Summary
Under the supervision of the Manager in Charge, the Team Leader coordinates the activities of a group of employees, ensuring compliance with all safety, production, and quality standards. In addition, the Team Leader is responsible for operating equipment to produce a large variety of product in accordance with customer requirements and specifications. This includes both standard and custom-made products and parts.
Essential Duties and Responsibilities
This list of duties and responsibilities is not all inclusive and may be expanded to include other duties and responsibilities, as management may deem necessary from time to time.
- Support implementation of continuous improvement activities; maintains daily department metrics to prioritize activities.
- Sets daily production plan by scheduling personnel within a given scope or assigned work center to achieve daily schedule.
- Ensures operation of equipment by calling for repairs, scheduling with the utilization of internal resources.
- Use training matrix headcount requirements to train, cross-train, develop and coach team members to maximize quality and output; provide regular updates on personnel capabilities and training progress.
- Assure compliance with quality standards.
- Instruct and monitor production employees’ work practices and conformance with procedures.
- Use software to perform material and shop floor related transactions.
- Follow/create detailed instructions or blueprints, select resources, set up and operate machines.
- Assist in design and provide for modifications as needed.
- Create and maintain detailed job instructions.
- Check first runs and subsequent pieces to ensure product meets company and customer specifications.
- Set-up & program machines and compare against blueprint or template, and measure per inspection report.
- Provide quality feedback to appropriate personnel when necessary.
- Ensures machines are maintained per preventive maintenance manuals through regular audits; assigns personnel to perform preventive maintenance as needed.
- Maintain an organized work environment based on 5-S principles; Sort, Scrub, Standardize, Set in Order and Sustain.
- Maintain a safe and clean working environment; assist in injury investigation as needed.
- Perform inventory & material supply functions as required.
- Other duties as assigned.
