Team Lead Millwork & Layup Job

About the role

This employee is responsible for ensuring and maintaining all manufacturing standards, ensuring work schedules are accomplished and manpower is scheduled accordingly. Promotes and governs a safe working environment. Supports and enforces company policy. Mentors and coaches employees on all aspects of production, safety, quality, cost, delivery. Provides guidance for his/her team, on custom components that meet given specifications. Reports directly to the Production Supervisor.

Responsibilities

• Supervisory Responsibilities: Direct the work activities of 2-25 employees
• Conduct morning huddles with staff to give daily direction and goals
• Update and prepare Gemba and Planner boards each morning for the Gemba walk
• Own and sign-off on the accuracy of 1st piece and while running checklists to ensure the 100% quality of products that leave your area
• Aid with employee interviews, reviews, 30/60/90-day check-ins with new hires
• Ensure all employees are at workstation on-time and on-task
• Work with Engineering & Quality groups to solve issues on the floor
• Work with the materials & scheduling groups to schedule and tend to parts issues
• Ensure that all parts that leave department are counted & verified vs. drawing requirements
• Perform routine and non-routine repetitive production and/or service duties to include operation of machinery (moulders, gang ripsaw, planer, shaper cut-off saws, widebelt sander, optisander, microperf machine, Hot Press), setup of complex tooling and equipment, completion of reports and logs, follow-up on work schedules
• Interpret process sheets for workers
• Read measuring instruments
• Must ensure area is clean and organized at the end of shift
• Must communicate with direct reports, give recognition, and give direction
• Must communicate with the Safety department to ensure all safety and OSHA 1910 standards are followed
• Must communicate with the Quality department to ensure all quality standards are followed
• Must communicate with Human Resources to ensure all legal standards are followed
• Understand softwood and hardwood lumber…sources, grades, natural characteristics of species, identification of species, etc.

Qualifications

• Overtime
• Proven ability to critically think about custom construction methods
• Must be able to read Safety Data Sheets (SDS) sheet
• Must be a strategist, capable of change, talent developer and strong relationship builder
• Experience in setting and evaluating processes to determine best efficient workflow
• Must be proficient in Microsoft Office. Experience in managing people. Must possess excellent problem-solving skills
• Familiarity with NC equipment and how information flows from the office to the floor
• Dependable, punctual, good attendance
• Excellent communication and interpersonal skills; team player, relationship builder

Physical Demands

• Regularly required to talk or hear
• Frequently required to stand; walk; use hands to finger, handle or feel; and reach with hands and arms
• Occasionally required to sit; climb or balance; and stoop, kneel, crouch or crawl
• Frequent lifting and moving up to 25 pounds; occasional lifting and moving up to 50 pounds
• Close vision, distance vision, color vision, peripheral vision, depth perception and ability to adjust focus

Work Environment

• The work environment characteristics described here are representative of those an employee encounters while performing the essential functions of this job.
• This position is not exposed to adverse environmental conditions.
• This role routinely uses standard office equipment such as computers, phones, photocopiers, filing cabinets and fax machines.
• PPE as required.

Education and/or Experience

• Minimum GED or High School diploma

Certificates, Licenses, Registrations

• Preferred: CPR/AED/1st Aid, OSHA 10 Hour, MDI Supervisor Certification

Competencies

• Individual Contributor 1-6

Other Skills and Abilities

• Why should you join ACGI, a subsidiary of Armstrong World Industries?
• About the location (Marshfield MO)