Summary
The Production Team Leader is responsible for ensuring employees are working safely while production and quality requirements are met within their respective department.
Essential Duties and Responsibilities
· Ensures employees receive training and understand all safety requirements and procedures related to their work. Enforces personal protective equipment requirements
· Departmental daily safety spot check
· Guides and manages team to ensure KPI’s and other performance metrics are met
· Understands the scope, impacts and intricacies of the on-shift production process
· Communicates clearly and effectively across all levels of the organization
· Fosters and develops a culture of safety, quality, teamwork, accountability and respect
· Employs strong leadership skills in management of team
· Coaches, trains and develops team
· Clearly communicates expectations and ensures thorough onboarding of new employees, including ensuring an understanding of safe operating procedures
· Ensures team’s compliance with safety guidelines, company standards and production goals
· Makes a working contribution to team’s success and holds the team accountable to meet KPI’s and other objectives in a timely manner
· Continuously identifies opportunities for improvement through assessment of team’s control point process, variables, equipment, resources, efficiencies, methods, challenges and strengths
· Gathers, sorts, analyzes and filters shift data and compiles reports based on results
· Ensures operational efficiencies are met, coordinates preventative maintenance and repairs in conjunction with maintenance according to production plan, addresses concerns quickly and continuously evaluates equipment and processes
· Manages a safe and clean work environment
· Educates and directs team members on the use of control points, equipment and resources, ensuring compliance
· Thinks critically and utilizes various problem solving, leadership and analytics methods to address challenges
· Works closely with Supervisor, EHS, HR, Quality and others to ensure all parties are informed and in compliance and reports incidents or accidents immediately
· Uses software systems to manage team’s schedules, hours, performance and disciplinary actions, create reports and perform safety and layered process audits
Skills and Experience
· High school diploma, GED, or equivalent
· Outstanding written and oral communication skills
· 2-3 years of experience in manufacturing leadership, coaching, development and/or training role
· Knowledge, management, and improvement of automotive production and/or quality process
· Production planning, MSP, reporting
· Application of control plan, controls administration, operational efficiencies
· Ability to follow instructions, delegate and interpret and enforce policies and procedures.
· Familiarity with SAP, Attendance Counts, DMS, Beacon, Microsoft Suite, and Outlook
· Able to operate full operations of fork lift truck daily.
Organizational Culture
· Work safely and follow rules and guidelines for safe work
· Reporting to work on time and with a positive attitude
· Responsible for staying focused on tasks at hand
· Being responsible for work performance and completing tasks throughout the day
· Maintains a good working relationship with co-workers
· Support a positive and steady workflow through the company
· Works with a sense of urgency when needed
· Support, coach or mentor co-workers when needed
· Positively support change throughout the company
Physical Work Conditions
· Must be able to work in a hot environment
· Must be able to lift and move aluminum wheels of varying weight
· Must be able to stand and walk for up to 12 hours per day
· Must be able to wear personal protective equipment when required
*Please note this job description is not designed to cover or contain a comprehensive listing of activities, duties or responsibilities that are required of the employee for this job. Duties, responsibilities and activities may change at any time with or without notice.