Production Team Leader

Production Team Leader 

LOCATION: Hanover / Pennsylvania (US-PA), United States | BRAND: Sheppard | REQUISITION ID: 6838 | JOB GRADE: 14

| ON-SITE/REMOTE: On-site 

 

Founded in 1937, R.H. Sheppard Co. Inc. has a rich history of innovative design and American manufacturing excellence. Headquartered in Hanover, Pa., our dedicated team of over 700 employees supply components for the trucking and transportation industry worldwide. We are a wholly-owned subsidiary of Bendix Commercial Vehicle Systems LLC and a proud member of Knorr-Bremse.

Whatever your career path – whether it’s product innovation through engineering, working directly with our customers, manufacturing quality products or supporting our business in some other way, Sheppard – a Bendix CVS Company – delivers. Visit us online at www.rhsheppard.com/careers

 

JOB DESCRIPTION:

POSITION SUMMARY:                       

 

The incumbent is responsible for leading the day-to-day distribution of activities in production area to achieve performance goals in the areas of safety, quality, cost, delivery and KPS[1] in a high performing work team environment.  Must be capable of collaborating with cross-functional teams and management to address concerns and issues that affect safety, part quality, production efficiency, continuous improvement, etc.  The Production Team Leader will also have exceptional interpersonal, organizational, and management skills, demonstrating the ability to be an innovator and change agent.
 

ESSENTIAL DUTIES:
 

Leads and participates in DMS[2] and OEE[3] meetings and serves as back-up to Line Leaders.
Communicates relevant information with PTLs on alternate shifts for shift handovers to ensure consistency and meet priorities.
Maintains KPIs[4] and updates and audits DMS boards accordingly.
Assures lines are running efficiently through assignment of resources and delegation of responsibilities.
Addresses and escalates people, machine, method and material deviations as necessary.
Ensures performance of autonomous maintenance activities.
Audits, ensures and validates shift activities are consistently being performed; includes planning, quality checks, standard work, time and attendance reporting, and OEE system updates, including hour-by-hour[5] bottleneck station tracking.
Partners with logistics for planning, including attendance in daily meetings.
Partners with Line Leads and Sr. PTL(s) to update training matrices in effort to ensure manpower flexibility.
Establishes strong and effective working relationships that are conducive to maintaining a positive work environment.
Ensures team members are trained, in accordance with training matrices and onboarding plans, understand their roles and responsibilities, and are given appropriate performance feedback.
Promotes and drives the organization’s vision and utilization of KPS (Lean Manufacturing) methodologies.
Ensures compliance with all company procedures and policies; addresses issues and lack of compliance through coaching and feedback and escalates as necessary.
Responsible for interviewing, hiring and department training and onboarding to ensure full competency and production efficiency in areas of responsibility.
Understands and adheres to current company health, safety, and environmental policies and procedures, including ISO14001[6].  Is empowered to identify, stop, and communicate or escalate appropriate action regarding safety, health, and environmental concerns.
Understands and adheres to current company quality policies and procedures, including IATF16949[7].  Is empowered to identify, stop, and communicate or escalate appropriate action regarding product quality.  Uses standard inspection equipment or CMM (Coordinate Measuring Machine) to check parts produced.  Inspects parts to operator QCI (Quality Control Instructions) requirements.
Responsible for first piece inspection by assuring all print tolerances are held after set up and accurately completes job cards.  Fills out SPC (Statistical Process Control) charts and all charts required for the operation, where applicable.
Performs other duties as assigned, including coverage on line and in other departments/shifts as required.
 

CORE COMPETENCIES:
 

Leadership:  Demonstrates ability to give direction, motivate, manage and reward performance, provide constructive feedback and foster individual prof