Lead Shipping- 2nd shift

Knorr-Bremse•Huntington, WV

2d•Onsite

About The Position

The Lead Shipping role leads the team while also performing regular service technician and production duties as needed. The lead is responsible for ensuring optimum ELS, troubleshooting equipment, implementing production improvements, and helping the team achieve its safety, quality, and production goals. The position is on-site in Huntington, Indiana, on second shift, and pays $23.38 per hour plus a $1 per hour differential. The role includes training and supporting team members, monitoring production operations, assisting with line setups and changeovers, maintaining team-board metrics, and coordinating with other shifts. It also involves packaging multilevel kits, material handling, visually inspecting parts, and operating production and material-handling equipment. The work is fast-paced and repetitive, with no downtime allowed. Employees may be required to work overtime on short notice and to spend 15–30 minutes daily outside normal shift hours coordinating with other shifts.

Requirements

Ability to facilitate teamwork and work in a team-oriented manufacturing environment.
Basic computer skills, including SAP.
Ability to effectively multitask assignments.
Strong interpersonal and problem-solving skills.
Knowledge of and ability to visually inspect parts.
Knowledge of and ability to use banders, wrappers, labelers, and lift assists.
Mechanical aptitude.
Forklift license for stand-up, order picker, and sit-down forklifts.
Safety-oriented, quality-conscious, and customer-focused approach.
Bias for action, teamwork, self-motivation, excellent attendance, attention to detail, and a strong sense of urgency.
Flexibility, ability to learn quickly, and ability to work in a fast-paced environment.
Ability to lift heavy parts up to 40 pounds frequently and occasionally up to 60 pounds.
Dexterity and agility to perform highly repetitive movements.
Ability to stand for 8 hours or more.
Ability to operate stand-up, order picker, and sit-down forklifts.
Ability to work overtime as required on short notice.

Responsibilities

Train, develop, monitor, and support team members using standardized work instructions.
Monitor production operations to support safety, product quality, and production efficiency.
Support and conduct line setups and changeovers.
Help keep the department running to achieve optimum ELS.
Ensure compliance with Product Safety Procedure requirements and the Product Safety Escalation Process.
Communicate and coordinate with other shifts to maintain consistency and achieve goals, including 15–30 minutes daily before or after normal shift hours.
Follow the daily team startup routine and communicate production goals and plant metrics.
Update, communicate, and address team-board metrics.
Support and facilitate participation in KPS, including Quick Kaizens.
Coach the team in basic problem-solving skills.
Troubleshoot equipment and implement production improvements.
Perform production and service technician duties as needed, including packaging multilevel kits and material handling.
Visually inspect parts and operate production equipment such as tapers, baggers, banders, wrappers, and labelers, as well as lift assists and forklifts.
Move between jobs and perform repetitive work in a fast-paced production environment.
Work overtime as required on short notice.