Line Leader

At Jabil we strive to make ANYTHING POSSIBLE and EVERYTHING BETTER. We are proud to be a trusted partner for the world's top brands, offering comprehensive engineering, manufacturing, and supply chain solutions. With over 50 years of experience across industries and a vast network of over 100 sites worldwide, Jabil combines global reach with local expertise to deliver both scalable and customized solutions. Our commitment extends beyond business success as we strive to build sustainable processes that minimize environmental impact and foster vibrant and diverse communities around the globe.

 

JOB SUMMARY

This position is responsible for leading their department on a day-to-day basis, managing workflow, making daily decisions, reaching daily production numbers, maintaining and enhancing productivity as well as ensuring a successful environment for employees.

ESSENTIAL DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES

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• Working with your team while providing leadership to the department
  • Communication with your team is essential:
    • Must be able to clearly state your objectives/assignments for the department
    • Approach staff with respect as well as leadership
    • Uphold the company’s standard of conduct
• Tracking metrics for the department(s) is required (both to report to Supervisor, as well as at production meetings); must be prepared with all information on a daily basis
• Continuously monitoring production results and adjust resources accordingly to consistently achieve goals
  • Must be able to reassign staff, as needed, to cover PTO
  • Extend department coverage in the event another lead is out on PTO
• Actively leading department processes to ensure all products meet/exceed established quality standards
• Driving compliance to FDA, ISO and Company requirements
• Championing efforts to comply with all safety, quality and operational documentation requirements and practices
• Recommending to supervisor when overtime is needed
  • All overtime must be pre-approved by either Supervisor or Operations Director
• Staging workflow within the department:
  • Must be able to stage/coordinate work in progress
  • Must be able to ensure First In First Out (FIFO) according to job creation date
  • Documenting/rejected devices not on approved list
  • Staging/sorting/organizing/documenting job orders
• Monitoring/maintaining all testing equipment
• Meeting or exceeding production performance expectations
  • Must continually check/monitor work flow throughout shift/department
  • Must co-ordinate job orders/work flow
  • Must be able to consistently track Job Orders/Devices, both via reporting and direct on the floor observation
• Managing the performance of non-exempt team members to include:
  • Documenting all Quality, Productivity, Behavior and Safety items in the tracker
  • Writing and participating in delivering performance improvement plans (PIPs)
  • Providing appropriate positive recognition when warranted
  • Developing employees          
• Informing supervisor of performance & attendance issues
• Assisting supervisor in day-to-day production activities
• Writing performance reviews (with Supervisor approval)
• Ability to provide weekend overtime shift coverage as needed
• Ability to work across three shifts as business needs determine
• Conducting Employee training within the department as required
• Ensuring the efficient use of materials/supplies within the department
• Fostering relationships with internal customers (Other Leads, Quality, Engineering, Maintenance, HR, etc.) to gain perspective and effectiveness when dealing with Operations issues
• Participating in problem-solving and recommending process improvements with other internal customers
• Assist with training and qualifying other team members to perform a variety of processes and operations
• Actively participating in and acting as “point of contact”, for all Environmental Health & Safety related matters within the department
• Willingness to be forklift certified if necessary
• Committed to building a positive culture
• Other responsibilities may be assigned & not all responsibilities listed may be assigned
• POLICIES: Know and follow policies and procedures and assure that direct reports know & follow policies & procedures related to work activities performed in area of responsibility
• TRAINING: Complete training in area of responsibility and assure that direct