Machining Team Leader

ZF Group•Marysville, MI

2d•Onsite

About The Position

At ZF you are part of something greater! You contribute to a more efficient and greener tomorrow. You will be part of a dynamic, international organization and will produce high quality products in a safe, clean and flexible work environment. Job Summary: The Team Leader is responsible to follow the Company safety standards, Standard Work Instructions & Process Control Plans to produce a quality part while obtaining the specified Jobs Per Hour.

Requirements

Must have an ability to understand complex machines and processes.
Must have strong manual dexterity and fine motor skills.
Must be quality oriented and pay attention to detail.
Must have good interpersonal and communication skills and be able to work in a team environment.
Must be able to work any shift – Marysville is a 3-shift operation.
Must be available to work required daily and weekend overtime.
Must be able to perform repetitive tasks in a specified time while standing.
This position is required to do extensive walking, pushing & pulling throughout the production areas.
Must be able to lift and carry up to 25 pounds and use fine motor skills to handle parts or tools in a repetitive production environment.
High School diploma required.
Previous operator experience preferred.

Nice To Haves

Some college or technical training preferred.

Responsibilities

Ensure their team practices and adheres to all safety requirements.
Facilitate and lead safety talks/Kaizens and collecting training sign in form.
Determine the workplace organizational standards, and make sure that the Team is following the 5-Ss and that they promote a safe work environment.
Carry out daily checks to make sure the equipment and machines are in safe working order, and ergonomically sound.
Take corrective action on all unsafe work conditions.
Communicate all team safety problems, concerns, and corrective actions to other team members, team leaders, supervisors and management of all shifts.
Observe team members performing standardized work to make sure it is done safely and according to the correct procedures.
Encourage team member suggestions on improvements.
Maintain good attendance and professional behavior.
Maintain a clean teamwork area.
Remain in department at all times except during relief periods.
Serve as a team leader for another shift when other shift team leader is absent or for other reasons.
Facilitate auditing of WPE Methods and Processes (SWI, TPM, 5S).
Facilitate and lead team/department meetings including start-up meetings, throughput meetings, quality meetings, etc. at a frequency to be established based on production demand.
Be actively involved in Process Optimization, and be available to train and support new team leaders / members on the Machines and Processes within their area of responsibility.
Facilitate and make sure that the job rotation among team members is fair and balanced.
Coach and counsel team members on non-disciplinary issues and safety related issues.
Assist with the orientation of new team members when needed.
Communicate with team members and provide regular feedback to team member and department supervisor on performance.
Know all quality standards, which, relate to the team process.
Make sure that the team members follow all SWIs and quality standards.
Train new team members on existing and new process changes as necessary.
Make as many repairs as possible while the line is running.
Perform a root cause analysis after a problem has occurred to prevent future problems.
Perform daily process audits as required.
Ensure that the quality control of the parts produced is according to the Work Instructions, Manufacturing and Control Plans defined for the task (eg. SPC Checking) as required.
Utilize quality reporting systems to collect and assess quality issues.
Master or assist in mastering certain manual, semi-automatic, and automatic stations.
Lead continuous improvement activities to continue to eliminate waste.
Maximize the value-added cycle time on jobs.
Encourage team members to participate in cost reduction activities.
Support the process and productivity improvements that will increase efficiency through waste elimination.
Track, verify, and process scrap thru SAP scanning process.
Allocate and distribute manpower according to the situation and team member skills.
Facilitate and allocate coverage for Unplanned and Planned Time off for team members.
Perform equipment, machine, and tooling checks and procedures for shift start-up, shutdown and when necessary.
Know the part numbers that are used to build the department product.
Make sure that team members do not overproduce.
Actively participate in problem solving meetings and methods and communicate with team members and other teams to get information needed to prevent and resolve production problems.
Communicate the goals and objectives to the team members.
Encourage team members to offer suggestions regarding potential improvements.
Make sure that the team members have proper training.
Make sure that team members attend additional training as requested.
Encourage team members to be present at work, meetings, and other team activities.
Perform all functions within the Team Member job description along with the additional items specified on this document.
Be competent in various axle technologies and be able to diagnose problems, reset faults and perform preventative maintenance activities on manual, semi-automatic, and automatic stations.
Obtain nonproduction and production material within the plant to perform their duties.
Fill in as team member due to attendance while still maintaining team leader responsibilities.
Adjust start and stop time due to team leader responsibilities and required operational support.
Utilize production reporting systems to collect and assess production issues.
Facilitate and communicate production schedules and change overs up to and including deviations to the schedule.