Melt Team Lead

Responsibilities

• Address all unsafe acts and work conditions immediately and seek help from leadership and/or safety staff.
• Ensure all injuries, incidents, near misses and observations within department are properly reported – via Velocity or orange card.
• Identify any issues, problems and solutions related to quality and production of aluminum sheet.
• Adhere to, train, and help enforce compliance to ISO, ASI, EHS procedures.
• Follow all applicable Work Instructions, Standard Operating Procedures, and best practices and ensure team members do as well.
• Assist with revising documents/instructions as applicable.
• Ensure accurate training is being provided to new or other employees within the department.
• Function as a communication liaison between department manager and crew employees as needed.
• Escalate issues promptly to department manager as needed.
• Advise employee of any noncompliant behavior (ie. Cell phone use, tardy arrivals) and escalate to manager as appropriate.
• Ensure essential supplies are available; communicate if running low and obtain as needed from crib/storeroom.
• Review schedule, work instructions, work logs and other company information by utilizing computer programs.
• Effectively ensure production/product flow and set priorities for respective area.
• Provide workflow direction to members of their functional area.
• Inspect, start-up, operate and adjust machinery to maintain specified parameters.
• Perform preventative maintenance on machines as needed.
• Troubleshoot machines and work in coordination with maintenance team personnel.
• Ensure inspections (forklift, crane, etc.) are completed and recorded in an accurate and timely manner.
• Perform housekeeping: sweeping, and picking up debris, or scrap.

Requirements

• Proven adherence to company values and demonstrated strong attendance and dependability record (show up for every scheduled shift on time).
• Be an encouraging resource to new and existing team members to learn the job and reach production goals.
• Manage the pounds, quality, and downtime of metal ran through department and coordinate with other departments as needed.
• Flexibility and willingness to support operations to reach goals by assisting team members or operating machinery.
• Promote and monitor safe work habits including PPE use, adherence to LOTO, confined space, fall protection, evacuation policies, and timely incident reporting.
• Promote and be actively involved in continuous, two-way, and accurate communication with other shifts, with other departments, with management, and across your crew.
• Work closely with the scheduling department to ensure that metal passes through the department in the most efficient manner possible.
• Communicate issues that may impact schedule as promptly as possible.
• Ensure that product samples are being taken and inspected.
• Work with Q.A. Department to support correct and timely metal disposition.
• Able to hear and understand verbal instruction.
• Able to wear PPE effectively and appropriately.
• PPE may include hard hat, face shield, spats, Tyvek suits, thermal gloves, safety glasses, hearing protection, respirator and steel toed boots.
• Computer skills and proficiency with Microsoft Office Software.
• Strong problem-solving skills as well as excellent interpersonal communication skills.
• Will need to work a 2-2-3 shift rotating from days to nights every 6 weeks.