Production Shift Leader

Production Shift Leader - Electrode

Full Time

Spring Hill, TN, US

Ultium Cells Overview:

Ultium Cells, LLC. is a joint venture Lithium-ion battery cell manufacturing plant between LG Energy Solution, Ltd., and General Motors. This high-technology plant will have the latest in battery cell manufacturing technology. 

Ultium Cells’ partners include LG Energy Solution, Ltd.; the world’s largest manufacturer of automotive battery cells, and General Motors; a global company committed to delivering safer, better and more sustainable ways for people to get around.

Job Description:

The Production Shift Lead is responsible for safely producing the highest quality battery cells and will execute and be accountable for all production related activities within the departments, including meeting production, throughout, and yield requirements. The Production Shift Lead will be responsible to understand upstream and downstream processes and work with other Shift Leads as One Ultium Team to ensure efficient operation of the business to support customer demand.

The Production Shift Lead has responsibility for a large group of employees including supervisory personnel. The position involves a considerable amount of initiative in decision making and is accompanied by a high level of independent judgment. Strong people skills are required in this position, working in a joint venture environment, supporting the requirements of Ultium’s customer and parent companies, engaging hourly team members, and building a unique and inclusive Ultium culture. Ensuring the Ultium team has strong, collaborative relationships is critical.

The Production Shift Lead will be expected to understand how the equipment functions and to properly interact with the technical resource teams that support production. Technical proficiency, the ability to learn quickly, and a drive for continued technical learning/problem-solving is also important in this role.

Responsibilities:

• Manage the floor operations for their assigned departments
• Understand, promote, educate, communicate, and follow up on safety processes, deliverables, and initiatives
• Maintain a safety/quality culture through direct interaction with the team, audits/observation and incident investigation, with a proactive mindset
• Have a proactive problem-solving mindset to drive continuous improvement
• Be responsible for staffing of the production team
• Develop collaborative relationships with key support resources, Maintenance, Engineering, Quality, HR, Supply Chain, IT, etc.
• Lead planning activities across shifts, ensuring the operation has the proper resources and scheduled activities to effectively perform operations
• Have excellent communication, planning and organizational skills
• Leverage experience with Lean Manufacturing Systems (people empowerment, minimization of waste, standardized training and processes) and ensure execution of these processes
• Manage the floor level operations training plan for the production team
• Manage the training, coaching, and development of production supervisors
• Have the knowledge of quality control procedures, manufacturing processes, technical support systems, and management systems as they relate to the production operations
• Leverage IT systems in the plant to optimize production activities
• Must be willing to rotate shifts
• Responsible for a system of communication of production status/issues to adjacent shifts and departments
• Champion metrics, ensuring metrics/deliverables of the team are understood and aligned with overall plant metrics/deliverables
• Adjust the schedule as needed as a result of production customer changes, downtime, required repair windows, or continuous improvement activities
• Lead regular shift meetings for communication, planning, and key performance indicators
• Execute continuous improvement process workshops in the areas of throughput, quality & cost
• Manage assigned budget and achievement of productivity improvements.
• Operates as an effective communicator and relationship builder in a multi-cultural joint venture environment

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