quality documentation.
• Perform Safety and Quality Risk predictions before every task.
• Perform and develop procedures for preventive maintenance on equipment to minimize downtime and optimize performance.
• Resolve production issues including sources of contamination, mechanical misalignment, defects, operational inefficiencies, etc. through cross functional collaboration, training operators, and developing new standards.
• Drive and coach continuous improvement through loss elimination, autonomous maintenance standards, and equipment ownership to build autonomous/self-sufficient operating teams.
• Meet or exceed production targets and quality standards.
• Works as a self-motivated individual with minimal supervision while functioning as a leader of the team.
• Ensure staffing for operation by managing time off requests.
• Escalate production issues as needed to Production supervisor and/or line manager
• Deliver productivity targets by eliminating losses in waste, maintenance, utility, uptime, and effort costs
• Develops, reads, correctly interprets, follows, and trains job procedures, work instructions, and production standards. Responsible for communicating that information accurately to teammates and other shifts.
• Train teammates in machine operation, standard development, and SOPs (standard operating procedures).

Who we're looking for:

• Minimum High School Degree with Technical Background

• 3-5 years of manufacturing experience in continuous improvement, loss elimination, and/or autonomous maintenance roles
• Experience leading others
• Basic fluency in English, written and spoken.
• Ability to work 12 hour rotating shifts, including weekends and nights.
• Ability to occasionally work overtime.
• Ability to wear Personal Protection Equipment and Production Uniform (e.g. safety glasses, bump cap or hard hat, safety shoes, hearing protection, respirators, hair nets and gloves).
• Physical ability to lift/push/pull 50 pounds, stand for 12 hours, and perform repetitive tasks.
• The employee is occasionally required to sit, climb, balance, stoop, kneel, crouch, crawl, twist, and talk. See and hear visual/audio indicators.
• Strong interpersonal and analytical skills.
• Ability to work in a fast-paced environment and adapt to changing priorities.
• Experience in IWS/TPM/Lean Manufacturing principles is preferred, but not required

• Legally authorized to work in the U.S. (Required)

Hourly Rate: Starts at $31/ hour

Relevant Open Sourcing Considerations:

• Be legally authorized to work in the US
• International relocation support is not available for this job
• If you have been in your current job for less than 12 months or if you are on a Performance Improvement Program, you must get the approval of your current manager before applying for the job.
• If you are not a PMI employee and employed by a third an agency, please make a formal application via the external career site at
• To find out more about eligibility to apply for internal jobs, please refer to the Open Sourcing Employee Guidebook on the Internal Careers Portal.

What we offer:

We offer employees a competitive hourly salary. Employees (and their families) also have the option to enroll in our company medical, dental and vision plans. The company offers flexible spending accounts for health care and dependent care, as well as health savings accounts for those that choose to enroll in a high-deductible health plan (HDHP). Employees are auto enrolled in our company's 401(k)/Deferred Profit Sharing (DPS) Plan, which provides for both annual 5% employer matching contribution and an annual employer contribution.

As a new hire, you will enjoy an allotment of paid vacation time, paid sick time, paid company holidays. We also provide our employees with paid parental leave for new parents, and short-term and long-term disability insurance, basic life insurance and accidental death & dismemberment (AD&D) insurance at no cost to the employee. Employees have the option to purchase supplemental life and AD&D coverage for themselves, spouse, and dependent children.

PMI is an Equal Opportunity Employer.

PMI is headquartered in Stamford, Conn., and its U.S. affiliates have more than 2,300 employees.

PMI has been an entirely separate company from Altria and Philip Morris USA since 2008. PMI's affiliates first entered the U.S. market following the company's acquisition of Swedish Match in late 2022.Philip Morris International and its U.S. affiliates are working to deliver a smoke-free future. Since 2008, PMI has invested $12.5 billion globally to develop, scientifically substantiate and commercialize innovative smoke-free products for adults who would otherwise continue to smoke with the goal of transitioning legal-age consumers who smoke to better alternatives. In 2022, PMI acquired Swedish Match - a leader in oral nicotine delivery - creating a global smoke-free champion led by the IQOS and ZYN brands. The U.S. Food and Drug Administration has authorized versions of PMI's IQOS electronically heated tobacco devices and Swedish Match's General snus as Modified Risk Tobacco Products and renewal applications for these products are presently pending before the FDA. For more information, please visit and

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