Lead, Production

About the role

Team leader coordinates and leads performance of production personnel and processes.

Responsibilities

• Promotes and maintains a safe work environment at all times.
• Responsible for housekeeping and 5s activity in the area.
• Responsible for product quality through auditing and verification of operator conformance to standards, quality systems, and manufacturing processes.
• Audits products and scrap to verify conformance to specifications and directs setup and adjustments of machines or methods.
• Facilitates continuous improvement with a focus on employee involvement.
• Supports Supervisor in developing personnel through training, performance reviews, and other administrative duties.
• Responsible for employee training, cross-training, and maintenance of training records.
• Adjusts manpower assignments to meet production schedules.
• Assures necessary materials and supplies are available and used appropriately for production.
• Assists in the implementation of new procedures or processes to improve production methods, equipment performance, and quality of product.
• Maintains production records.
• Performs the duties of production workers supervised when needed.
• Assists in the supervision of 10 to 25 employees on the production line.

Qualifications

• High school diploma or GED equivalent required.
• Minimum 2 years of operations and/or lean experience or an equivalent combination of education and experience.
• Familiarity with the manufacturing industry and the related business processes.
• While performing the duties of this job, the employee is regularly required to talk or hear; frequently required to stand; walk; use hands/fingers to handle or feel; reach with hands and arms; and stoop, kneel, or crouch; occasionally required to sit.
• Must regularly lift and/or move up to 35 pounds and occasionally lift and/or move up to 50 pounds.
• Specific vision abilities required: close vision and color vision, peripheral vision, depth perception, and ability to adjust focus.
• While performing the duties of this job, the employee is frequently exposed to wet and/or humid conditions, moving mechanical parts, fumes or airborne particles, and risk of electrical shock; occasionally exposed to vibration; noise level usually moderate.

Skills

• Ability to read and interpret documents such as safety rules, operating and maintenance instructions, and procedure manuals.
• Ability to write routine reports and correspondence.
• Ability to speak effectively to groups of employees or others outside the department.
• Must be able to read and understand English.
• Ability to proficiently operate a PC computer, working knowledge of Microsoft Office Outlook, Word, and Excel.
• Ability to draft emails, work in spreadsheets, and create graphs.
• Ability to navigate network directories and learn to perform duties in enterprise ERP software system.
• Ability to add, subtract, multiply, and divide in all units of measure, using whole numbers, common fractions, and decimals.
• Ability to compute rate, ratio, and percent, and to draw and interpret bar graphs.
• Ability to interpret company and departmental financial data.
• Ability to define problems, collect data, establish facts, and draw valid conclusions.
• Ability to read and interpret instructions furnished in written, oral, or diagram form.
• Ability to solve problems involving several variables in various situations.