Production Team Leader - IGT Casting

About the role

Howmet Aerospace, headquartered in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, is a leading global provider of advanced engineered solutions for the aerospace and transportation industries. The Company’s primary businesses focus on jet engine components, aerospace fastening systems and titanium structural parts necessary for mission-critical performance and efficiency in aerospace and defense applications, as well as forged wheels for commercial transportation.

Howmet Aerospace is transforming the next phase of more fuel-efficient, quieter aerospace engines and sustainable ground transportation. For more information, visit www.howmet.com. Follow @howmet: Twitter, Instagram, Facebook, LinkedIn and YouTube.

Responsibilities

Coordinate work activities on a daily (shift to shift) basis to meet customer delivery schedules under the direction of Department Supervisor. Perform a variety of hands-on operations in accordance with standardized processes within customer specifications.

• Coordinates workflow through department on a daily basis to meet production schedule.
• Ensures daily production goals are met in both quantity and quality.
• Utilizes production methods that reduce cost and increase productivity.
• Observes and adheres to standards of performance, identifies and reports shortfalls to supervisor.
• Ensures maintenance of equipment by application of TPM or other methods.
• Upholds and demonstrates Howmet’s values in approach to work, decision making and interpretations of ethical guidelines and polices for subordinates.
• Maintains relationships with peers, subordinates, superiors, external and internal customers, promotes teamwork within and between departments.
• Accepts and seeks individual/self-developmental opportunities.
• Works on assigned projects to meet department goals and objectives.
• Communicates verbally and in writing to peers, superiors, internal and external customers and suppliers.
• Maintains communication during shift turnover through the use of turnover sheets, updated status boards or other verbal and written means.
• Executes assignment instructions for work during shift to align for changes, absences, equipment downtime, or necessary overtime.
• Coordinates scheduling needs with Shared Resources, Central Stores, Tool Room, and Maintenance Work Systems.
• Ensures adherence to work systems to include work instructions, labor reporting, visual controls and Integrated Process Control, and audits.
• Identifies, evaluates, and documents training, communicates needs to supervisor.
• Trains operators utilizing one on one training method or other techniques.
• Monitors work environment for safety issues and acts to correct problems.
• Utilizes the 5S program to maintain a clean and safe workplace.

Qualifications

This position requires a minimum of one-year of manufacturing experience. Must be able to provide documentation in the original form establishing both your identity and your employment eligibility in the U.S. This position entails access to export-controlled items you must be able to lawfully obtain access to such items.

Education: This position requires a minimum of a high school diploma or general education degree.

Preferred Qualifications: Prior manufacturing experience in a leadership role preferred.

Pay

Anticipated Pay Range: $65K-75K per year. Pay rates within this range are determined based on various factors including experience, education, certifications, etc.