Team Lead; 1st Shift

Nelson Global engineers, manufactures, and distributes clean and efficient Air & Fluid Transfer, NVH, Complex Structural, Acoustic, and Thermal Management Solutions. Nelson Global partners with the world’s leading OEMs. With 22 global manufacturing and distribution facilities and unparalleled engineering and innovation capabilities, Nelson Global provides mission critical solutions with the highest degree of reliability at the lowest cost. Our dedication to serving our employees, partners, and the planet responsibly is realized across three pillars of sustainability: environmental, social, and governance.

By empowering our people, reducing waste, and developing innovative and efficient systems, we support the communities and resources that spur the industries and technologies of the future.

This position is responsible for supervising the department(s) in accomplishing their strategic goals to include Safety, Quality, Delivery, Cost, and People (SQDCP). This includes making front line decisions that positively impact safety, quality, efficiency, and delivery. This person oversees team members to ensure they promote a safe, quality and team focused working environment at all times.

• Maintain and uphold department goals surrounding safety, quality, on time delivery and communicate this information daily to management, employees, and across shift
• Train, develop and hold team members accountable to safety, quality, and production compliance, along with sustaining 5S in all areas of their department(s) (5S= Sort, Straighten, Shine, Standardize, Sustain)
• Ensure team members are placed appropriately per shift to support production needs and maintain optimum efficiency
• Ensure the flow of resources is maintained and that production items are delivered as needed and used properly and efficiently
• Supervise and develop team members; complete performance reviews, identify personnel and overtime recommendations; address employee relation concerns; manage direct reports time keep and vacation in organization’s time keep program to company standards
• Enforce policy compliance; manage team members performance through Nelson Discipline process
• Facilitate in partnership with safety leadership, near miss investigations, safety, and employee incidents
• Support and participate in Continuous Improvement projects
• Promote employee satisfaction and follow up on employee relations concerns
• Work with HR around employee issues, investigation, and policy conformance
• Keep work area(s) safe and Clean (5S= Sort, Straighten, Shine, Standardize, Sustain)
• Complete timely and accurate paperwork
• Delegate responsibilities as needed
• Other responsibilities as assigned

• 2- 3 years’ experience in a manufacturing environment
• Previous leadership experience is preferred

• Understanding of manufacturing processes
• Ability to communicate with employees, opposite shifts, and leadership
• Must have strong computer skills in excel, word, Power Point
• Must have proficiency in reading and writing
• Organizing, Planning, and Prioritizing work
• Ability to handle multiple projects simultaneously and meet deadlines
• Common approach to continuous improvement
• Team player with a very positive attitude, willing to be a champion of change
• Strong oral and written communication skills
• Ability to communicate professionally and effectively with people at all levels of the organization