Press Technical Leader

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Job Number: 62841 
Group: Cosma International  
Division: Bowling Green Metalforming 
Job Type: Permanent/Regular 
Location: BOWLING GREEN 
Work Style:  

 

About us

We see a future where everyone can live and move without limitations. That’s why we are developing technologies, systems and concepts that make vehicles safer and cleaner, while serving our communities, the planet and, above all, people.

 

Forward. For all.

 

Group Summary

Cosma provides a comprehensive range of body, chassis and engineering solutions to global customers. Through our robust product engineering, outstanding tooling capabilities and diverse process expertise, we continue to bring lightweight and innovative products to market.

About the Role

The Technical Leader is responsible for all team members’ safety and well-being, overall development and supervision of Press Team Members, toolmakers, and automation technicians, health and safety, quality, customer cost, productivity, and ergonomic issues through using the company policies and procedures and the Magna Employee’s Charter as a guideline. To provide assistance to the BUL in a way that supports the Magna Charter, Corporate Constitution, and customers, investors, and employees.  He/she will support the assigned press line on all shifts by providing guidance and tools they need in order to be safe and productive.
 

Your Responsibilities

1. Know and understand Bowling Green Metalforming Quality and Environmental policies.
2. Follows and supports and Magna’s operating principles. 
3. Follow and enforce all plant safety rules and policies.
4. Ensure daily pre-shift inspections are completed, conduct unplanned inspection audits on a weekly basis and planned inspection audits once a month.
5. Routinely make visual inspections of emergency evacuations routes correcting any safety concerns immediately.
6. Within 24 hours of an accident/incident complete accident investigations identifying root cause and corrective action.
7. Ensure weekly safety talks in pre-shift meetings are being conducted with team members signing safety training roster. 
8. Understand and promote Magna’s philosophies and the Employee’s Charter.
9. Immediately attend to all accidents and injuries and initiate the accident and injury investigation program, while following up to ensure procedure implementation and completion.
10. Utilize interactive management principles when implementing corrective discipline procedures in dealing with team members, encourage professional development to enhance team performance, and cross train to maximize flexibility and coverage to accommodate vacations and absences.
11. Provide timely coaching, counseling, and feedback to Team Members through one-on-one sessions, performance evaluations, and regular team meetings to ensure fulfillment of policies, practices, and procedures.
12. Schedule, supervise, coordinate and direct the activities of team members, equipment and materials to ensure that quality and productivity standards are met for the assigned press line. 
13. Provide technical leadership to the press line with the expectation to be the subject matter expert for all operations of the press line including but not limited to material flow, equipment and process setup, programming and adjustments to the press, automation, feedline equipment and tooling
14. Ensure compliance with press department, company and customer quality standards and procedures.
15. Establish and maintain effective communication with other departments as well as conduct all business activities in a professional manner.
16. Participate/initiate in continuous improvements and take advantage of cost reduction opportunities.
17. Promote, participate and implement Lean activities as they are introduced such as 5S, Kanban, PDCA’s and Standardized work. 
18. Demonstrate good root cause analysis and troubleshooting skills.
19. Ability to be proactive by identifying issues ahead of time and planning accordingly. 
20. Ensure the improvement of Press Department KPI’s by participating in the tracking and enhancement measures that are implemented.
21. Perform other duties as required

(This job description in no way implies that these are the only duties to be performed in this position. Team members will be required to follow a