Team Leader (Fabrication) - 1st shift

Company Overview

At AriensCo we build more than exceptional products – we create opportunities that impact careers. Our culture values innovative thinking, hard work and determination. We collaborate in teams, make decisions quickly, and support continuous training and advancement. Whether at our headquarters, manufacturing facilities, or global distribution businesses, employees enjoy the freedom to create and contribute. Our vision is “Passionate People, Astounded Customers.”

Job Description

AriensCo is seeking an energetic Team Leader to oversee brake press and forming fabrication operations in Brillion, WI. The role is ideal for someone who excels in a fast‑paced manufacturing environment and is driven by continuous improvement.

Responsibilities

• Lead area team members
• Ensure adherence to standard work
• Create, maintain, audit, and improve standard work
• Maintain team members’ cycle time at or below takt time, including helping on the line as needed to meet daily production goals
• Train new employees, transfers, and conduct cross‑training
• Fill in for team members on vacation or absent
• Root‑cause problem‑solving issues that prevent the cell from meeting daily production goals
• Apply waste elimination, continuous improvement, safety, quality, productivity, and delivery principles
• Properly fill out production control charts and understand the production control board
• Effectively communicate with team members, supervisors, and other Ariens Company personnel

Qualifications

• High school diploma or GED required
• Clear understanding of standard work, time observations, takt time, bar charts, standard work combination sheets, and spaghetti diagrams
• Proven understanding of the 5 Key measures (policy deployment measures)
• Training and communication skills
• Understanding of Lean and 6S
• Basic computer skills
• Trained in TWI
• Torque certification (training will be provided)
• Ability to utilize the Ariens Company Standardized Problem Solving Process
• Past leadership experience preferred
• Additional education in lean, leadership, or manufacturing preferred
• Must be authorized to work in the U.S. without sponsorship now or in the future

Pay

Starting at $26.00 per hour plus a $2,000 sign‑on bonus.

Schedule & Shift

Monday – Thursday (4 days × 10 hours); 4:30 AM – 2:30 PM.

Benefits

• Medical, dental, and vision insurance effective first day of employment
• Dependent Care Flexible Spending Account (FSA)
• 401(k) match and profit‑sharing plans
• Life insurance
• Health Savings Accounts (HSA)
• Short‑term disability
• Parental leave
• On‑site marketplace care partners at all locations
• Paid holidays
• Employee Assistance Program
• Tuition reimbursement and apprenticeship programs
• Reimbursement for safety shoes and safety prescription glasses
• Employee product purchase program
• 50 % daycare discount at Brillion Early Learning Center
• 10 % tuition discount at KinderCare Learning Centers nationwide (excludes Brillion Early Learning Center)
• On‑site health clinic with Bellin Health (Brillion campus only)
• Near‑site & urgent care clinic options (Brillion campus only)