Team Leader

PRODUCTION TEAM LEADER – NIGHTS

Position Summary:

Responsible for meeting plant targets for safety, quality, efficiency and cost reduction.

Essential Job Functions:

• Leads a production team emphasizing teamwork, safety, training and discipline.
  • Assist in the development of standardized work procedures by designing and/or documenting the best work sequence for each process.
  • Promote safety, quality, productivity and cost improvement projects.
  • Assist in maintaining training matrix, assuring training is effective and correcting substandard performance.
  • Work with team to improve standardized processes/methods, identify waste, methodically eliminate waste and standardize the new process/methods.
  • Train new team members by breaking down standardized work and being a resource for assistance until job is mastered.
  • Shows positive supervisory skills by actively nurturing staff and leading by example.
  • Be proactive in predicting abnormalities and finding innovative solutions to correct
  • Direct and facilitate quality improvement activities as coach or mentor to the team members
  • Perform production readiness confirmation and post shift checks
  • Use key performance indicators as a method of continuous improvement.
  • Daily production performance tracking
  • Coordinates communications between shifts
  • Develops employee relations centered on trust and teamwork
  • Demonstrated experience using Microsoft Office products such as Excel and Word.
  • Strong organization and planning skills required

Education and/or Experience

• Associates degree in Management or related Manufacturing field; or equivalent 3+ years of experience in production/manufacturing environment leadership
  EOE

Shift: Night

Req Benefits: Benefits include but are not limited to: – Competitive Compensation – Eligibility for certain incentives and bonuses (e.g. Production Hourly KPI Achievement Quarterly Incentive or Salaried/Office Hourly KPI Annual KPI Achievement Bonus) – Paid Time Off and Paid Holidays – Affordable Medical, Dental and Vision Benefits – 401k with Company Match – Optional tax advantaged accounts, such as Health Savings Accounts (HSA), Flexible Spending Accounts (FSA), and Dependent Care Flexible Spending Accounts (DCFSA) – Additional elective benefits are available