Lead Hand, Mixing - Midnight shift (Sunday to Thursday 23:00h-7:00h)

This is where your work makes a difference.

At Baxter, we believe every person—regardless of who they are or where they are from—deserves a chance to live a healthy life. It was our founding belief in 1931 and continues to be our guiding principle. We are redefining healthcare delivery to make a greater impact today, tomorrow, and beyond.

Our Baxter colleagues are united by our Mission to Save and Sustain Lives. Together, our community is driven by a culture of courage, trust, and collaboration. Every individual is empowered to take ownership and make a meaningful impact. We strive for efficient and effective operations, and we hold each other accountable for delivering exceptional results.

Here, you will find more than just a job—you will find purpose and pride. 

Your Role at Baxter 

This is where my hands make life-sustaining products 

You are driven by the knowledge that the products you help make saves and sustain lives. You can move quickly, address questions, and encourage teammates, all while getting quality products out on time. You are calm, positive, and a key part of a fast-paced environment that emphasizes camaraderie and teamwork. As a Lead Hand you are happiest when you are moving, and we will not disappoint!  

Baxter is known for its speed and high-quality product. Our manufacturing operations are around-the-clock to meet the needs of our customers. Our high-caliber talent works through the challenges at hand while pushing toward meeting client order needs. We are currently looking for an energetic, hard-working Lead Hand to work full-time permanent in our Mixing department on our Midnight shift (Sunday to Thursday 23:00h-7:00h EST) at our Alliston facility. We offer an Employee Stock Purchasing Plan, Defined contribution pension plan and medical/dental benefits on your first day! 

In this role, you will:

• Identify improvements opportunities within the Viaflex Mixing Department.

• Drive department performance transformation through process improvement initiatives.

• Lead 6S initiatives within the department to reach the department goals.

• Work with cross functional teams to drive projects to completion.

• Manage and schedule TPM’s with in the department and coordinate with contractors to complete.

• Generate Critical Work Requests for tasks required.

• Support in coordinating Validation activities as required.

GENERAL EXPECTATIONS

The top two priorities for all Baxter Alliston employees are Safety and Quality:

Safety:  Support our goal to achieve a “Zero Harm Environment”, by ensuring the safety of yourself and your co-workers by:

•  Following all safety procedures

•  Understanding potential hazards in your area

•  Wearing appropriate PPE

•  Reporting all incidents / near-misses / concerns

•  Embracing 6s

Quality: Ensure the quality of our products to ensure patient safety and achieve our mission of “Saving and Sustaining Lives”.  This can be achieved by:

• +++Following Good Manufacturing Practices (GMP) +++

• Adhering to all quality procedures

• Completing training on-time

• Doing it Right the First Time, and

• Reporting any quality concerns immediately.

As part of the plant’s Enterprise Management System (EMS), all employees must embrace a culture of Continuous Improvement by:

• Participating in improvement activities

• Identifying and implementing continuous improvement ideas

• Participating in Tier meetings

• Recognizing your peers, and

• Embracing 6s.

What you'll be doing:

• Identifies, designs, and implements improvements that provide fast, sustainable, and low-risk/high-reward benefits for the assigned areas.

• Identifies improvements to cycle times, production sequences, material flow, etc. to ensure that the assigned area has the capacity to maintain the supply chain and/or introduce new products.

• Coaches’ area members on process ownership, standard ways of working and to have a sustainable process for improvement.

• Evaluates, recommends, and provides technical support in the selection, installation, and qualification of processing equipment.

• Supports areas initiatives to ensure compliance with internal and external regulatory requirements (GMP, OSHA, SHE, etc.).

• Monitor activities of team members and machines to ensure efficient production of quality product.

• Hands-on equipment and process troubleshooting, repair, and improvement. Support Mixing Operations and Special projects on a regular basis / as assigned, according to Current Good Manufacturing Practices (cGMPs).

• Promotes a continuous improvement mentality and problem-solving methodology through addressing daily Mixing needs and improvements, along with coordinating and owning NCRs/CAPAs as required.

What you'll bring:

• Successful completion of High School diploma or GED (Mechanical, Electrical, Industrial, Chemical, Electronics)

• Manufacturing/Quality/Continuous Improvement experience in a GMP environment

• Required: 3 – 6 years

• Communicates well, minimally comfortable at the interpersonal and small group levels.

• Strong ability to balance multiple priorities with excellent time management skills.

• Able to organize own work and prioritize work for others.

• Strong problem-solving skills and ability to identify root cause.

• Effectively leads and develops staff.

• Able to make decisions given sufficient input and support.

• Able to explain technical issues using verbal or written form clearly and logically.

• Preferred:

• Strong communication skills, above average interpersonal, small group and large audience skills.

• Able to bring structure to a team/process so that efforts are concerted and organized.

• Able to make key decisions in the face of ambiguity, balances accuracy and timeliness.

• Excels at simplification allowing non-technical team members to understand the issues. Produces correct, concise documents detailing technical content

Nice to have:

• University degree, Bachelor of Engineering, Green Belt Six Sigma (Mechanical, Electrical, Industrial, Sciences, Project Management)

• Significant project engineering/management in healthcare manufacturing

• Preferred: 6+ years

Pay Transparency Language:
We understand that compensation is an important factor as you consider the next step in your career. At Baxter, we are committed to equitable pay for all our employees, and we strive to be more transparent with our pay practices. To that end, this position has a pay rate of $35.40 an hour. You may also be entitled to a shift premium for all shift premium eligible hours which will be included in your bi-weekly pay. Shift premium pay is subject to change and is at the sole discretion of the Company. For questions about this, our pay philosophy, and available benefits, please speak to the recruiter if you decide to apply and are selected for an interview.

This posting is for a current existing vacancy within our organization. We are actively seeking qualified candidates to fill this open position. 

As part of our recruitment process, Baxter Corporation may use AI tools to assist screening candidates and assist in evaluating candidate qualifications. All final hiring decisions are made by the hiring manager and recruitment team.

Equal Employment Opportunity

Baxter is an equal opportunity employer. Baxter evaluates qualified applicants without regard to race, color, religion, gender, national origin, age, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, protected veteran status, disability/handicap status or any other legally protected characteristic.

Reasonable Accommodations

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