Production Management Trainee at Silgan Containers
Iowa, IA
About the Job
Our Vision and Values of leadership, quality, integrity, and collaboration provide the foundation of Silgan Containers. This foundation is why we are the leader in metal food packaging and why we are an essential part of America's food chain.
Production Supervisors are required to successfully complete 8-10 months of technical training provided by Silgan Containers. This will include writing reports, and discussions with plant management to understand can/end manufacturing processes and equipment.
What we offer you:
- A stable, reliable, and environmentally conscious company.
- Silgan Containers has set sustainability targets through 2030 to source more renewable energy, reduce greenhouse gas emissions, and divert our waste from landfills to foster environmental stewardship.
Your Silgan benefits:
- Excellent salary. Salary is considered using various factors such as years of experience, education level, certifications, unique skills, and market conditions.
- A comprehensive benefits package, including medical, dental, vision, and life insurance.
- 401(k) retirement savings plan with an employer match, dollar for dollar.
- Paid time off.
- Paid holidays.
- Wellness program.
- Annual performance bonus and merit-based pay increase.
- Professional development and tuition reimbursement.
- Add-on benefits include pet insurance, MSK programs (Hinge Health and Regnexx), telemedicine, Livongo for diabetes and hypertension, and more.
What you'll do:
- Train personnel, apply written safety procedures, observe work areas for safety improvements, and learn investigative processes.
- Apply SPC principles and basic quality tools.
- Train procedures, manage equipment, and maximize production throughput.
- Learn factory organizations, enforce SOP's, and review standard reporting.
- Develop, mentor, direct, and assign employees work.
- Administer Labor contracts in union plants.
- Personal inspection of workforce, material usage, and production.
- Analyze reports.
We need you to have:
- High school diploma or GED, Associate/Bachelor's degree preferred
- 2+ years of relevant work experience
- 1+ year of supervisory experience
- Solid technical and mechanical aptitude
- Excellent communication, including both written and oral
- Statistical and computer knowledge
- Problem-solving and visual mechanic skills (blueprints and descriptions)
Who We Are:
- A leading supplier of metal food containers in North America and Europe and a worldwide supplier of plastic bottles and closures across various end markets.
- The largest subsidiary of Silgan Holdings and a leading manufacturer of metal food containers in the US.
- A company that strives toward sustainability by reducing our carbon footprint, selecting like-minded suppliers, and providing recyclable products.