Team Leader

What Timken makes possible begins with you.
Those who came before us helped land a man on the moon, create the world's infrastructure, and introduce renewable energy alternatives. Now you can join the Timken team to write your own unique story and help drive what's next.

 

A career at Timken means you can have an immediate impact doing Work That Matters to the world— improving the efficiency of today's industrial equipment and preparing for the future of motion on our planet and beyond. New employees can start contributing right away, and there are many opportunities to advance your career at your own pace. Join our global team of 19,000 people in 45 countries, and start helping our customers push the limits of what's possible in their world of motion.

Team Leader  

 

Scope - This position is essentially a shift supervisor, without Performance Management responsibility.  However, input on employee performance management issues is part of the position's responsibilities.

 

Key responsibilities include: Providing leadership and support for operations team; assuring workplace safety; assuring adherence to quality requirements, attaining shift schedule production goals, and facilitating efficient operations.

 

This is a second shift position.  Regular work hours are 3:00 p.m. to 11:00 p.m. Monday - Friday.  Substantial weekday and weekend overtime may also be required.    
 
Essential Responsibilities 

Safety:

Promote a safe work environment by engaging team members in creating and sustaining a 5S workplace

• Ensure EHS policies and procedures are followed consistently
• Motivate team members to be involved in safety initiatives

Quality:

• Ensure employees and resources produce and deliver quality parts in an efficient manner to the next process and customer

Delivery:

• Lead team in problem solving manufacturing issues to ensure on-time, correct, and complete delivery

Productivity:

• Lead team in problem solving manufacturing issues to ensure shift schedule attainment
• Coordinate machine repair and preventive maintenance with shift maintenance technicians
• Ensure all jobs are performed on shift either by delegation or self-involvement

Teamwork:

• Develop and maintain a strong team through leading by example, training and communicating expectations
• Maintain Training Matrix to identify and address training needs of shift associates

Cost:

• Lead PDCA meetings to engage team in elimination of waste in their processes

Employee Engagement:

• Ensure strong communication between employees, shifts, and plant leaders
• Maintain employee schedules, track attendance, schedule vacations, and review time cards (audited by Group Leader)
• Provide input to Group Leader for performance reviews, disciplinary actions, corrective actions, and opportunities for improvement

 

Minimum requirements for this position are:

• Must have successfully completed Timken Manufacturing Operating System (TMOS) training (formerly called Lean Leader Academy) or will commit to enroll and complete next TMOS offering 
• Excellent leadership and communication skills 
• Computer skills including, but not limited to:  Microsoft Office Word / Excel; SAP
• Experience and skill in manufacturing operations
• High school diploma or GED

 

Preferred qualifications include:

• Associate's degree
• Experience in production planning, flow, and lean manufacturing principles

 

 

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