Team Lead-Materials (Days)

Twin City Fan CompaniesBrookings, SD
Onsite

About The Position

This role is responsible for assisting with department training, ensuring quality checks and paperwork are completed, supporting lean manufacturing principles, and maintaining a clean working environment. The Team Lead will highlight critical issues to operations management, communicate daily information to Value Stream Leaders, and coordinate maintenance activities. They will ensure the safe and timely production of deliverables by effectively utilizing people, equipment, and materials. This role also assists the Value Stream Leader with employee activities, including evaluations, discipline, and root cause analysis. The Team Lead identifies and corrects unsafe acts or conditions, assists employees with machinery malfunctions, participates in Gemba, and helps create/update standard work instructions. They will work in the department up to 80% of the time to maintain workflow and may act as a certified First Responder. Compliance with ISO-9000 procedures is required, and the Team Lead will act as a role model for team engagement and morale, embodying TCF Core Values.

Requirements

  • High school diploma or GED (required)
  • 2+ year in a manufacturing environment
  • Ability to read and interpret documents, such as policies and procedures, work instructions and standards.
  • Ability to communicate verbally with co-workers in a productive manner.
  • Ability to lead and direct the work of others.
  • Ability to work as a team member to achieve overall Company objectives.
  • Ability to maintain confidentiality of employee information. This includes, but is not limited to: performance, illness, investigations and personal information.
  • Basic knowledge of shop math, hand tools, power tools, and fan knowledge.
  • Basic ability to read shop orders, read blueprints, and read a tape measure.
  • Understand and promote company KPI goals and core values.
  • Meet expectations in Safety, Quality, Delivery and Efficiency.
  • Interpersonal skills in efficient time management, good attendance, take/accept accountability, make ethical decisions, be customer focused, and work effectively with others.

Nice To Haves

  • The following certifications and training, if required, will be provided by the company: Electric and Manual Pallet Jack Training Forklift and Bridge Crane Training

Responsibilities

  • Assist with department training plan, progress, and cross training efforts to increase flexibility and ensure 100% coverage.
  • Ensure Quality checks and paperwork is complete before product leaves department.
  • Support lean manufacturing and continuous improvement principles.
  • Assist with 5S improvements, Visual Factory Improvements, and Changeover/Setup Reductions.
  • Ensures employees maintain a clean working environment to include open aisles and good housekeeping as needed.
  • Maintain Continuous Improvement mindset within the production teams.
  • Highlight critical issues of value stream to the Operations management team and champion to resolution.
  • Communicates daily all relevant information to Value Steam Leaders.
  • Informs maintenance of any work orders through MMS.
  • In conjunction with Maintenance personnel, coordinates maintenance activities with department requirements and schedules.
  • Ensures the safe and timely production of scheduled deliverables by effectively utilizing people, equipment, and material.
  • Assists the Value Stream Leader with employee activities, including evaluation and discipline; Corrective Action Request responses and seeking out root cause solutions; collecting Daily Metrics and annual performance evaluations.
  • Identifies and corrects unsafe acts or conditions, both in primary duties within department and throughout the plant.
  • Assists employees with diagnosing malfunctions in machinery and equipment.
  • Actively participates in Gemba and prepares LDMS board as needed.
  • Assists with the creation and update of standard work instructions.
  • Works in the department as needed, up to 80% time, to maintain the flow of work.
  • Acts as a certified First Responder when so trained.
  • Applies ISO-9000 system procedures and ensures compliance.
  • Act a role model for team engagement and team morale.
  • Act, Live and Behave by TCF Core Values.
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