Fabrication Operator Lead - 1st Shift

About the role

The Team Lead supports the day-to-day business unit department goals through team leadership, communication, safety, quality, and delivery. They ensure uninterrupted production flow in assigned processes and provide problem support and coaching to employees.

Responsibilities

• Effectively supports training efforts of entire team, including new hires.
• Takes proactive approach in training plans.
• Execute and coordinate employee training to ensure that procedures are followed and meet all quality requirements.
• Supports the production process by filling in positions on the line when necessary to maintain the flow of work when absences occur (Vacation, PTO, Restroom breaks, etc.).
• Provides regular recognition to team and individuals, and keeps applicable Supervisors informed.
• Serves a change agent and drive out waste throughout department through the deployment of the Lean methodology.
• Consistently follows nVent policy and practices. Is objective in decision making and communicates effectively with all levels.
• Enforces company and department policy within Team.
• Supports safety metric & risk reduction initiatives through completing regular safety inspections, observation/risk cards and ensure safety of team.
• Promotes behavior-based safety culture - safety improvements, risk notification process, and regular safety coaching or discussions with others.
• Remains engaged with committee members to drive improvements in the area and campus.
• Supports and drives quality improvements and reduction of rework metric by implementing proactive quality improvement ideas and supporting entire NCR cycle.
• Promotes and ensures focus of quality work through coaching others on quality, training to standards, identifying quality errors, ensuring quality documentation is accurate.
• Supports meeting on-time delivery metrics though ensuring efficient flow of work. Identifies and resolves barriers and obstacles. Promotes takt time.
• Identifies, prioritizes, promotes and communicates completion of past dues. Ensures completion/closure of work/sales orders.
• Provides backup to the Production Supervisor.
• Provides coaching and feedback to operators directly, escalating recurrent behaviors to Supervisor.
• May be required to perform additional duties as assigned.

Qualifications and Experience

• A high school diploma or G.E.D.
• 3-5 years production work experience preferred.
• Computer experience with Windows, Word, Excel, Outlook, JD Edwards, and the Internet.
• Knowledge of all operations of the assigned production process required.
• Knowledge of safety policies and procedures, and ability to promote compliance with them.
• Skills in analytical thinking and problem solving.
• Skills in communicating effectively through oral and written communications.
• Skills in following detailed assembly instructions, processes, and procedures.
• Ability to communicate job expectations to production staff and achieving desired results by monitoring, coaching, and enforcing policies and procedures.
• Ability to achieve high productivity by reliable and punctual attendance and reporting any tardiness, attendance issues, and disciplinary issues to the Production Supervisor.
• Ability to conduct operator training on standard work to include work instructions, machine adjustments, product quality, company and value stream policies and procedures as required.
• Ability to identify and support continuous improvement efforts with the Production Supervisor.
• Ability to sustain and drive lean manufacturing and 5S activities.
• Ability to maintain a clean and organized work area to facilitate manufacturing functions.
• Ability to adapt to rapidly changing business circumstances and have the ability to thrive in a constantly changing business environment.