Finishing Team Lead

The working lead position has been created to provide shift support in the areas of quality and productivity improvement. This is a “hands on” position with the following key responsibilities:

• Provide training on fundamentals for manufacturing associates to improve workmanship and productivity.
• Provide cross-training to manufacturing associates to support cell development and improve throughput.
• Identify opportunities for methods and documentation improvement and train manufacturing associates on new procedures.
• Perform workmanship audits to verify training effectiveness and compliance to procedure.
• Be a champion for the scrap and rework related issues. Interface with manufacturing, quality, and engineering as required to ensure implementation of effective solutions.
• Assist with administrative duties such as production schedule updates, time card review, and training documentation.
• Assist supervision in maintaining proper product flow.
• Assist and support the 6S program.
• Fill in for other operatives when there is a need.
• Must be trained, certified and/or qualified to perform a minimum of 50% of the operations in area of responsibility.

High school plus some post-secondary education a plus.

• Must possess good interpersonal and communications skills.
• Proven track record working in a team environment.
• Significant experience in casting manufacturing product processes.
• Previous training experience.
• Demonstrated experience in a minimum of 4 of the following 7 areas:

• Certified to perform 50% of the operations in assigned area
• Certified to perform 65% of the operations in assigned area
• Certified to perform 80%+ of the operations in assigned area

Moderate initiative and ingenuity required.

Moderate physical effort required. Routinely move 5-15 pounds, 2 or more times per hour.

Responsible for the productivity and quality of 5 – 25 Operative employees. Must be willing to work daily overtime and weekend overtime as necessary.

• Meeting daily cell/department goals for ESH and Variable Cost.
• Audit rejects at final or next operation at