Team Lead

About the role

Scope The Team Lead is responsible for supervising a diverse team, ensuring the efficient and high quality production of products. This includes monitoring work progress, training employees, and communicating production goals and procedure changes. We are looking for individuals with a strong understanding of the assembly process and prior experience in a Team Lead role. In addition, Team Lead II's must have high attention to detail, the ability to communicate effectively, skill in critical thinking and problem-solving, and a strong focus on quality and efficiency.

Responsibilities

• Lead safety toolbox talks, participate in monthly plant safety meetings, & 6S Kaizen events.
• Perform in process layered audits to ensure procedures are being followed and documentation is being completed thoroughly.
• Maintain LDM boards with correct data, owners, and actions.
• Update hour by hour boards to demonstrate team performance and work order status.
• Review and execute work-center schedules for on-time delivery.
• Coordinate with Maintenance department to ensure machine uptime status is optimized.
• Assign daily tasks & duties to operators.
• Manage rework and scrap process.
• Maintain accurate inventory data on all components counted for scrap, excess, etc.
• Maintain FIFO and WIP lanes.
• Lead and participate in kaizen events aimed to eliminate waste and to increase productivity.
• Work with training coordinator to develop team members.

Critical Competencies

• Emotional intelligence - The ability to understand and manage your own emotions and those of your team members. This helps you navigate team dynamics, make decisions, and build relationships.
• Adaptability - The ability to adapt to different situations and influence your team.
• Conflict resolution - The ability to identify and manage different types of workplace conflict.
• Problem solving - The ability to tackle problems with a can-do attitude, think strategically, and provide concrete solutions.
• Interpersonal communication - The ability to interact with and influence others respectfully through verbal and nonverbal communication.
• Leadership - The ability to guide a diverse team, both individually and collectively, to achieve objectives in a manner that adheres to our Dover Values.
• Delegation - The ability to delegate tasks to your team members in a way that helps them grow, facilitates teamwork, and leads to better decision-making.
• Integrity - The ability to do the right thing, even when no one is watching. This can help set the tone for your entire team.

Requirements

• Associates degree in related field or equivalent experience
• Must demonstrate integrity in all aspects of performance.
• Ability to perform work in a safe manner.
• Ability to stand for long periods of time (up to 10 hours).
• Skill in critical thinking or using logic and reasoning to identify the strength and weaknesses of alternative solutions or approaches to problems.
• Skill in problem detection and solving or recognizing when something is wrong, or likely to go wrong, and using critical thinking to execute a solution.
• High attention-to-detail, including the ability to accurately follow instructions and execute production.
• Ability to manage a diverse group of people.
• Ability to disseminate information thoroughly and accurately to a multilingual population.
• At least 1-3 years of leadership experience as a team lead or a similar role.

Pay

We consider several job-related, non-discriminatory factors when determining the pay rate for a position, including, but not limited to, the position's responsibilities, a candidate's work experience, a candidate's education/training, the position's location, and the key skills needed for the position. Pay is one of the Total Rewards that we provide to compensate and recognize employees for their work.

Benefits

• 401(k) savings plan with employer contributions
• Medical, dental and vision insurance
• Wellness programs
• Health savings account, health care and dependent care flexible spending accounts
• Company paid short-term disability and long-term disability
• Company paid employee basic life and AD&D insurance
• Supplemental employee and dependent life insurance
• Optional accident, hospital indemnity and critical illness insurance
• Adoption, surrogacy, and fertility benefits and assistance
• Commuter benefits
• Parental, military, jury duty, and bereavement leaves of absence
• Paid time off
• Business travel services
• Employee discounts
• Employee assistance program that includes company paid counseling sessions and legal services

Schedule

This position is based onsite in our Conover manufacturing facility and the base schedule is Monday through Friday 7:30 am to 3:00 pm. Ability to work overtime as needed is required.

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