Machine Responsbile

Job Description

Job Description

Position Title: Machine Responsible

Department: Production / Manufacturing & Process

Location: Eau Claire

Reports To: Manufacturing and Process Manager / Technical Engineering Leadership

Drylock Technologies Ltd. is a family-owned global hygiene products company. With plants and offices in over a dozen countries, our aim is to make the best hygiene products in the world. We offer solutions for adult incontinence, feminine care, and baby diapers. Our mission is to combine customer focus with product innovation and manufacturing in order to provide the hygiene products of the future, today. Role Purpose

The Machine Responsible is a hands-on technical leader who owns the standard, performance, and continuous improvement of assigned converting lines. This role combines machine expertise, process development & control, daily execution, people coaching, and disciplined follow-up to improve safety, quality, uptime, output, scrap, and cost performance.

Why This Role Matters

As Eau Claire prepares for new business growth, stronger line ownership is needed to improve reliability, reduce recurring downtime, strengthen training consistency, and turn technical priorities into measurable line results. Machine Responsibles are expected to define the “way of work,” prove it daily, and coach others to follow it consistently across shifts.

• Own line performance: Drive assigned lines toward target uptime, output, scrap, quality, and customer service results.
• Define and protect standards: Establish process settings, SOPs, audits, checklists, changeover expectations, and standard work.
• Coach and align teams: Train adjusters and support lead operators so expectations are clear and consistent across shifts.
• Drive daily follow-up: Communicate priorities through line reports, production meetings, and direct escalation of urgent needs.
• Lead improvement: Use performance data, troubleshooting, corrective actions, preventive maintenance planning, and cross-functional support to eliminate repeat losses.

Ideal Candidate

• Hands-on manufacturing, mechanical, process, or converting equipment experience.
• Strong ownership mindset with the ability to set priorities, act without constant supervision, and follow through until actions are closed.
• Clear communicator who can work across Production, Maintenance, Engineering, Scheduling, Quality, Parts Room, and suppliers.
• Technical degree in a related field preferred.
• Minimum of 4 years of experience in a high-speed production or manufacturing environment.
• Comfortable reading, creating, and maintaining SOPs, work documents, audits, checklists, line reports, and basic performance data.
• High-energy team leader who balances safety, quality, customer service, cost, and output in a fast-paced manufacturing environment.

Success Measures

• Improved quality performance and complaint reduction.
• Higher net output per hour and stronger line reliability.
• Lower scrap and reduced recurring downtime.
• Faster corrective action closure and stronger preventive maintenance readiness.
• Better training completion, standard work compliance, and shift-to-shift consistency.

Will be required to perform other duties as requested, directed or assigned.

Benefits and Perks 

• Health, dental, and vision insurance
• On-site health and wellness center
• On-site primary care and physical therapy
• 401(k) retirement savings

• Life and disability insurance
• Product discounts
• Employee prizes and contests
• Career development opportunities

The work environment

This role is performed primarily in an industrial manufacturing environment. Safety matters here: required PPE includes hearing protection, steel toe shoes, cut-resistant gloves when using cutting tools, and eye protection when working with compressed air.

Ready to build a career with a secure company that values skilled maintenance professionals?

Apply today and bring your troubleshooting mindset to Drylock Technologies.