Manuf Shift Lead (1st shift) 7 - 3

Filtrona is the global market leader in the design, testing and manufacture of specialty filter solutions for the tobacco industry. Headquartered in Singapore, Filtrona has 9 manufacturing facilities across Europe, America, and Asia, together with 2 Innovation Centres, an accredited Scientific Services laboratory and a Centre of Excellence focused on sustainability. The company has 2,000 employees serving customers across 120 countries.

Our purpose is to support our partners to transform and benefit from business growth; we succeed when they succeed. Our mission is to be a responsible, customer-focused innovation leader creating excellence in sustainable solutions for today and tomorrow.

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The Shift Lead is responsible for supervising and guiding production teams during assigned shifts, ensuring safe operations, quality standards, and efficient use of resources. This role combines hands-on leadership, process oversight, and problem-solving to maintain smooth operations and support continuous improvement and customer satisfaction.

Role and Responsibilities

Production & Operations

• Lead, coordinate, and support production activities during the assigned shift to meet production schedules, volume targets, cost objectives, and waste reduction goals.
• Ensure manufacturing equipment (machining, processing, assembly, or packaging) is correctly set up, operated, and maintained according to standard operating procedures and safety requirements.
• Monitor production flow and troubleshoot operational issues to minimize downtime and ensure continuity of operations.
• Escalate equipment, quality, or safety concerns promptly and work closely with Maintenance, Engineering, and Quality teams to resolve issues.

Quality & Compliance

• Ensure products are manufactured in compliance with quality standards, customer specifications, and internal procedures.
• Monitor product quality throughout the production process, identifying non-conforming products and ensuring appropriate corrective actions (rework, scrap, or containment).
• Support root cause analysis and corrective action implementation for quality and production deviations.

People Leadership

• Lead and support Manufacturing Production Workers by setting clear expectations, providing on-the-job guidance, coaching, and mentoring.
• Promote a strong safety culture by enforcing safety rules, conducting safety talks, and addressing unsafe behaviors or conditions.
• Support employee training, skill development, and adherence to standard work practices.
• Manage shift-level people matters such as attendance tracking, task allocation, and handovers between shifts.

Materials & Logistics

• Coordinate the movement, packing, and sorting of raw materials, work-in-progress, and finished goods to ensure uninterrupted production flow.
• Ensure accurate material handling and storage practices are followed.

Reporting & Continuous Improvement

• Maintain accurate daily production records, including output, scrap, downtime, and labor data, to support manufacturing performance analysis.
• Participate in daily production meetings and shift handovers, clearly communicating performance, issues, and priorities.
• Actively support Filtrona Manufacturing Excellence (FEM) initiatives and continuous improvement activities focused on productivity, quality, cost, delivery, and safety
• Perform other duties as assigned

Qualifications and Education Requirements

• High school diploma or equivalent required; technical or vocational training preferred.
• Prior experience in a manufacturing or production environment, preferably in a leadership or senior operator role.
• Working knowledge of manufacturing equipment, production processes, and quality systems.

Basic computer skills for production reporting and data entry.