Welding Production Lead Shift 1

• Primary Purpose

The Team Lead serves as a support resource, leading team members to meet production schedules, facilitate the safe and productive manufacture of high quality products, effectively drive and maintain the standardized work process; train team members in the proper method; and help the team to succeed in an environment based on BOS, continuous improvement, Lean manufacturing, and 5-S. Key characteristics of a successful team leader are problem-solving, coaching and eliminating waste in the organization by responding to abnormalities and following the TMS philosophy.

 

Duties

Safety:

• Review the safety board with all team members daily.

• Create a mentally-engaged, physical, and professional safe environment. 
• Champion and promote the plant’s safety policies and procedures by adopting the Tenneco safety culture.
• Lead by example in promoting safety practices and policies, including but not limited to, initiating start-of -shift stretches, wearing proper PPE, and holding all team members accountable for wearing theirs; following LOTO procedures; reminding the team about the importance of Hazcom labels (present, correct and legible data) and MSDS information.
• Report team member injuries and/or illnesses to Group Leader.

 

Ergonomics:

• Observe team members’ techniques as they perform the job functions and reduce overburden by counter measuring any awkward or excessive movements.  Collaborate with the supervisor and/or EH&S Manager to continuously improve the ergonomics of the work.   

 

5-S Process:

• Daily promote the 5-S Process for the cell or department.
• Continually evaluate the 5-S condition by observing the process area and follow–up on abnormalities.
• Complete any 5-S documentation and records as required by the 5-S plan.

 

Standardized Work:

• Team Leaders or their assigned designee train the team members in Standardized Work practices and follow up on any concerns that arise, actively listening for team members’ techniques or methods that potentially improve the standardized work. 
• Lead by example to ensure consistency of standardized work by all team members.
• Coordinate the “continuous improvement” of Standardized Work and follow-up to ensure changes are made or abnormalities are resolved.
• Train and audit team members in standardized work, update and revise standardized work (as necessary), and complete the training matrix to document all training.

  

Job Instruction Training:

• Train using the standardized work Teaching methodology: 1) Prepare the team member; 2) Present the operation to the team member; 3) Allow the team member to try out the operation; and 4) provide coaching and follow up.
• Validate job breakdown sheets and standardize work processes with the team.
• Provide department/new hire orientation as required for replacements.

 

Communication:

• Communicate with the next shift any and all issues/concerns resulting from your shift’s operations.
• Provide timely and effective feedback to help team members to strengthen specific skill areas needed to accomplish a task or solve a problem.
• Discuss in Glass Walls information concerning safety, quality, inventory, production schedules, etc and fosters continuous improvement through communication.
• Listen and talk to the team members to get a better sense of their concerns and issues.
• Assure upward communication of the issues and/or successes of the cell on an as-needed basis.
• Maintain the glass wall in a neat and organized manner. 
• Complete required paper work such as production record charts, quality information and logbook for shift-to-shift communication.

 

Production Output:

• Monitor the hourl