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Team Leader - Extrusion 2nd Shift

Delta Faucet Company
Delta - Lapeer, United States, United Statesfull_timeVerifiedPosted 17 Mar 2025

About the role

The Extrusion team leader is responsible for team and area activities to include operating the Extrusion machine that heats, forms, and molds raw materials into plastic sheets. The leader assures that the team has the knowledge, equipment and materials needed to perform their work. They confirm that the team is performing quality inspections, performing regular, preventive, tank and other equipment maintenance, documenting performance metrics on the technical board, and reporting out.

Essential Duties and Responsibilities: (including but not limited to)

· Work safely while performing job duties, assure that team is following safety guidelines for tasks

· Start up and shut down machine, lead SMED activities for line change events, control process through the job start to finish

· Operate machine to make acceptable products

· Confirm product quality, perform inspections and make quality decisions

· Perform regular and preventive machine maintenance, submit maintenance work orders for repairs

· Complete daily tasks and inspections check lists

· Make hazard observations, observe unsafe actions, and report both using Delta’s procedures.

· Document and update performance metrics. Report out at technical board

· Other duties as assigned.

Leadership Role and Responsibilities: (including but not limited to)

Continuous Improvement activities:

Conduct Kaizen, A3 and PDCA events

Create and sustain job instructions

Communicate projects, progress and issues

Training:

Assess and develop team members’ skills

Mentor and develop skills of individual team members

Conduct training

Quality:

Communicate quality requirements, goals, and performance

Audit to standard work

Safety:

Communicate safety requirements, goals, and performance

Work safely

Perform safety audits & ensure PPE is being used properly

Identify and report EHS&S observations and incidents

Materials:

Expedite material movement through processes

Ensure compliance to procedures through accurate production reporting

Production:

Monitor processes to maintain controls

Identify processes that need intervention and improvement

Respond to and facilitate team members’ improvement suggestions

Drive, document, analyze and maintain team’s metrics

Monitor scrap and first pass yield data to reduce waste

People:

Lead daily huddles

Assign work tasks and coordinate vacation scheduling, cover absences and provide relief

Recognition / celebrate the accomplishment of goals

Provide orientation of new team members

Other duties as assigned.

Education and Experience/Skills: Complete Shop Floor Management TL modules within 12 months of starting in role

Previous experience in a production environment

High School graduate or GED preferred Ability to interpret reports & analyze data

Proficiently use computer, MS Office programs and SAP

Must be able to: Demonstrate leadership

Be a role model for the Delta Faucet values

Work independently, make decisions, and communicate with others

Lift, bend and reach, including below waist level and above shoulder level

Lift, push and pull weights of up to 25lbs frequently and up to 50lbs. occasionally

Use hands to manipulate parts and machine controls

Use vision to read labels and inventory sheets

Work assigned schedules including daily overtime and weekend work

Company: Delta Faucet Company

Shift 2 (United States of America)

Full time

Hiring Range: $23.74 - $27.21

Actual compensation may vary based on various factors including experience, education, geographic location, and/or skills.

Delta Faucet Company (the “Company”) is an equal opportunity employer and we want to have the best available persons in every job. The Company makes employment decisions only based on merit. It is the Company’s policy to prohibit discrimination in any employment opportunity (including but not limited to recruitment, employment, promotion, salary increases, benefits, termination and all other terms and conditions of employment) based on race, color, sex, sexual orientation, gender, gender identity, gender expression, genetic information, pregnancy, religious creed, national origin, ancestry, age, physical/mental disability, medical condition, marital/domestic partner status, military and veteran status, height, weight or any other such characteristic protected by federal, state or local law. The Company is committed to complying with all applicable laws providing equal employment opportunities. This commitment applies to all persons involved in the operations of the Company regardless of where the employee

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