Senior Lead - Assembly

Igloo Products Corp is an iconic and fast-growing American brand known for exceptional and durable performance for everyday cooler needs. After more than 75 years of as the leader as a housewares brand, Igloo has pivoted to a high growth lifestyle brand for outside activities associated with fun, family and friends

Founded in as a metalworking shop bringing fresh cold water to Texas workers in the field to inventing the Playmate to becoming America's most recognizable brand of ice chests, the Igloo story spans more than 75 years of delivering coolness to the world. Today, Igloo has 90% + brand awareness and is #1 in market share in the US, is a pioneer in sustainability for our category with the launch of biodegradable coolers and coolers made with from post-consumer recycled resin and other sustainable materials and has a growing DTC business allowing us to build direct relationships with our consumers.

In 2021, Igloo was acquired by Dometic Brands and now there is the opportunity to Globally grow both brands together.

We are on a journey of continuous growth - now looking for our next star - a passionate Senior Lead - Assembly.

This role ensures that the production department meets its production, quality assurance and scheduling goals by supporting the supervisor in direction of production activities on the assembly lines. The Sr. Assembly Lead must be flexible to adapt to changes in scheduling and able to handle high stress and high-speed decision-making scenarios. The Sr. Assembly Lead must have excellent working knowledge of their organization and can complete paperwork as required by their team or supervisors.

Your main responsibilities:

* Provides backup relief for Assembly supervisor during supervisor's absence

* Serves as subject matter expert in work area; coaches and guides Assembly line leads in day to day work

* Fills in for Assembly Line Leads as needed

* Ensures employees are provided with clear instructions/training along with the correct tools and PPE required; explains and demonstrates assembly line procedures to employees needing assistance or reinforcement

* Assists in conducting daily line and shift meetings - safety, reviews metrics, and assigns operators to workstations

* Assists supervisor in assessing part quality and troubleshooting quality concerns; provides escalated quality inspection of materials received and parts produced within department

* Ensures all employee labor transfers are conducted in a timely and accurate manner

* Ensures safe working practices are followed and all accidents, hazards, near misses, and property damage are reported on time; assists in investigation of safety incidents

* Reinforces the use of Personal Protective Equipment (PPE) with all team members

* Works with supervisor and other leads to adjusts staffing as needed, to ensure orders are processed in a timely manner

* Reviews production schedules, work orders, and staffing tables to determine personnel and materials requirements, and material priorities

* Performs all shift reporting including but is not limited to line clearance report, hourly production board update, foam parameter checks, and end of the shift report

* Reports all safety, productivity, quality, equipment, and staffing issues to the supervisor prior to shift start up or at product change over; when needed verifies that DJR (Discrete Job Report) matches each component listed and the finish product as a whole

* Ensures the goal for Efficiency and Attainment numbers are met

* Fills out Scrap Tickets (Non-Conforming Material Ticket) during and at the end of the shift, ensuring they are filled out properly and accurately

* Assists Line Lead in ensuring that ALL production is counted and tagged and sent to warehouse at the end of run

* Finds solutions for technical problems associated with assigned processes

* Performs assembly activities including screw gunning, foaming, cleaning and drain plug operation

* Makes minor adjustments to products by using screw-guns, case sealer, strap machine, packaging/tape machine, and applying labels

* Reviews Oracle system for demand of components

* Follows all safety policies and procedures

* Complies with…