Production Team Lead

HRT Solutions•Lowellville, OH

About The Position

The Team Lead coordinates and leads the daily workflow of Manufacturing Production Technicians while putting employee safety and health ahead of other duties. This is a hands-on leadership role that includes performing production tasks and managing daily shift scheduling and production. The Team Lead directs the production team, adjusts production to meet schedule or equipment needs, ensures standard operating procedures and quality standards are followed, and coordinates with Maintenance to optimize production and minimize downtime.

Requirements

High school diploma or GED.
Two to five years of experience in a highly automated production environment.
Previous experience working in a flexible, team-based production or manufacturing environment.
Practical experience with continuous improvement or Lean Manufacturing activities.
Basic computer skills, including MS Office.

Nice To Haves

Associate degree in a technical or manufacturing field.
Two to five years of production shift or team management experience, including conflict resolution, providing feedback, goal setting, and scheduling responsibility.
Previous experience with ERP systems; Oracle is preferred.

Responsibilities

Coordinate shift scheduling and allocate resources appropriately.
Adjust and operate machinery, anticipate and perform line changeovers, and coordinate with Maintenance to support the maintenance schedule.
Ensure required quality checks are performed and that actions are taken in response to the results.
Ensure the team follows first-level and autonomous maintenance practices.
Prepare technical documentation about process phases, methods, and cycle times; document process changes in SOP manuals; and participate in defining production sequences, calculating cycle times, and analyzing production work phases.
Share cycle-time data with internal teams and maintain performance indicators, including OEE, adherence to plan, changeover time, and waste.
Communicate performance indicators to the team and engage team members in continuous improvement.
Promote safe practices by leading by example, holding team members accountable, and reinforcing LOTOTO, machine guarding, working-at-height, and electrical safety rules.
Update Safe Operating Procedures; identify, report, and correct at-risk situations and behaviors; conduct root-cause analysis of incidents and near misses; communicate safety results in daily meetings; and lead safety improvement projects.
Apply 5S throughout the plant and propose improvements to housekeeping and organization.
Apply Lean Manufacturing principles in daily work to remove waste and non-value-added activity, and lead Lean improvement projects.
Support customer complaint resolution as the owner of production-related issues, using root-cause analysis and problem-solving.
Develop team-member competencies and update, modify, and train the team on Standard Operating Procedures.