Team Lead I

Mueller Water Products•Cleveland, TN

About The Position

The Team Lead I ensures that team members on supported production lines are appropriately trained and follow their position’s standard operating procedures. The role also assists the Production Supervisor as needed or in the Supervisor’s absence. The position works in a manufacturing production environment and provides hands-on and verbal training, guidance, troubleshooting, and support to help meet production goals. It also performs assembly, inspection, and other production duties while following safety requirements and work-order specifications.

Requirements

Advanced math skills, including understanding measurement concepts and their applications.
Familiarity with basic and advanced measuring tools and knowing when to use them for parts inspection.
Organized and detail-oriented.
Ability to follow detailed verbal and written assembly instructions, processes, and procedures.
Ability to read and understand work orders and assembly instructions.
Ability to prepare and assemble materials and parts in a manufacturing production environment.
Ability to perform quality-control checks and verify work-order specifications.
Ability to complete basic forms and reports and label products correctly.
Ability to communicate and work effectively with others.
Ability to provide guidance, troubleshooting, and best practices.
Ability to lift and carry or otherwise move up to 50 pounds occasionally.
Ability to sit and stand in a stationary position for prolonged periods, walk around an industrial plant daily, and occasionally ascend or descend stairs.
Good manual dexterity to use a computer, copier, fax, phone, and industrial equipment.
Ability to speak and communicate clearly and accurately, and to hear and see in safety-sensitive plant areas.
Ability to function in a high-pressure production environment and in both plant and office settings.

Nice To Haves

Knowledge of welding principles.
Experience in an industrial or manufacturing environment.
Professional Welding Certification.

Responsibilities

Work safely in the manufacturing production environment.
Follow detailed verbal and written assembly instructions, processes, and procedures.
Read and understand customer work orders, assembly instructions, blueprints, and technical drawings.
Train coworkers on multiple processes and procedures, providing hands-on and verbal job-function training as needed.
Dismantle, assemble, and paint valves and bolts; fasten components using welds, rivets, hand tools, and power tools.
Operate hand and power tools, presses, drills, saws, lifts, and control equipment efficiently and safely.
Perform quality-control checks and verify work-order specifications.
Communicate and work effectively with others, including leadership and other departments.
Report problems with quality, processes, equipment, and materials to the Production Supervisor or appropriate party.
Assist in the RCCM (Root Cause, Counter Measure) process to resolve issues.
Maintain a clean and organized work area.
Operate forklifts and overhead cranes using approved rigging methods as directed.
Perform other routine duties as directed.
Provide guidance and direction as needed to meet production-line goals.
Assist the Supervisor as needed or in the Supervisor’s absence.