Team Lead-Paint Dept

Location: Sullivan

Description

Purpose:The Team Leader - Paint provides day-to-day leadership and support for Paint Department operations while ensuring safety, quality, productivity, and customer requirements are achieved. This position assists with coordinating production activities, training employees, monitoring quality standards, scheduling work assignments, and supporting continuous improvement initiatives. The Team Leader serves as a key communication link between team members, supervisors, Sales, Shipping, Quality, Inventory Control, and the John Deere Coordinator to ensure customer expectations and production goals are met.

This position supports all aspects of the Paint Department, including the Hang-On/Take-Off Area, Packing Area, Washer, Powder Paint Room, and Bumper Cell operations.

Position Prerequisite:

Must meet the following requirements:

• Complies with all Agri-Fab policies, procedures, and safety requirements.

• Demonstrates a strong commitment to workplace safety and promotes safe work practices among team members.

• Interacts in a positive, professional, and cooperative manner with coworkers, customers, and management.

• Participates in required training and maintains compliance with annual safety training requirements.

• Supports continuous improvement initiatives and actively contributes ideas to improve safety, quality, productivity, and efficiency.

• Maintains a clean, organized, and safe work environment while ensuring team members follow housekeeping and 6S standards.

• Demonstrates strong attention to detail and commitment to quality.

• Communicates concerns regarding safety, quality, equipment, inventory, or production issues in a timely manner.

• Cross-trains and maintains proficiency in departmental operations.

• Works overtime, weekends, and holidays as required to meet business needs. Reliable attendance.

• Demonstrates leadership skills and the ability to motivate and guide team members.

• Must have a valid drivers license to obtain a fork truck certification.

• Must be certified in John Deere Horicon Standard HOR
10019

• Knowledge in JDV
20.1 and JDV 20.2

Essential Functions

Required but not limited to:

Leadership

1. Leads daily team meetings and communicates safety, quality, production, and continuous improvement objectives.

2. Assists with employee training, cross-training, onboarding, and development.

3. Supports and reinforces standard work practices throughout the department.

4. Delegates work assignments and balances manpower to achieve departmental goals.

5. Monitors employee performance and provides coaching to ensure adherence to safety, quality, and productivity expectations.

6. Maintains regular communication with the Department Supervisor regarding departmental performance, staffing needs, and operational concerns.

7. May serve as acting supervisor during supervisor absences.

Production/Planning

1. Schedules and coordinates daily production activities based on inventory levels, customer demand, production capacity, and shipping requirements.

2. Prioritizes production orders to meet customer delivery commitments.

3. Coordinates with Production Control, and the John Deere Coordinator to support on-time customer shipments.

4. Orders cartons, packaging materials, and production supplies to support operations.

5. Coordinates staffing and workflow between Paint Department operations and Bumper Cell activities as production requirements change.

6. Orders materials and components from the warehouse as needed.

Quality Assurance/Document Tracking

1. Monitors departmental quality performance and ensures compliance with work instructions, process sheets, and customer requirements.

2. Completes check sheets, inspection records, traceability documentation, and production paperwork for accuracy and completeness.

3. Tracks and maintains inspection data, quality records, production metrics, and logging them in the QC folder.

4. Identifies quality trends and supports corrective actions and continuous improvement activities.

5. Verifies parts, materials, and finished products using work instructions, blueprints, specifications, and approved quality standards.

6. Ensures proper identification, counts, and documentation of…