Industrial Fabricator Lead

AFC Materials Group•Lake in the Hills, IL

5d•Onsite

About The Position

AFC Materials Group is hiring for an Industrial Fabrication Lead to join their team in Lake in the Hills, IL. This role is responsible for industrial department operations, assisting workers in various processes to convert material into finished products for conveyor belts or custom products for select industries. The Lead will oversee the daily activities of the fabrication department for their shift, provide direction to the team, ensure work completion, and communicate with other departments. The position requires a leader who embraces AFC's Core Values, can work under direct supervision, and effectively communicate and enforce company policies. The role involves suggesting process improvements, ensuring a safe work environment, training employees, calculating production numbers, and overseeing daily production jobs. Quality checks, inventory transactions, cycle counts, and cutting materials to specifications are also key responsibilities. The fabricator will hand stitch, iron, and create belts from raw materials, place correct ends and lacing, fabricate other parts, and roll, tape, and apply pins to belts. The role requires reading orders and carrying out essential functions with minimal supervision, operating industrial sewing machines, and using utility knives for precise trimming. Maintaining a clean work area and managing stocked material levels are also part of the duties.

Requirements

High school diploma or GED
Prior manufacturing experience
Ability to lift up to 50 lbs (or team-lift up to 100 lbs)
Basic computer skills and ability to learn internal systems
Ability to work under direct supervision and report to the Production Supervisor.
Ability to carry out the instructions provided and lead others to do the same.
Support, clearly communicate, and enforce company policies and initiatives.
Suggests process improvements and is a change agent, following through when change is necessary.

Nice To Haves

Must be a leader embracing and modeling AFC’s Core Values

Responsibilities

Leads the daily activities of the fabrication department for corresponding shift and gives direction to team.
Ensures work is completed during the shift and communicates with other departments.
Ensures the department’s work environment and work processes are safe, training employees in the company’s established processes.
Creates and leads training and supports cross-training efforts through the department.
Calculate production numbers at the end of the shift, relating to sales numbers and quantities produced for all production cells.
Complete and communicate all beginning/end of the shift duties that are required.
Oversees the daily activities required to process the current production jobs, ensuring safety throughout the process.
Produces quality checks on work and assists in resolution of quality problems and returned products.
Correctly completes all inventory transactions in the ERP system.
Participates in cycle counts, inventory management, and trains others on the process, as needed.
Cuts material to correct lengths by reading and interpreting work orders, making corrections to work orders, as needed.
Hand stitches, irons, and creates belts from raw materials according to customer specifications in a job shop environment.
Places correct end and lacing to belt.
Fabricate other parts other than belting.
Roll, tape, and apply correct pins to belt.
Read orders and carry out essential functions of the job without much supervision.
Operate the industrial sewing machine, making sure the stitching and the material applied to the end and/or sides are applied correctly.
Use utility knives to trim materials to very close tolerances.
Cleans work area, machines, tools, equipment and keeps track of stocked material levels.
All other duties as assigned