Job Opening: Fabrication Group Lead

General Overview

This position is a direct labor position performing duties of a lead person in the injection mold and blow molding departments. The Fabrication Group Lead will assist in checking to ensure that daily work schedules and quality levels are met. The Group Lead will also perform the duties at other workstations as directed by the supervisor. This position will also help ensure productivity measures are met with top quality while adhering to all safety protocols and maintaining a clean environment that supports Lean concepts.

Overall Responsibilities

The list below highlights the essential job responsibilities but is not exhaustive.

• Implement Lean concepts and help lead staff in the successful understanding and practices associated with Lean. (5S, “Leader Standard Work” and “Standard Work”, etc.)
• Provide leadership abilities in preventing accidents by emphasizing the importance of safety and good work practices.
• Maximize efficiency in each production employee while maintaining exceptional quality, productivity, and production schedules.
• Informs the supervisor of any work discrepancy or parts deficiency for remedial action necessary to a continuing operation.
• Assists with data entry of production
• Ensures that schedules are communicated, measured, and followed up throughout the shift.
• Assist with all reporting of shift performance, incident management, and other reporting as assigned.
• Maintain a clean, orderly, and safe work environment.

Qualifications, Skills, Competencies

• Previous experience in a supervisory or lead role in a manufacturing environment
• Collaboration: effectively works with others to achieve goals
• Adaptability: anticipates and effectively adapts to change.
• Results Oriented: uses hard work and drive to accomplish quality outcomes.
• Team building: performs tasks, builds, leads, coaches, and engages teams for excellent results.
• Intelligent Risk Taking: good decisions even when the outcome is unknown.
• Employee Relatability: Ability to work with others to initiate resolution.
• Communication Skills: Ability to communicate effectively with production personnel.
• Computer Skills: Working knowledge of computer programs (i.e. Microsoft Office Products: Word, Outlook, Excel).
• Education: Associate’s degree, or two-year technical degree, or two-years of related experience in manufacturing as a Lead or Supervisor. Minimum education: High School diploma or GED.
• Desired but not required:
• Lean and or Sigma Green Belt or Black Belt certification,
• Visual Lean Daily Management,
• TPM knowledge and experience,
• 6 Sigma Concepts,

Physical Demands:

The physical demands described here are representative of those that must be met by an employee to successfully perform the essential functions of this job.

 While performing the duties of this job, the employee may be required to lift/carry up to 50 lbs. (pounds over this amount requires the use of safety mechanisms and devices available); push/pull up to 100 lbs. (pounds over this amount requires the use of safety mechanisms and devices available); frequent standing, sitting, bending, lifting, carrying, pushing, pulling and walking. Work may be repetitive in nature.