Team Leader - Casting

Howmet Aerospace•Hampton, VA

1d•Onsite

About The Position

Coordinate work activities on a daily (shift to shift) basis to meet customer delivery schedules under the direction of Department Supervisor. This role involves upholding company values, maintaining relationships, and seeking developmental opportunities. Effective communication with peers, superiors, and customers is essential, as is managing shift turnover and conducting team meetings. The position requires a working knowledge of non-certified operations within the department and the ability to coordinate scheduling needs with various shared resources. Adherence to work systems, identifying training needs, and ensuring a safe work environment are also key responsibilities. This role requires compliance with all company attendance policies, including occasional overtime.

Requirements

This position requires a minimum of one-year of manufacturing experience.
Must be able to provide documentation in the original form establishing both your identity and your employment eligibility in the U.S.
This position entails access to export-controlled items you must be able to lawfully obtain access to such items.

Nice To Haves

Prior manufacturing experience in a leadership role preferred.

Responsibilities

Coordinates workflow through department on a daily basis to meet production schedule.
Ensures daily production goals are met in both quantity and quality.
Utilizes production methods that reduce cost and increase productivity.
Observes and adheres to standards of performance, identifies and reports shortfalls to supervisor.
Ensures maintenance of equipment by application of TPM or other methods.
Upholds and demonstrates Howmet’s values in approach to work, decision making and interpretations of ethical guidelines and polices for subordinates.
Maintains relationships with peers, subordinates, superiors, external and internal customers, promotes teamwork within and between departments.
Accepts and seeks individual/self-developmental opportunities.
Works on assigned projects to meet department goals and objectives.
Communicates verbally and in writing to peers, superiors, internal and external customers and suppliers.
Maintains communication during shift turnover through the use of turnover sheets, updated status boards or other verbal and written means.
Make and receives verbal and written assignments.
Conduct meetings with team members.
Working knowledge of all non-certified operations in department.
Executes assignment instructions for work during shift to align for changes, absences, equipment downtime, or necessary overtime.
Coordinates scheduling needs with Shared Resources, Central Stores, Tool Room, and Maintenance.
Ensures adherence to work systems to include work instructions, labor reporting, visual controls and Integrated Process Control, and audits.
Identifies, evaluates, and documents training, communicates needs to supervisor.
Trains operators utilizing one on one training method or other techniques.
Monitors work environment for safety issues and acts to correct problems.
Utilizes the 5S program to maintain a clean and safe workplace.
Follow Howmet’s Safety Regulations and Work Rules Handbook along with all departmental specific safety requirements.
Must comply with all company attendance policies and guidelines; this includes, but is not limited to, regular attendance and occasional overtime.
Other duties as assigned.