Team Lead - WI

DESCRIPTION:

Supervise and coordinate activities of team members engaged in manufacturing products of a specific product line or department. To accomplish this, it will require the Team Lead to:

1. Carry out responsibilities in accordance with the organization's policies, procedures, and all applicable laws.

2. Coach, develop, and train team members on technical and administrative portion of the role. This includes conducting the production work, following production work instructions inclusive of quality reporting, completing Syteline transactions, and conducting cycle counts.

3. Support Supervisor by documenting employee performance and conduct the 45-day, 90-day, 6-month and annual review.

4. Approve timesheets and PTO requests.

5. Issue Corrective Actions (verbal warning step only).

6. Be capable and willing to produce the work in the area of the shop they lead.

7. Assign and direct work to the employees.

8. Address quality and throughput concerns.

PRIMARY ESSENTIAL RESPONSIBILITIES:

The primary responsibilities are:

• Ensures safety is the #1 priority at all times.
• Participates and promotes safety, quality, delivery, and cost improvements in an active manner.
• Leads and directs the daily Tier 1 meeting.
• Leads the production team in the absence of the Production Supervisor.
• Maintains/monitors production goals and effectively communicates requirements to team members.
• Coordinates production schedules and works with Supervisors to estimate team member hour requirements, and overtime needed.
• Interprets specifications, blueprints, and job orders (BOMs) with support from Engineering to team members and assigns workstation duties.
• Opens and or closes the shop as necessary to support production shifts.
• Initiates, assists, and/or cooperates in the set-up and implementation of improvement initiatives.
• Works with and supports the use of Shop Trak, Syteline and Visual Dispatch to sequence jobs through the shop.
• Works with Planning to ensure that cycle counts are done in a timely manner and the scrap logs are filled out and adjusted accordingly.
• Works with the Supervisor to facilitate and support employee records for training, safety, attendance, and production; submits information to Human Resources in a timely manner.
• Reports machine and equipment malfunctions to Maintenance department employees using Somax.
• Communicates with their team and other Team Leads to coordinate activities of individual departments.
• Enforces company policies, rules, and regulations in a firm, fair, and consistent manner.
• Other duties as assigned.

Required KNOWLEDGE, SKILLS and ABILITIES:

• 3-5 years of related production work experience and have a working knowledge of production operations.
• Must be capable of conducting the work in the area they lead.
• Ability to hold people accountable.
• Ability to support constructive work relationships; communicating both orally and in writing.
• Basic math skills required.
• Basic computer skills required.
• Ability to read a ruler or tape measure.
• Ability to problem-solve.
• Must be forklift certified as necessary for the area in which they work (or obtain the certification upon hire).
• Must hold a valid driver's license and be able to operate a motor vehicle.