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 ADP, Attendance Counts, DMS, Beacon, Microsoft Suite, and Outlook 

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.