Team Lead - Finishing Job

Primary location: Johnstown, Ohio
Relocation offered: No

Shift: 2nd

Hours: 3:15 PM - 1:15 AM
Employment status: Full-Time
Non-compete: N/A
 

 

Job Output

 

Under the supervision of the Production Supervisor, the Finishing Team Lead is responsible for promoting a safe working environment while supporting and enforcing company policies and mentoring/developing employees on every aspect of production.

 

Essential Duties and Responsibilities include the following.  Other duties may be assigned.

 

Leadership Responsibilities

• Train and lead the workforce in the Finishing area.
• Responsible for ensuring and maintaining all manufacturing standards, ensuring work schedules are accomplished and manpower is scheduled accordingly. 
• The primary area of responsibility includes the Finishing area.
• Develop processes to improve our current work practices.
• Commit to and follow the facility Mission, Vision and Values that support the AWI Operating Principles as an individual and team.
• Attend and participate in all required company training programs and meetings.
• Reduce waste by supporting the ideas of the team members and bringing projects to fruition.
• Make appropriate running decisions to prevent excessive defects and/or downtime.
• Perform routine and non-routine repetitive production and/or service duties including but not limited to: operation of specialty machinery, setup of complex tooling and equipment, completion of reports and logs, and follow-up on work schedules.
• Develop a knowledge of the processes in the area in order to fill in when operators are out of the office and be the first point of contact for the team during troubleshooting.
• Ensure operators are all keeping accurate records of production and quality.
• Conduct shift meetings with team to cover safety, quality, and to provide direction and goals for daily activities and review the prior day’s results. 
• Communicate employee issues to Operations Manager and HR Generalist to ensure all legal employment standards are followed and to address any employee relations issues. 
• Address staffing needs, schedule manpower, and assign work to others. 
• Work with the procurement and inventory team to schedule and address material issues. 
• Interpret process sheets for workers and make suggestions for improvements on process sheets that would improve understanding.
• Must be willing and able to work split shift and overtime as required.  

 

Environmental, Health, & Safety

• Follow all Company, OSHA Safety, and EPA Environmental Policies.
• Always ensures personal safe behavior and encourages safe behavior in others.
• Participates in safety related events/trainings/processes.
• Conform to all company policies and procedures.
• Maintain clean and organized work area.
• Proper cleaning and maintenance of equipment.
• Report any safety/environmental incidents.
• Complete proper paperwork for incidents, near misses, risk assessments, and other safety related items promptly. 

 

Quality

• Maintain a high level of customer focus in producing quality products and services that do not sacrifice the safety of others, oneself, nor the environment.
• Work with various personnel in the plant and/or corporate to solve issues on the floor.
• Ensure that the standards for quality, output, safety etc. are adhered to and improved upon.
• Troubleshoot issues that are within your knowledge and control. Decide quickly to contact more resources for issues outside of your knowledge and control.
• Support the development of standards for all equipment and processes in the area.
• Ensure standard recipes are being followed regularly without unrecorded deviations.
• Understand who to contact when product quality or raw material quality is out of specification.
• Lead the team in the hold process to prevent the customer from receiving out of specification material.
• Create and/or improve upon standard work processes including but not limited to:
  • Start Up
  • Shut Down
  • While Running
  • Change Overs
  • Troubleshooting
  • Downday

 

Cost

• Look for projects or methods to reduce cost without sacrificing the quality of the parts or safety of the process.
• Enable employees to participate in or lead projects/events that would improve the processes.
• Drives waste out of operation.

 

Supervisory Responsibilities: Direct the work activities of 8-12 employees.                         

 

Travel:  Minimal; less than 5% for s