Team Leader - Level IV

Cummins•York, SC

About The Position

Coordinates the activities of a group of employees in order to meet established production specifications and schedules including volume, cost, wastage targets and quality standards.

Requirements

Ability to coordinate the activities of a group of employees to meet production specifications and schedules.
Understanding of volume, cost, wastage targets, and quality standards.
Knowledge of Health, Safety & Environmental (HSE) procedures.
Ability to use personal protective equipment (PPE).
Ability to identify and correct hazards and safety concerns.
Familiarity with standard work, process documentation, and quality procedures (e.g., SPC, poka-yoke, visual standards).
Ability to perform quality inspections and identify/control non-conforming material.
Skill in monitoring team performance and output.
Ability to assign tasks and inputs to meet targets.
Capability to act as a first responder to equipment faults, parts shortages, quality issues, and safety issues.
Strong communication skills for coordinating activities between shifts, team leaders, customers, suppliers, and support functions.
Ability to assist management with headcount and overtime planning.
Experience in ensuring on-the-job training and other training requirements are scheduled, completed, and documented.
Ability to assist management in fostering a team focused on continuous improvement.
Coaching and mentoring skills.
Effective communication with assigned teams and support teams.
Commitment to completing training and personal development.
Active participation in improving quality, safety, process, material flow, and employee development.

Responsibilities

Stop work and immediately report any major injury hazards.
Immediately report any work-related injury, illness, incident or hazard.
Comply with HSE standards, policies & procedures.
Use personal protective equipment (PPE) for protection of themselves and others.
Work to promote an interdependent culture by looking out for one another.
Correct hazards and safety concerns within their control and capabilities.
Engage in HSE training.
Follows all applicable standard work, process documentation and quality procedures such as Statistical Process Control (SPC), poka-yoke and visual standards.
Raises quality concerns to minimize cost and exposures.
Performs quality inspections.
Identifies and controls non-conforming material.
Monitor the performance and output of the team and assign tasks and inputs to ensure that work specifications, schedules, volume, cost, waste targets and quality standards are met.
Ensures team members are using and following process documentation where applicable as part of operator training and defect investigation.
First responder to equipment faults, parts shortages, quality issues, and safety issues.
Coordinates or communicates activities between shifts and team leaders, customer and supplier departments, and other support functions.
Assists management in organizing and coordinating headcount and overtime needs to meet production and delivery schedules.
Ensures on the job training and other training requirements are scheduled, completed and documented.
Assists management in creating and keeping a team which is focused on continuous improvement.
Coach and mentor less experienced team members.
Communicates effectively with the assigned team and all support teams.
Completes training and personal development in preparation for upcoming changes in the business and or technology.
Participates actively in ways to improve quality, safety, process, material flow, and employee development.