Process Lead - Level 5 - Assembly, C-Shift

Position: Process Lead - Level 5 - Assembly, Days C-Shift
Overview

Do you want to join a team that's changing the world? Do you have a strong background as a Process Lead? Then Panasonic Energy is looking for you! Check out the job description and apply now! Put your skills to meaningful use, gain unique experience, and work with world-class team members with diverse backgrounds and expertise who share the same vision.

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Responsibilities

Summary: Join us at Panasonic Energy as we expand to De Soto, Kansas, where we're building the world's largest lithium-ion battery factory. This is an exciting opportunity to grow your career while contributing to the future of electric vehicles. As part of our team, you'll help push the limits of battery technology, enhancing performance and efficiency in sustainable transportation.

Our state-of-the-art facility, just outside the Kansas City Metro, will be a hub for innovation in green energy solutions. If you're passionate about sustainability and eager to contribute to the electric vehicle revolution, we invite you to be part of our dynamic team. Join us and make a meaningful impact on the future of energy and transportation.

Job Summary: The Process Lead - Level 5 plays a key role in supporting production leadership across assembly, machinery, processing, and/or packaging operations. This role leads by example, providing day-to-day direction, motivation, and mentorship to Skilled Machine Technicians (SMTs) while working under the guidance of a supervisor. The Process Lead helps drive operational efficiency by facilitating hands-on training, promoting team engagement, and fostering a culture of continuous improvement.

Additionally, this role is responsible for coordinating production schedules based on material availability, staffing levels, and output targets to ensure consistent delivery of high-quality, on-time production.

Essential Duties:

Team Coordination & Leadership

• Coordinate an assigned team with professionalism, integrity, mindfulness, and composure.
• Lead by example and adhere to all company rules, Quick Take Policies, and Critical Safety Rules.
• Encourage behaviors that embody the traits of a High-Performance Culture (HPC) and motivate team members to excel.
• Flexibility with work shifts and willingness to cross-train across processes within the assigned department.
• No authority to hire, transfer, suspend, lay off, recall, promote, discharge, reward, or discipline other employees.

Communication & Collaboration

• Interact daily with team members to provide process-driven guidance, make decisions, and escalate conflicts as necessary.
• Communicate product/project status consistently with co-workers using verbal communication or two-way radio transmission.
• Effectively communicate and collaborate with different departments, shifts, and leadership levels as needed.
• Collaborate with cross-functional teams-including production, engineering, and maintenance-to identify and resolve quality issues promptly.

Reporting & Data Analysis

• Generate and deliver comprehensive daily end-of-shift reports, operational feedback, and data to SMT team supervisors.
• Provide operational feedback and recommend improvement actions to supervisors to minimize deficiencies.
• Maintain detailed inspection, quality issue, and deviation records as required.
• Report quality issues, concerns, or deviations from standards to Supervisors and Engineers in a timely manner.

Training & SOP Compliance

• Understand, interpret, uphold, and teach Standard Operating Procedures (SOPs) and Standard Work Instructions (SWIs).
• Efficiently train SMTs at all levels in role duties, SOPs, processes, and other required material.
• Ability to train others at the same or lower level within the functional area.

Operations & Maintenance Support

• Perform duties of all SMT levels, including operating machinery to meet production schedules and departmental requirements.
• Support SMTs with equipment maintenance, repair, and replacement of equipment as needed.
• Perform advanced preventive and reactive maintenance as necessary.
• Manage and coordinate raw materials for use in production.
• Ensure adherence to quality standards, general plant policies, and PECNA procedures.
• Ensure area…