Production Team Leader, Manufacturing, TX

Our Client: IS a $30M, fully-integrated manufacturer, operating in a brand new facility in TX

Production Team Leader, Manufacturing, TX

SCOPE
Manufacturing professionals will provide leadership to assigned manufacturing production group(s), typically of 5-20 team members to ensure safe operation and to help foster a culture of continuous improvement with Lean Manufacturing practices and tools. 
 
PRIMARY RESPONSIBILITIES   

• Provide training, mentoring, and coaching as needed to team members

• Interview, hire, develop, correct, discipline, and possibly terminate employees to build the best team possible.

• Planning and scheduling resource hours to achieve optimal production flow and customer satisfaction.

• Participate in team lead meetings to include planning, safety, quality, and education/enrichment focuses.

• Lead production team meetings to review rules of production, identify challenges and opportunities, and adjust plans

• Responsible for team production quality through process adherence and identifying improvement opportunities

• Review, understand and enforce documented manufacturing standard work and standard operating procedures, submitting known or discovered issues whenever necessary.

• Utilize root cause problem solving techniques (5 whys, etc.) for defect analysis and resolution. 

• Ensure completions of operator PM on equipment to meet yield, uptime and throughput requirements. 

• Utilize kaizen activities to generate continuous improvements in safety, quality, schedule and process. 

• Ensure a safe, clean, orderly work environment through 5S.  

• Performs other incidental and related duties as required and assigned.

Qualifications:

• Experience in a high volume, fast paced, build to order environment. Relevant education preferred. AA or BS degree a plus.

• Metalworking / Hollow Metal fabrication experience preferred.

• Strong Customer Service orientation.

• Experience with production planning and metrics.

• Experience with one or more Manufacturing Execution Systems (MES).

• Proficiency with MS Office Suite (Word, Project, Excel, PowerPoint).

• Effective communication, presentation and training skills.

• Desire to continue learning and developing as a leader.

• Bi-lingual (English/Spanish) preferred.'
  
  Production Team Leader, Manufacturing, TX