Team Lead

About the role

Organize the process flow of the production area and actively participate in the manufacturing process. General production and warehouse functions include machine operation, general machine maintenance, material handling, and inventory maintenance.

Responsibilities

• Set up and operate machines
• Ensure the proper training of personnel
• Ensure company rules and production processes are followed
• Load and unload material
• Monitor safety and quality
• Handle material
• Train employees in the area
• Ensure that accident reporting and accident investigations are timely and thorough
• Perform operational practices and observe work to ensure compliance with standards
• Communicate team concerns to Supervisor or Human Resources for action
• Record production data as required
• Work with support departments to develop and implement productivity improvements
• Summarize and communicate area activity

Requirements

• High School diploma or GED equivalent
• At least 1 year of experience
• Basic computer skills
• Strong verbal and written communication skills
• Ability to read, analyze, and interpret common production reports and company documents
• Ability to respond to common inquiries or complaints from customers or work team members
• Ability to effectively present information to management or work teams
• Ability to work with basic mathematical concepts such as fractions, percentages, ratios, and proportions
• Ability to define problems, collect data, establish facts, and draw valid conclusions
• Forklift operation (training and certification available)

Physical Demands

• Regularly required to talk or hear
• Frequently required to stand, walk, sit, handle or feel objects, tools, or controls, and reach with hands and arms
• Occasionally required to climb or balance, stoop, kneel, crouch, or crawl
• Must regularly lift 10 pounds, frequently lift and/or move up to 25 pounds, and occasionally lift and/or move up to 50 pounds
• Specific vision abilities required include close vision, distance vision, color vision, peripheral vision, depth perception, and ability to adjust focus

Work Environment

• Frequently exposed to moving mechanical parts
• Occasionally exposed to wet and/or humid conditions, fumes or airborne particles, outside weather conditions, extreme heat, and risk of electrical shock
• Noise level in the work environment is usually loud

Location: Athens, GA