Traffic Lead - 1st Shift

Location: Janesville, WI

About the Role

Driving assorted vehicles safely and responsibly. Keep chassis prep full and park released units. Perform various tasks including installing mud flaps, installing window stickers, making key tags, signing for vehicles, filling out chassis check-in sheets, measuring front of body and wheelbase, and managing workload efficiently. After training, prioritize workload and requests.

Responsibilities

Productivity

• Effective use and coordination of resources to accomplish specific goals and outputs while maintaining quality and customer satisfaction.
• Control and reduce truck hours.
• Effective and efficient utilization of people and other resources (overtime, equipment, material, etc.).
• Efficiently and effectively plan and execute daily work.
• Coordinate activities with other departments of the plant.
• Achieve truck delivery goals: daily delivery, monthly delivery, and on-time delivery.
• Monitor and control inventory levels to ensure appropriate availability and work-in-process levels.

Safety

• Lead by personal example to create and maintain a safe and orderly work environment.
• Enforce or follow safe work practices.
• Achieve zero lost-time injuries and reduce OSHA recordable injuries.
• Assure compliance with safety policies and safe work practices.
• Maintain consistent daily housekeeping of all areas of responsibility.
• Utilize established programs and personal initiatives (safety meetings, etc.) to improve safety performance.
• Display personal safety attitude and safety leadership/sponsorship.

Employee Development / Team Leadership

• Provide associates with objectives and standards specifying results to be achieved.
• Provide tools, training, and support as needed.
• Foster a motivated climate supportive of each team member becoming fully competent.
• Display and promote teamwork and effective communication within Production and the company as a whole.
• Deal quickly and effectively with associate issues/concerns.
• Adhere to all legal and company policies and procedures.
• Take an active interest in the training of all new and existing associates assigned within your area of responsibility.
• Maintain continual effective communication with associates assigned to the area of responsibility.
• Perform performance coaching and counseling as required to ensure associates perform to desired expectations.

Requirements

• Proficiency in Microsoft Office – Outlook, Word, Excel.
• Working knowledge of JDE-Oracle operating system is preferred.
• High School Diploma or equivalent GED preferred.
• Prior supervisory experience preferred but not required.
• Ability to rotate shifts if needed.

Work Environment

This job operates in a manufacturing plant environment. While performing the duties of this job, the team member is regularly required to talk or hear. The team member frequently is required to stand (sometimes for extended periods); walk; use hands to finger, handle, or feel; and reach with hands and arms, and lift up to 35 pounds. The team member may, at times, sit, bend, stoop, squat, reach overhead, or crawl (may be in confined spaces). The team member is expected to perform repetitive tasks using their hands and have the ability to climb ladders and/or work in high places.

About the Company

Celebrating our 70th year as the largest truck body builder in North America, Morgan Truck Body LLC is proud to produce, deliver, and service quality products. With a foundation built on innovative design and quality construction, Morgan has experienced tremendous growth. In addition to dry freight truck bodies, Morgan specializes in satisfying unique and custom truck body needs, including electric vehicles, mobile service units, and refrigerated products, serving farmers, ranchers, contractors, landscapers, equipment, and material haulers, and more!

Our shared values are the foundation upon which Morgan does business:

• Appreciating the people who make our success possible.
• Acting with integrity in all we do.
• Delivering results for our customers.
• Bringing an unbridled passion for our products.

Benefits

• Comprehensive benefits package including Medical, Dental, Vision, and Life.
• 401(k) Savings Plan with Company Match.
• Tuition Reimbursement.
• Paid holidays and increasing vacation time with years of service.
• Generous Footwear and Eyewear Reimbursement Programs.
• Paid Job and Leadership Development training.