Group Leader - Lamination (Nights)

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Grade: 6

Position Overview:

The Group Leader provides front-line leadership for the lamination department, supporting daily production while ensuring safety, quality, and schedule adherence. This role leads approximately 15 team members, balancing hands-on boat building with accountability for workflow, materials, and continuous improvement

Essential Functions:

• Uphold and represent the Brunswick Integrity Playbook and Professional behavior and communications of a leader.
• Hands on boat builder (~10% - 15% of time). Delegate work as appropriate.
• Span of control is approximately 15 team members. Assembly: Responsibility for multiple workstations. 
• Drive accountability: Quality, safety, control of breaks/lunch times. 
• Desire to grow in leadership role. Partner with peers to resolve production and quality issues. 
• Yellow Belt (within 2 years) and lean competencies: A3 problem solving.
• Act as primary intra- and inter- department liaison on routine matters. Address basic conflicts or disagreements between crew leaders or team members.
• Tour job candidates through production areas and provide input for the hiring process to the Supervisor.
• MES tools. Basic computer skills will be a requirement. Log in / log out. (i.e., use Shop Floor, Workday, SharePoint, and access and use schedules and prints).
• Hold Crew Leads accountable for their roles and responsibilities.
• Ensure team has all materials needed to run production; remove obstacles to achieving daily production goals. Understand the root cause of downtime and inefficiencies and escalate issues to Production Supervisor.
• Understand production, communicate the throughput that is required to go through the workstations each day / week and making sure that the team members understand if we are adhering to schedule.
• Validate Shopfloor to ensure boats have been rolled and address any issues with Crew Lead.
• Make suggestions and recommendations to Supervisor regarding configuration of job breakdowns and layouts for run rate changes and new model integration.
• Friday work required as scheduled; able to work a flexible schedule to meet the demands of the business.

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Required Qualifications:

• High School diploma or GED preferred.
• Technical competence in multiple disciplines of boat building and safe operation of vessels.
• Minimum of 5 years’ lamination experience
• Proficiency in understanding prints and drawings.
• Must have strong written and verbal communication skills.
• Must work well with others, be a team player, and lead by example.
• Must be flexible to work extended hours to support the requirements of the business.
• Physical requirements may vary and may include, but not limited to, lifting, standing, stooping, standing, walking, bending, and climbing stairs.
• Must always possess the desire to work safely as well as report all hazards to the supervisor or manager immediately.
• Be aware of compliance findings/DPUs (defects per unit) and assist with investigations. Drive corrective actions on findings.
• Consult on RCA (root cause analysis) on defects and drive to resolution.
• Sign off on quality gates (critical to quality checks) & understand reoccurring quality issues.
• Ensure team has all materials needed to run production; remove obstacles to achieving daily production goals. Understand the root cause of downtime and inefficiencies and escalate issues to Production Supervisor.
• Understand production, communicate the throughput that is required to go through the workstations each day / week and making sure that the team members understand if we are adhering to schedule.
• Validate Shopfloor to ensure boats have been rolled and address any issues with Crew Lead.
• Make suggestions and recommendations to Supervisor re