Sr. Team Leader

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What we offer:

At Magna, you can expect an engaging and dynamic environment where you can help to develop industry-leading automotive technologies. We invest in our employees, providing them with the support and resources they need to succeed. As a member of our global team, you can expect exciting, varied responsibilities as well as a wide range of development prospects. Because we believe that your career path should be as unique as you are.

Group Summary:

Transforming mobility. Making automotive technology that is smarter, cleaner, safer and lighter. That's what we're passionate about at Magna Powertrain, and we do it by creating world-class powertrain systems. We are a premier supplier for the global automotive industry with full capabilities in design, development, testing and manufacturing of complex powertrain systems. Our name stands for quality, environmental consciousness, and safety. Innovation is what drives us and we drive innovation. Dream big and create the future of mobility at Magna Powertrain.

Job Responsibilities:

Minimum Requirements

• 5+ years supervisory/leadership experience in a manufacturing environment with assembly experience. Able to manage conflict and stressful situations. Proven leadership including ability to mentor and develop team members. Able to work weekends when needed. Demonstrate Core Values and willingness to attend training to further develop skills. Ability to work in a fast-paced environment. Excellent attendance and satisfactory work performance record. Ability to lead a team with enthusiasm and commitment in a structured work environment. Must be flexible in fulfilling job responsibilities. Previous supervisory training preferred. Previous experience operating Blinder Clip equipment preferred.
• Must have experience with or able to be trained on; TWI JI (Training Within Industry Job Instructions), TWI JR (Job Relations), Basic Problem Solving, 5S & LPA (Layered Process Audit), PTM (Total Predictive Maintenance), Value Stream Mapping, Standardized Work, Mafact Simulation Training, and Mafact Overview.

Additional duties and responsibilities as assigned. These duties cover only the more significant responsibilities, they are not meant to be all inclusive. Other duties may be given by Manager / Supervisor in addition to, or instead of, those listed here

Job Specific Responsibilities

• Follow the LSW established for this leader position.

• Available in the production area to be able to respond immediately to Team Members call for help (Andon) with the main goal of assisting the Team Member overcome the problem to preserve output for the customer.

• Must be competent to train new and existing direct reports and ensures all team members are trained via the TWI, method utilizing JES documents and SWI charts.

• Ensure Team members are cross trained and maintain training matrix.

• Perform the start of shift activities of; 1. Review of previous shift information regarding safety, quality, and productivity issues, 2. Make work assignment adjustments based on absenteeism, training, etc. 3. Walk the production area to confirm 5S, equipment readiness, and material supply conditions are to standard, 4. Facilitates pre-shift Team Member Tier 1 meeting and end of shift activities of; 1. Prepare safety, quality and productivity communication information for next shift, 2. Check that 5S, equipment readiness, and material supply conditions are to standard at end of shift.

• Perform Safety Checks and Audit team member safety checks and sign of that all safety checks were completed.

• Facilitates pre-shift meetings Tier 1) to ensure team members have the information they need to achieve the daily objectives.

• Review production data and prepare performance reports for senior leadership.

• Facilitates and reports out in (Tier 2) supervisor and operations meetings on work cell performance.

• Audits hourly work cell performance and acts if performance is below standard to ensure that shift targets are met.

• Conducts weekly audits of Team Members to follow Standardized Work (SWI) as documented. Ensures that Team Members can recite SWI and corrects as needed.

• Participating in the maintenance, training, and continuous improvement of Team Member Standardized Work.

• Reviews hour-by-hour performance at the workstation hourly at a minimum and takes action to solve problems that impact performance.

• Observes each Team Member once per week performing standardized wor