Skilled Equipment Maintenance Group Leader

About the role

The Toyota Production Department is seeking a Group Leader to support production needs by developing team members and team leaders, leading skill enhancement activities, coordinating major breakdown investigations, and monitoring key performance indicators.

Responsibilities

• Manage a group of hourly team leaders and team members, ensuring a safe operating environment.
• Demonstrate leadership skills to achieve/exceed safety, quality, cost, and team member development objectives.
• Provide/coordinate training and developmental opportunities, fostering a respectful environment.
• Utilize strong communication skills as the primary link between leadership and the production team.
• Collaborate with other areas and departments within Toyota, providing regular updates to senior leadership.
• Daily management of an assigned area, focusing on safety, quality, productivity, cost, and team member development.
• Utilize problem-solving skills to identify and eliminate process bottlenecks, improve equipment/tooling, and team member ergonomics.
• Engage team in systematic problem-solving activity and Quality Circles to resolve issues and develop capabilities.
• Apply engineering principles to resolve day-to-day concerns and understand team member conceptual ideas.
• Possess creativity and strong mechanical background to develop practical applications and solutions.
• Utilize project management and planning skills to translate the division's annual business plan into daily activities for your team.
• Manage area budget, including operating supplies, raw materials, staffing, and continuously seeking improvement opportunities.

Requirements

• Bachelor's degree in business or technical discipline, or equivalent experience (10 years) in industrial equipment maintenance/engineering in a manufacturing environment.
• Leadership/supervisory experience (3+ years) in a skilled maintenance, engineering, manufacturing, or supply chain role in a lean manufacturing environment.
• Proficiency in project management.

Qualifications

• Must be capable of utilizing engineering principles to resolve day-to-day concerns.
• Must possess a certain degree of creativity and have a strong mechanical ability/background.

Skills

• Strong communication skills.
• Problem-solving skills.
• Project management skills.
• Team engagement and collaboration.
• Leadership and supervisory experience.

Benefits

Toyota offers a comprehensive range of benefits including professional growth and development programs, tuition reimbursement, a team member vehicle purchase discount program, comprehensive health care and wellness plans, a 401(k) savings plan with a company match, paid holidays and time off, relocation assistance (if applicable), and tax-advantaged accounts (Health Savings Account, Health Care FSA, Dependent Care FSA).

Pay

Details on pay will be provided during the interview process.

Schedule

The shift for this position will be one of the PM shifts listed below:

• Monday - Thursday (4 days X 10 hours): 8 pm to 6:30 am
• Friday - Sunday (3 days X 12 hours): 6 pm to 6:30 am