Reports To: Production Manager

Employment Status: Full-Time; Non-Exempt; 2nd Shift

Position Summary:

Responsible for leading, monitoring, and driving department team members in achieving expected safety, quality, delivery, inventory, and cost targets for the team. A Team Lead will set clear goals and also motivate and inspire their team by creating an environment that promotes respect, trust, and cooperation.

Specific Job Functions:

PRODUCTIVITY

Effective use and coordination of resources to accomplish specific goals and outputs while maintaining quality and customer satisfaction.

Effective and efficient utilization of people and other resources (overtime, equipment, material, etc.)

Efficiently and effectively, plan and execute daily work.

Coordinate activities with other departments of the plant.

Achieve truck delivery goals; daily delivery, monthly delivery, and on-time delivery.

Monitor and control inventory levels to ensure appropriate availability and work in process levels.

INNOVATION / INITIATIVE

Creativity in approaches to safety, personnel, productivity, and quality related problems.

Seek and develop new or improved processes that result in improved productivity and customer satisfaction.

Seek and develop solutions to problems as appropriate

QUALITY

Demonstrate a commitment to quality and the quality process. Completes assignments in an accurate and thorough manner. Produces work that meets or exceeds standards, including satisfying the requirements of internal or external customers.

Display personal quality attitude and quality leadership / sponsorship.

Monitor established work procedures / practices; follow specs. Implement changes as required.

Take an active role in the daily audits. Follow up on issues and corrective actions.

Monitor quality in process and in rework and communicate actions required / taken.

Actively pursue defect reductions and positively impact defect measurements.

Implement and maintain quality improvement efforts. Maintain processes.

SAFETY

Lead by personal example to create and maintain a safe and orderly work environment. Enforce or follow safe work practices.

Achieve zero lost time injuries and reduce OSHA recordable injuries.

Assure compliance to safety policies and safe work practices.

Maintain consistent daily housekeeping of all areas of responsibility.

Utilize established programs and personal (safety meetings, etc.) to improve safety performance.

Display personal safety attitude and safety leadership / sponsorship.

Expertise & Qualifications Required:

• Must be forklift certified
  
• Must be able to read and or interpret work orders.
  

• Must be able to read a tape measure.
  

• High School Diploma or equivalent GED preferred.
  

• Must be available to work overtime, including Saturdays, if needed.
  

• Must have an understanding of quality policies and have minimum or zero defects per unit. Must adhere to the company's safety regulations and assist in the training and awareness of safety guidelines to new team members in the department.
  

• Prior supervisory experience preferred but not required.