Team Leader

Position Responsibilities

• Administers and manages the plant operations safety and quality programs, to provide a safety and quality minded working environment.
• Responsible for promoting a working environment that incorporates a teamwork philosophy.
• Coaches the work teams and develops decision-making criteria adhering to the best practices.
• Affords assistance in the selection, training, evaluations, and promoting of work team employees to provide effective and efficient operations.
• Will be required to attend meetings as necessary.
• Participates in process improvement efforts and helps direct process personnel on a day-to-day basis.
• Incorporates ISO principles into daily quality culture (S.O.S checklists and planning sheets etc.).
• Works towards developing and transferring of traditionally non-manufacturing skills to work team members, as needed, to build work team self-sufficiency.
• Responsible for checking PM’s list and making sure they get done.
• Responsible for daily shift reports.
• Assumes other duties as defined by the Production Supervisor.
• Conducts daily and monthly shift meetings with the production staff to discuss issues, concerns, and plans for the day/month.
• Responsible for die shims and job change planning sheets are collected and data entered for future use.
• Responsible for putting in machine time.
• Meets daily with maintenance personnel to schedule equipment changes, predictive and preventive maintenance planning.
• Prioritize the rework material for teams.
• Tour production floor on a daily basis creating a list of SQF tasks.
• Must be open-minded to change and have the creative ability to continuously think of new ways to be more efficient.
• Coaching, mentoring, evaluating and developing team members.

Safety Responsibilities

• Accountable for the safety of all employees for whom they are responsible through active engagement in safety activities and provides clear, consistent communication of safe work expectations.
• Supports and investigates situations in which line/equipment stoppage occurs due to perceived, imminent safety risk.
• Completes responsibilities in accordance with the organization's policies and procedures, and applicable laws.
• Actively leads risk assessment activities for their area of responsibility by driving prioritized corrective and preventive actions to eliminate/reduce environmental, health or safety risks.
• Leads all required meetings with safety (i.e. Pre-shift, Department, Change Management, General communication, Town Hall, etc.).
• Completes incident investigations, root cause analysis and implements corrective actions accordingly in a timely and thorough manner.
• Ensures the proper training and development of all assigned employees for whom they are responsible.
• Sets goals for their organizational unit; achieves goals and ensures that all employees understand and work toward achieving goals.
• Motivates and coaches employees through good communication and frequent performance feedback.
• Identifies and coordinates additional training as needed.

Qualifications

• Team management style.
• Advocates team concept and possesses strong interpersonal and leadership skills.
• Strong analytical, numerical and reasoning skills.
• Must have the ability to manage multiple tasks concurrently.
• Sound administrative skills with previous management/supervisory experience.
• Excellent communication skills (computer, verbal, written and presentation).
• Excellent organizational skills.
• Results oriented with the ability to balance other business considerations.
• Excellent attendance and safety records.
• Knowledge of ISO and SQF uses and policies.