Team Lead - 2nd Shift Paintline Front

About the role

Landscape Structures Inc. is a leading manufacturer of commercial playground equipment. The company's mission is to inspire children to learn and grow through play, fostering qualities like perseverance, leadership, and empathy.

Responsibilities

• Sets positions or directions for the workday
• Trains team members
• Validates team members' competencies
• Acts as the outgoing quality gate
• Works through problems with cross-functional teams/departments
• Conducts standard work audits
• Conducts safety and 5S Audits
• Works on MDI projects/Control Plans
• Trends production metrics
• Owns the Q Board
• Updates the board at least daily and ensures department participation
• Puts in request to complete newspaper items
• Closes out newspaper items or escalates as needed
• End of Day Communication (depending on area: start and end of shift meeting, end of day emails or end of day checklists)
• Provides interview and onboarding support
• Performs other duties as assigned

Attributes

• Action Oriented: Takes pride in work, pursues challenges, and sees tasks through to completion
• Approachable: Easy to talk to, puts others at ease, listens well, and manages relationships effectively
• Composure: Calm under pressure, handles stress well, and remains a stabilizing force in crises
• Conflict Management: Steps up to conflicts, reads situations quickly, works through disagreements equitably, and finds common ground
• Problem Solving: Uses lean or problem-solving tools to solve complex problems, sees beyond the obvious, and doesn't stop at the first answer
• Planning, Priority Setting & Managing: Prioritizes tasks, develops schedules, measures performance, and eliminates roadblocks
• Delegating: Equitably and fairly assigns tasks among team members

Qualifications

• High School Diploma or GED preferred
• Demonstrated knowledge and experience in people leadership
• 2+ years manufacturing experience preferred
• Demonstrated understanding of lean principles strongly preferred
• Knowledge of Microsoft Office applications including Word, Excel, and an ERP system strongly preferred
• Ability to lift up to 50 Lbs.