Cutting Lead

Overview

The primary purpose of this position is to ensure all mfg. areas are running and following Contec policies and procedures while manufacturing goods for internal and external customers.

Responsibilities

• Meets regular and reliable work-site attendance requirements in order to perform the job and meet productivity standards.
• Ensure that all employees are on their job at beginning/end of shift and working.
• Communication with other leads, supervisors, and manager.
• Ensure that all Contec policies and procedures are being followed.
• Work and lead by all Contec’s core values.
• Ability to move around or rearrange personnel as needed.
• Help employees to remove work obstacles that may be hindering them.
• Enter fault reports in the IFS system as needed.
• Ability to read and understand drawings, travelers and control plans in IFS for production orders.
• Ability to know and understand how to operate and trouble shoot all equipment they lead over.
• Understanding and following proper safety procedures when using the all equipment and hoist equipment.
• Perform quality inspection/measurements for each shop order.
• Gathering and loading of the necessary raw materials needed to complete the shop order.
• Making and closing shop orders and placing product in the correct area.
• Others may be assigned.

Competencies

 

• Ability to work in a team environment.
• Performs duties with the highest regard for safety and quality.
• Ability to understand and follow site protocols, policies and procedures.
• Able to demonstrate support and adherence to Contec’s core values: respect for others, doing “whatever it takes” within Contec’s core values, vision and strategic direction, exhibiting integrity, having a tolerance for risk, understanding there is life outside of work, enjoying the ride.

• Problem Solving: Finds root causes as to why someone isn’t performing to standard.  Think through and maneuver people around the areas and products to get results.  Looks for different solutions to help someone improve in an area they are struggling in.

• Communicates Effectively: Provides the manager and supervisor with timely information, such as someone’s performance that needs addressed or quality issues.  Gives opinions on how to make processes better.  Can communicate effectively to one person or an entire group of people.

• Interpersonal Savvy: Can relate to people and build a good rapport with people.  Can control emotions when things aren’t going the way they want or expect them to and doesn’t allow frustration to show.  Don’t show frustration when given resistance from employees.

• Customer Focus: Dedicated to meeting both internal and external expectations.  Makes decisions with the customer in mind by holding team accountable to quality standards.  Helps to identify opportunities in the process (improvements) that will benefit the customer.

• Listens Effectively: Listens to their team members with patience.  Takes in information that is given, whether it is a compliment or constructive feedback or criticism.

• Time Management: Gets more work done in less time than others.  Uses their time effectively and efficiently.  Can focus to the broad range of activities happening in all of the areas they lead over.

• Directs Work: Provides clear direction and accountability to all team members.  Keeps track of the area’s performance hourly.  Provides accountability all areas they lead over.

• Approachability: Is easy to approach and talk to.  Takes extra time when needed to put other at ease.  Has a welcoming feeling about them.  Needs to be in-the-know early on happenings in their areas so they can be dealt with in a timely manner.

• Being Resilient: Confident under pressure.  Quickly bounces back from setbacks and not let them bring you down.  Grows from situations and negative experiences.  Maintains a positive attitude despite other people’s attitudes.

 

 

Requirements

To perform this job successfully, an individual must be able to perform each essential duty satisfactorily. The requirements listed below are representative of the knowledge, skill, and/or ability required. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform

the essential functions.

 

EDUCATION and/or EXPERIENCE

High school diploma or general education degree (GED); no prior experience required.

Work Environment

The work environment characteristics described here are representative of those an employee encounters while performing the essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.   While performing the duties of this job, the employee is occasionally exposed to moving mechanical parts. The noise level in the work environment is usually moderate.

Physical Demands

The physical demands described here are representative of those that must be met by an employee to successfully perform the essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.   While performing the duties of this job, the employee is constantly required to move around the Facility. The employee must regularly transport and/or move up to 25 pounds. Employee will use a lift assist to load/unload fabric onto the equipment. Specific vision abilities required by this job include close vision and peripheral vision.   Worked performed by the Cutting Lead is done in an air- conditioned environment. All individuals must wear safety glasses, steel toed shoes, hairnets, beard nets, and nitrile gloves which are all provided by Contec. Personal body products that must not be worn in this cell is jewelry of any kind.