Team Lead (Tube Bending Dept)

This position is responsible for supervising the department(s) in accomplishing their strategic goals to include Safety, Quality, Delivery, Cost, and People (SQDCP). This includes making front line decisions that positively impact safety, quality, efficiency, and delivery. This person oversees team members to ensure they promote a safe, quality and team focused working environment at all times.

PRIMARY ACCOUNTABILITIES:

• Maintain and uphold department goals surrounding safety, quality, on time delivery and communicate this information daily to management, employees, and across shift.
• Train, develop and hold team members accountable to safety, quality, and production compliance, along with sustaining 5S in all areas of their department(s) (5S= Sort, Straighten, Shine, Standardize, Sustain)
• Ensure team members are placed appropriately per shift to support production needs and maintain optimum efficiency.
• Ensure the flow of resources is maintained and that production items are delivered as needed and used properly and efficiently.
• Supervise and develop team members; complete performance reviews, identify personnel and overtime recommendations; address employee relation concerns; manage direct reports time keep and vacation in organization’s time keep program to company standards.
• Enforce policy compliance; manage team members performance through Nelson Discipline process.
• Facilitate in partnership with safety leadership, near miss investigations, safety, and employee incidents.
• The ability to perform all the following processes:
  • Tube Benders
  • Cut-offs
  • Paint Line
  • Cutstamp
  • Deburr machine
  • Saws- Eisele Sale and Band Saws
  • Sizer
  • Flat Bar
  • Upright Presses
  • Slotters
• Support and participate in Continuous Improvement projects.
• Promote employee satisfaction and follow up on employee relations concerns.
• Work with HR around employee issues, investigation, and policy conformance.
• Keep work area(s) safe and Clean (5S= Sort, Straighten, Shine, Standardize, Sustain)
• Complete timely and accurate paperwork.
• Delegate responsibilities as needed.
• Other responsibilities as assigned.

EDUCATION AND EXPERIENCE REQUIREMENTS:

• 5 years’ experience in a manufacturing environment
• Previous leadership experience is preferred

SKILLS AND ABILITIES:

• Understanding of manufacturing processes
• Ability to communicate with employees, opposite shifts, and leadership.
• Must have strong computer skills in excel, word, PowerPoint
• Must have proficiency in reading and writing.
• Organizing, Planning, and Prioritizing work.
• Ability to handle multiple projects simultaneously and meet deadlines.
• Common approach to continuous improvement
• Team player with a very positive attitude, willing to be a champion of change.
• Strong oral and written communication skills
• Ability to communicate professionally and effectively with people at all levels of the organization.
• Must maintain confidential information.
• Strategic Thinking

Equal Opportunity Employer/Protected Veterans/Individuals with Disabilities, ALL characteristics protected by federal, state, or local law