Team Manager 1st Shift - Production

Alfa Laval Spiral•Richmond, VA

12d•Onsite

About The Position

The Team Manager is responsible for driving customer order execution according to the agreed plan and the priorities of safety, quality, delivery, and cost. The role coordinates across processes and support functions and maintains a high level of shop-floor presence to identify and reduce process waste and improve team engagement. This is an onsite position in Richmond, Virginia, on the first shift.

Requirements

Bachelor’s degree in engineering, equivalent knowledge, or equivalent experience.
At least 2 years of experience in a relevant area at a production or manufacturing company.
Experience with improvement tools such as 5S, Six Sigma, or Kaizen.
Knowledge of production finance.
Leadership and management skills.

Responsibilities

Secure the safety of people, processes, and manufactured or delivered products, including quality, delivery, and cost.
Run capacity and scheduling meetings with other team managers and team leaders.
Escalate issues and work with support functions to ensure short- and long-term availability of people, machines, and materials.
Secure quality by writing, auditing, and periodically updating standard operating procedures.
Maintain shop-floor presence for approximately 70–80% of available time to drive team and employee performance and improvement activities such as 5S and Kaizen.
Manage cost accounts, including people costs, consumables, repairs, and rework.
Drive performance meetings, improvement meetings, and related activities.
Control quality, deviations, and line stops.
Set and follow up on targets for the team and each employee, aligned with unit-level targets.
Execute performance audits according to the Alfa Laval Production System (ALPS).
Maintain inventory accuracy in primary work areas in collaboration with team leads and the cycle counter, and make necessary improvements.
Run improvement activities related to ergonomics, standard times, rework, and scrap.
Develop and own standard work for the primary areas and the team.