Team Leader; Automotive Manufacturing

Job Description

To assist supervisor with the day-to-day activities and the production floor to help improve Safety, Quality, Operational Uptime and Efficiency. To operate as a trainer and coach for new and current team members to ensure safety and productivity for the manufacturing environment

Essential Duties and Responsibilities:

• Be obsessed with Safety of all employees and outside contractors in the building
• Be obsessed with the Quality of the parts being produced
• Ensure all quality standards are being met and record correctly in Plex
• Teaching and guiding employees on how to work safe and how to produce quality parts
• Assign all hourly production employees to their daily assignments
• Making sure everyone on the floor is following all PPE expectations
• Complete daily audits in all areas of the production floor that are assigned
• Complete daily End of Shift pass-down reports
• Report all equipment damage and property damage to appropriate resources as required
• Monitor production schedule and report all issues to Production Supervisor
• Complete regular area 5S/Housekeeping inspections
• Keep work in progress (WIP) and finished goods area organized
• Evaluate all inventory placed on hold, sort, and rework
• Maintains the work area and equipment in a clean and orderly condition and follows prescribed safety regulations
• Ensure compliance with corporate and plant safety standards
• Basic understanding of computers and ability to perform computer functions
• Ability to read and interpret documents such as blueprints, welding symbols, operating and maintenance instructions and procedure manuals
• Demonstrated detail orientation, self-motivation skills and ability to multi-task
• Demonstrated ability to effectively implement or respond to change
• Working safely as a condition of employment

Expectations

Employees are expected to follow all standards listed below:

• Consistently exhibit appropriate attendance habits, working the hours necessary to perform the job
• Organize and maintain efficiency of personal work area
• Provide necessary, accurate, and timely feedback of all pertinent information to co-workers and management
• Effectively communicate with co-workers and management personnel to enhance teamwork and communication initiatives
• Consistently adhere to and support company policies and procedures, including ISO
  14001, IATF
  16949, and safety regulations
• Accept instructions and duties in a positive manner
• Treat all co-workers with dignity and respect
• Actively support the E&E values

Physical Demands

The physical demands outlined below are representative of those that must be met by an employee to successfully perform the essen