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Assembly Team Leader

ZF Friedrichshafen AG
Marysville, United Statesfull_timeVerifiedPosted 12 Feb 2025

About the role

Req ID 76940 | Marysville, United States, ZF Axle Drives Marysville, LLC

  

Job Summary

 

The Team Leader is responsible to follow the Company safety standards, Standard Work Instructions & Process Control Plans to produce a quality part while obtaining the specified Jobs Per Hour.  
 

Essential Skills and Experience


•    Must have an ability to understand complex machines and processes
•    Must have strong manual dexterity and fine motor skills
•    Must be quality oriented and pay attention to detail.
•    Must have good interpersonal and communication skills and be able to work in a team environment.
•    Must have the ability to work any shift – Marysville is a 3-shift operation.
•    Must be available to work required daily and weekend overtime.
 

Preferred Skills and Experience


•    Training/Education Requirements:  High School diploma required, some college or technical training preferred. 
•    Previous operator experience preferred.
 

Job Duties/Responsibilities

 

    Safety:
•    The team leader will and ensure their team practices and adheres to all safety requirements.
•    The team leader will be required to Facilitate and lead safety talks/Kaizens and collecting training sign in form
•    Determine the workplace organizational standards, and make sure that the Team is following the  5-Ss and that they promote a safe work environment.
•    Carry out daily checks to make sure the equipment and machines are in safe working order, and ergonomically sound.
•    Take corrective action on all unsafe work conditions.
•    Communicate all team safety problems, concerns, and corrective actions to other team members, team leaders, supervisors and management of all shifts.
•    Observe team members performing standardized work to make sure it is done safely and according to the correct procedures.
•    Encourage team member suggestions on improving safety within the team and keeping them informed on the status of their suggestions.
 

Job Duties/Responsibilities

Leadership:
•    Following all safety rules and regulations, plant policies and procedures without discipline
•    Maintain good attendance and professional behavior 
•    Maintain a clean teamwork area
•    Remain in department at all times except during relief periods
•    Serves as a team leader for another shift when other shift team leader is absent or other reasons
•    Facilitate auditing of WPE Methods and Processes (SWI, TPM, 5S) 
•    The team leader will be required to Facilitate and lead team/department meetings including start-up meetings, throughput meetings, quality meetings, etc. at a frequency to be established based on production demand.
•    The team leader will be expected to be actively involved in Process Optimization, and to be available to train and support new team leaders / members on the Machines and Processes within their area of responsibility
•    Facilitate and make sure that the job rotation among team members is fair and balanced.
•    Coach and counsel team members on non-disciplinary issues and safety related issues
•    Assist with the orientation of new team members when needed
•    Communicate with team members and provide regular feedback to team member and department supervisor on performance.
 

Job Duties/Responsibilities

  Quality:
•    Know all quality standards, which, relate to the team process.
•    Make sure that the team members follow all SWIs and quality standards.
•    Train new team members on existing and new process changes as necessary.
•     Make as many repairs as possible while the line is running.
•    After a problem has occurred, perform a root cause analysis to prevent future problems.
•    The team leader will have the ability to perform daily process audits as required.
•    The team leader has the responsibility to ensure that the quality control of the parts produced is according to the Work Instructions, Manufacturing and Control Plans defined for the task (eg. SPC Checking) as required.
•    Will have the ability to utilize quality reporting systems to collect and assess quality issues
•    The team leader is responsible for mastering or assisting in mastering certain manual, semi-automatic, and automatic stations.
 

Job Duties/Responsibilities

Cost:
•    Lead continuous improvement activities to continue to eliminate waste.
•    Maximize the value-added cycle time on jobs.
•    Encourage team members to participate in cost reduction activities.
•    Support the process and productivity improvements that will increase efficiency through waste elimination.
•    The team leader will have the ability to track

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