SUMMARY
General oversight of employees on a day to day basis by making job assignments, informing employees of daily production requirements, and insuring that operator efficiency is achieved. Incumbent will provide leadership to supervised employees by exercising good communication techniques, supporting the company's policies and procedures and treating all employees fairly and in accordance with MAHLE standards.
ESSENTIAL DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES include the following:

• Responsible for promoting a safe and productive work environment.
• Inspects products to verify conformance to specifications and directs set up and adjustment of machinery and equipment.
• Interprets specifications/job orders to employees and assigns duties.
• Schedules manpower requirements.
• Recommends measures to improve production methods, equipment performance, product quality, safety and morale.
• Suggests changes in working conditions and use of equipment to increase efficiency and safety of the department.
• Trains new or newly assigned employees on their job duties and job responsibilities, including the quality and safety aspects of their job.
• Performs activities of supervised employees approximately 30% of the time by breaking employees and filling in as necessary.
• Reviews process documents for accuracy and completeness.
• Basic computer skills.
• Supports and completes 5s audits as required.
• Maintain clean, organized, safe working environment with equipment and materials located in proper locations in accordance with 5S standards inside and outside of facility.
• Ability to work all designated shifts.
• Excellent attendance record.
• Ability to work in a team environment.
• Other duties as assigned.

SUPERVISORY RESPONSIBILITIES
Production Group Leads have limited responsibilities for the direction for hourly production employees. Specifically, they can assign and direct the work of hourly production employees.
QUALIFICATIONS
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) is required.
• 3 years of experience in a leadership role in manufacturing preferred.

LANGUAGE SKILLS
Must be fluent in English. Able to read/write routine reports and correspondence. Able to communicate effectively with peers, managers, and directors, and to present to groups of customers or employees of the organization. Values and considers the perspectives and backgrounds of all parties.
MATHEMATICAL SKILLS
Ability to use a hand held calculator to add, subtract, multiply and divide numbers in all units of measure, using whole numbers, common fractions, and decimals. Ability to compute rate, ratio, and percent.
REASONING ABILITY
Ability to apply common sense understanding to carry out instructions furnished in written, oral, or diagram form. Ability to deal with problems involving several concrete variables in standardized situations.
OTHER SKILLS AND ABILITIES

• Strong analysis, problem solving, process and troubleshooting skills.
• Knowledge of Lean Manufacturing principles.

• Dynamic communication / inter-personal skills.
• Ability to work in a team environment.
• Ability to communicate with employees at all levels of the organization.
• Highly organized and possess good decision-making skills.
• Ability to operate email system, prepare basic presentation materials using Excel and PowerPoint.

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, regularly required to stoop, kneel, sit, stand, bend, reach, climb, and move about the facility. Required to frequently lift up to 30 lbs.
Specific vision abilities required by this job include close vision, distance vision, depth perception, peripheral vision and ability to adjust focus.
WORK ENVIRONMENT
While performing the duties of the job, may work prolonged periods under high heat and humid conditions inside the facility; exposed to moving mechanical parts, fumes or airborne particles, and vibration.
The environment in manufacturing plants and testing labs are often loud, hot, and with particulates in the air. Working environment may contain potentially hazardous materials such as acids, solvents, oils, and common etchants. In such environments, adherence to PPE regulations is required.
OVERTIME
Employees must be able to work additional hours and/or additional days during the payroll week, which can and will be in excess of forty (40) hours per payroll week. Working overtime is a condition of employment.
TRAVEL
Domestic travel with/without overnight stay may be required.
*No Sponsorship Available*
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Facts about the job
Benefits:
Entry level: Production workers / General labor
Part- / Full-time: Full Time
Functional area: Production
Department: BU2 Filtration & Eng. Peripherals
Location: