Production Lead

3403 Charlotte Ave Elkhart Indiana

Valmont impacts millions of people around the world every day, yet they might not realize the many ways. Our technology is helping feed the growing population, supplying the world with more reliable energy and access to renewables, enhancing connectivity in remote and urban locations to create a sustainable future and so much more. Simply put, Valmont is advancing agricultural productivity and reimagining vital infrastructure to make life better.

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• Actively model, lead, and enforce established safety policies and consistently seek opportunities for safety improvements
• Drive a ‘safety first’ culture. Lead on safety contacts, near misses, and bright ideas. Safety is a mindset, not a task.
• Ability to wear all required personal protective equipment (PPE) and work both in a non-temperature-controlled environment and outdoors.
• Accept, make, and pass high-quality product. Minimize cost of poor quality with training and improvement.
• Ensure all quality checks and paperwork are complete as expected and without error.
• Maintain the work instructions, best-practices, and material flow to ensure that products are manufactured on schedule and within quality and cost objectives.
• Responsible for supervising the daily work of all production personnel and communicating to supervisor as appropriate.
• Lead culture through positive interactions, motivation and recognition as needed.
• Train, or arrange training of, shift personnel to ensure consistent methods and results.
• Communicates daily with all levels of employees regarding daily safety, quality and production metrics to be achieved, and on-going training and development activities. Communicates regularly with direct reports on their personal and team achievements and improvements needed, so that these individuals understand what is expected of them and their team.
• Maintaining a positive and engaged work environment for all personnel.
• Ability to effectively communicate between different shifts, personnel, and leadership.
• Leads shift start up ‘stand-up’ meeting constructively
• Ability to work in the assigned area and lead in metrics while maintaining safety and quality expectations.
• Maintain housekeeping and an orderly production environment that is thoroughly cleaned for the following shift.
• If applicable based on location, help assess and manage the team’s bench strength and cross training needs
• If applicable based on location, lead the Team on Root Cause Analysis (RCA) to understand losses; take action to prevent future breakdowns and incidents
• Develop a strong personal understanding of all processes and equipment within the assigned department
• Monitor equipment condition and plan downtime for repairs and preventative maintenance
• If applicable based on the location and/or department, the Production Lead may work around chemicals such as acids, caustics, and zinc used in the galvanizing process. Safe handling procedures, proper PPE use, and compliance with all federal, state, and local safety and environmental regulations is required.
• If applicable based on the location and/or department, the individual is required to work safely while wearing the necessary Personal Protective Equipment (PPE), which includes the use of a respirator or Powered Air-Purifying Respirator (PAPR). Compliance with OSHA standards requires the successful completion of a medical questionnaire, training and a respirator fit test, which may necessitate trimming or removing facial hair that interferes with the proper seal of the respirator.
• All other duties as required and/or assigned.

• The employee has a direct impact on safety, quality, productivity, TME (total manufacturing expenses), and customer satisfaction.
• The employee must maintain a safe and productive work environment producing a quality product which is shipped complete and on time to satisfy the…