Assembly Team Leader - 3rd Shift

Assembly Team Leader - 3rd Shift

Provides support to the Decoration and Assembly (D&A) Team Leader with Assemblers I's, providing training and all other performance support including compliance with all company policies. Assist D&A Team Leader on properly executing all processes, procedures and tests to quality standards and customers' expectations. Assists D&A Team Leader with proper setup of assembly lines (ergonomically & safe), correct staffing and the expected level of throughput is met according to the production schedule.

Maintains a safe and healthy work environment including ensuring zero workplace incidents by avoiding unsafe acts and conditions.

Assist D&A Team Leader with their responsibilities on goals and objectives and ensure Assemblers I's have access to tools, knowledge, and necessary work environment to be successful with their responsibilities.

Supervision:

• Overseeing all aspects of assembly activities such as job assignments, quality, inventory, and safety.
• Schedules daily assignments by using the Production Schedule Summary (PSS), and information relayed by previous shift. Assigns production jobs to be completed as efficiently as possible by scheduling trained Team Mates on available machines as needed to produce orders in a timely fashion.
• Monitoring the work to ensure it is completed in an efficient and cost-effective fashion.
• Verifying that documentation associated with production has been completed.
• Enforcing all company policies and procedures
• Authorizing and scheduling Team Mate vacation consistent with the needs of the department/company
• Accurately recording Team Mate time and attendance information in ADP.
• Ensuring functional activities are managed safely, efficiently, productively and in compliance with all applicable laws, regulations, and company policies.
• Respecting the confidentiality of company, customer, and personnel information.

Maintaining Team Mate job performance by coaching, counseling, disciplining, planning, monitoring, and appraising job results.

Maintaining a high level of communication to ensure good relations with Team Mates and maintaining positive morale.

Maintaining a positive attitude and cooperative working relationship with Team Mates throughout the company.

Communicating all disciplinary needs and documentation to the D&A Team Leader.

Production / Productivity:

• Staffing lines according to the number of Team Mates needed.
• Ensuring parts are being assembled and packed according to specifications and instructions.
• Adjusting personnel and machine work assignments as conditions warrant, assigning Team Mates alternate work during machine downtime.
• Communicating with the previous shift Team Leaders, with a goal to understand the problems and situations that might be seen throughout the shift.
• Investigating production problems, with a goal to minimize down time and maximize the production of good quality parts.
• Ensuring that all equipment is running as efficiently as possible. Documenting non-conforming conditions with machines on a Maintenance, Repair, and Overhaul (MRO) work order. Maintains effective intra-and inter-departmental communications.
• Monitoring computer entries, and reviewing Work Orders for accuracy and completeness .

Quality:

• Performing daily audits to ensure all necessary quality tests/inspections are being completed correctly.
• Cooperating with the Quality Department; enforcing and adhering to all quality procedures.
• Qualifying Team Mates for regular production work by verifying they understand and are capable of completing quality tasks.
• Performing random quality checks.
• Documenting non-conforming conditions by initiating the Material Review Board (MRB) process.
• Analyzing and adjusting equipment as needed to verify that production meets quality specifications.
• Cooperating in the investigation of customer complaints so that root causes can be determined and eliminated.
• Verifying the accuracy of all computer entries.
• Providing annual training of quality procedures.

Safety and Housekeeping:

• Enforcing safety policies and regulations
• Assisting the D&A Team Leader in investigating Team Mate incidents and near misses; unsafe acts are discussed promptly with appropriate discipline issued; necessary paperwork is completed.
• Advising and cautioning Team Mates about potential problems and dangers; implementing changes that reduce/eliminate safety hazards.
• Ensuring that all equipment utilized in the Plant is free of recognized hazards.
• Ensuring that the equipment is operated in accordance with manufacture's recommendations, and all Team Mates have been trained in the safe and proper use of the equipment.
• Addressing corrective actions in a timely fashion and ensuring that issues are not repeated in subsequent monthly inspections.
• Making housekeeping a day-to-day practice by ensuring that Safe Quality Food (SQF) guidelines are followed as a matter of routine.
• Ensuring that tools and other equipment are stored properly.

Training:

• Ensuring that Team Mates have been…